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Drama in court as pastor’s 17 wives clash with family over his inheritance

There was drama at the Master of the High Court’s offices when relatives of the late rapist and polygamist, Robert Martin Gumbura, clashed with...

Love doesn’t judge – 22-year-old declares after tying knot with lover, 76

The 54 years age difference between a Rwandan woman and her lover is not enough to keep them worlds apart as well as the...

Son of popular polygamist to marry his two girlfriends

A 20-year-old South African man, Mpumelelo Mseleku, is planning to marry his two girlfriends, Vuyokazi Nciweni and Nompumelelo Makhanya. Mpumelelo is the son of Musa Mseleku,...

COVID-19: UK removes all African countries from the red list

The United Kingdom (UK) has removed all 11 African countries from its red list, which severely restricted travel between those countries and the UK. The...

Cultists set student ablaze for refusing to join

A university in Nigeria has confirmed an incident where a final-year student was attacked and set ablaze for refusing to join a cult. The student...

Outrage as an underage boy marries lover

People have expressed outrage after photos of an underage ''couple'' were shared online. The boy got married to a girl on Thursday, December 9, 2021. A...

BBC Africa Eye uncovers Nigeria’s most-feared organised crime group, ‘Black Axe’

BBC Africa Eye investigates Black Axe, one of the most feared and powerful organised crime groups in Nigeria.   This highly secretive organisation – referred to as a “cult” in...

Man puts up his kidney for sale to raise cash for bride price

A Kenyan man has put up his kidney for sale to raise bride price to marry his dream girl.  The unidentified man claimed that his...

Covid-19: South Africa’s President tests positive

South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is being treated for mild symptoms. Mr Ramaphosa started feeling unwell on Sunday after...

Nigerian Embassy in France calls police over ‘Juju’

A video of a sacrifice in a calabash, locally called Juju, sitting outside the entrance of the Nigerian Embassy in France has been shared...

Why these brothers killed their father will shock you

A 56-year-old man has reportedly been beaten to death by his three sons who accused him of breaking into their house to steal a smartphone they...

Lotto operator sets himself ablaze over debts

A lotto operator, identified simply as Seyi, has reportedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze. The deceased, who runs a  gambling house in Ikire, Osun State,...

Policeman commits suicide, asks colleagues to use funeral contributions to settle his debt

A police officer attached to Changamwe Police Station in Mombasa, Kenya, has reportedly committed suicide.  In a letter addressed to Officer Commanding Station (OCS), the police officer stated...

US imposes visa sanctions on Africa’s richest woman

The US has imposed visa restrictions on Isabel dos Santos, often described as Africa's richest woman, "for her involvement in significant corruption by misappropriating...

Burkina Faso president dissolves govt

Burkina Faso President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has in a decree dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré and dissolved the government. “The functions of...

Pastor stabbed to death by new converts

A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, has been stabbed to...

Nigeria to destroy expired Covid-19 vaccines

The Nigerian government has responded to a Reuters news report that a million coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month, by saying they “had been...

University lecturers in court over ‘sex for grades’

Four lecturers at a leading university in Morocco have appeared in court over accusations of offering students better grades in exchange for sex. The academics...

Drama as 83-year-old monarch demands DNA test from one of his wives

An 83-year-old Nigerian monarch is allegedly demanding a DNA test from one of his wives over alleged infidelity. Instagram blogger Gistlovers claims Alaafin of Oyo,...

ECOWAS proposes date to reopen land borders

ECOWAS member states have proposed January 1, 2022, for the reopening of all land borders. ECOWAS sectoral ministers, in collaboration with the West African...

Sick woman dies in church while waiting for pastor’s prayer

A 58-year-old woman has died at a church where she had gone to seek prayers after she was diagnosed with chest pains and high...

Man who posed as soldier and stormed police station to beat officer arrested

A Kenya Defense Force (KDF) impersonator who stormed a Police Station while dressed in a jungle jacket of a Military Police Sergeant and assaulted...

R2Bees finally reveal why they never signed onto Wizkid’s record label [Video]

Sensational Afrobeats group, R2Bees, has revealed why their affiliation with the Starboy Worldwide music label did not stand. Speaking in an interview with Andy Dosty...

Tears as 8 children found dead inside parked car are buried [Photos]

The eight children found dead in a parked car at Jah-Michael community, along Badagry Expressway, Olorunda LCDA axis of Lagos, have been laid to rest.  The...

Kenyan policeman kills 6 including wife

A Kenyan police officer has shot dead his wife and five other people and then killed himself in the capital Nairobi. The officer is said...

COVID-19: South Africa prepares hospitals as cases surge

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said hospitals are preparing for more admissions as the country entered a fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron...

Pastor, wife confess to killing 4-year-old girl for ritual

Ugandan police have arrested a pastor and his wife for the alleged ritual murder of a 4-year-old girl named Trinity Nakisuyi Nabirye Zabeela. Prophet Joseph...

COVID-19: ECOWAS takes steps to reopen all land borders

The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) is organising a Sectoral Ministers virtual meeting on the reopening of land...

15 family members, others die on their way to parent’s wedding

A rescue mission coordinated by Kenya Navy divers late Saturday night retrieved 23 bodies of members of Mwingi Catholic Church choir who perished after the bus they...

‘Gay’ lawyer charged for sexually attacking male court interpreter

A Zimbabwean Magistrate has faced court for allegedly sodomising a court interpreter. The Magistrate, Simbarashe Gundani, 30, reportedly attempted to sodomize Kudzanai Pesanai, 32, after...

We oppose singling out African countries for Covid-19 travel bans – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has once again decried attempts to single out African countries for the imposition of travel bans as instruments of immigration control. In...

Forbes names Akufo-Addo as ‘2021 African of the Year’

Forbes has named Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo as the 'African Person of the Year 2021.' According to the pan Africa media company, President Akufo-Addo has repositioned the...

Dad hacks wife and four kids to death over onions for dinner

A Kenyan father allegedly hacked his own wife and four children to death after becoming angry his dinner didn’t have onions in it. Paul...

Betting company greeted with chaos after failing to pay $22m win

There was agitation in Yaoundé, Cameroon after a man won 13 billion CFA Francs ($22 million) yet wasn't paid. It was gathered that the man played a bet...

12 women in court for using ‘juju’ to stop road construction

Some 12 women are in court for allegedly plotting to stop the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma road by Bayelsa State Government with juju...

‘A herbal healer convinced me I was HIV negative’

The last time Paul Thorn saw his parents, decades ago, they threw away the crockery he ate off out of fear of infection. When...

Man in court for stealing Bible from supermarket

A middle-aged man has been arraigned and charged with stealing Bible at Naivas Supermarket worth Ksh1840. Augustine Wanyoni, who was arraigned at Milimani Law...

Twitter accepts all conditions set by Nigerian govt

Government says Twitter has agreed to all the conditions it laid out for its operations in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment,...

Today in history: Kwame Nkrumah opens Tema Motorway [Video]

A short video posted by 'Ghanaian museum' on Instagram shows Ghana's first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah commissioning Tema Motorway to speed traffic between Accra...

Seven die after eating poisonous turtle meat

Seven people, including a three-year-old, have died on Tanzania's Pemba island after eating poisonous turtle meat. Three others are still in the hospital. The meat is...