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Motor rider speeding off with screaming girlfriend fined

A Kenyan motorist has been fined by a court after being filmed speeding off on a highway with a screaming female passenger while one...

SA police launch search for suspects who raped two women inside church

The South African police have launched a search for three armed men who allegedly raped two women inside a church. The police spokesperson, who strongly...

Former Mali Prime Minister dies in detention

Mali’s former Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, who has been on trial for corruption charges, has died aged 67. Mr Maïga died on Monday at...

Teenage boy and 59-year-old lover caned for having sex in public [Photo]

A 59-year-old woman was publicly caned for having sex with a boy in Uganda.  The woman, identified as Ms Kedesi Katsigaire, a resident of Nyambirizi Village,...

Imam accuses his mosque member of impregnating his wife

Muslim cleric, Alhaji Lukman Shittu, has alleged that one of the worshippers at the mosque he presides over impregnated his wife. Shittu made the allegation while...

16-year-old girl commits suicide over fake nails

A 16-year-old  girl from Zimbabwe left the community in shock after she committed suicide over fake nails. Talent Kudzai Chisvinga is believed to have committed suicide...

Sex workers go digital, form WhatsApp groups

Commercial sex workers in Tana River County, Kenya, have elected to digitise their business by forming WhatsApp groups led by various veterans in the...

Former refugee donates 100kg maize crop to Ukrainians

A subsistence farmer in Burundi, who used to be a refugee, is donating 100kg (220lb) of his maize crop to those fleeing violence in...

Diébédo Francis Kéré: The first African to win architecture’s top award

Burkino Faso-born architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré, has become the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize, which is often referred to as the...

Tomato factory raided by motorbike gangsters

Motorbike gunmen in Nigerian have killed six police officers guarding a tomato-processing factory. A civilian was also killed in the attack in the north-western state...

Man defiles daughter, blames wife for denying him sex

The police in Lagos state has arrested a 46-year-old man identified as Jimoh Rafiu for allegedly defiling his six-year-old daughter over the excuse that his...

Condoms, mosquito and drugs worth $100k go missing in Kenya scam

Hundreds of thousands of condoms, mosquito nets and tuberculosis drugs worth $100,000 (£77,000) are alleged to have disappeared from a warehouse operated by the...

Kenya: Commercial sex workers go digital; check out how

Commercial sex workers in Kenya say they are yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government. This,...

African students trapped in southern Ukraine’s Kherson are crying out for help

African students trapped in southern Ukraine's Kherson are crying out for help, as Russian forces try to consolidate their occupation of the port city. The students...

Fighting in Ukraine is better than living here – Nigerian volunteer

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, 27-year-old Nigerian Ottah Abraham was outraged. He picked up his phone and tweeted: “I want to...

Woman shares petrol as souvenirs at party [Video]

A Nigerian woman shocked guests at her party by the souvenirs she gifted them. Ogbulu Chidinma Pearl, a socialite, better known as Erelu Okin,...

Shisha smoking banned in Cameroon

Cameroon has banned the smoking of shisha pipes, saying it poses a health risk to the mostly young people who use it in bars...

MoMo thief returns stolen cash after bees arrest

A serial thief was forced to return money he stole from a mobile money vendor after he was arrested by a swarm of bees. The...

Grave digger mysteriously dies at a funeral, 50 others hospitalised

The Nyazura community of Makoni District in Manicaland was left in a shock after a man identified as William Mubvumbi mysteriously died while digging...

559 repentant Boko Haram fighters graduate in Nigeria

Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, graduated and equipped 559 repentant members of the outlawed Boko Haram and Islamic West African...

Algeria President bans export of foodstuff

Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has banned the export of foodstuffs that the country imports, the state news agency has said. The commodities include sugar, oil,...

Former Zambian President Banda dies at 85

Rupiah Banda, who was Zambia’s president from 2008 to 2011, has died at the age of 85 after suffering from colon cancer. “His life of...

Why 56-year-old woman regrets keeping her virginity

An African woman, identified as Uwitonze Alvera, is snapping her fingers in regret as she has failed to locate a life partner in her...

Russia-Ukraine war: Foreign fighters go to join defence [Video]

Nearly 20,000 foreign volunteers have signed up to fight alongside Ukrainian forces against the Russian invasion, according to Ukrainian officials. There is even a...

COVID-19: Kenya lifts mandatory mask wearing in public

Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has said that wearing of face masks in open public places had been lifted and full in-person worship...

Putin says volunteers welcome to help fight against Ukrainian forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he wanted to allow volunteers to fight against Ukrainian forces and approved handing over captured Western...

Prostitutes vow not to offer sex to taxi drivers

Sex workers in Mombasa county of Kenya have joined other citizens of the East African country in condemning acts of sexual violence meted on a...

African leaders talk to Putin over Ukraine crisis

Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who is the current head of the African Union (AU), has spoken to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to urge...

No progress on ceasefire after first round of talks between Ukraine and Russia

A first round of talks between the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine has failed to yield progress on a ceasefire, Ukraine says. Speaking after...

A country without justice, equity won’t have stability, success — Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared that any country without equity and justice would not have stability, nor would it make any progress. Mr...

Lady allegedly infects 115 guys, 19 girls with HIV

A Nigerian lady has revealed the number of people she has infected with HIV after being diagnosed with the disease in 2016.  The disclosure was...

Anglican priest accuses church of taking his wife

An Anglican priest has resigned as a priest of the Anglican Communion. Rev Canon LumenCristi Eboh announced his resignation on March 7, 2022 at a press...

Ex-convict arrested for robbery three months after release from prison

A 22-year-old ex-convict has been arrested for traffic robbery three months after he was released from prison. The suspect, Rilwan Sodiq, was arrested on Sunday, March...

Vladimir Putin’s ‘lover’ hiding in Switzerland with their four children

Vladimir Putin's Olympic gold-winning gymnast mistress is allegedly hiding with their four young children in a private chalet in Switzerland. Alina Kabaeva, 38, who was...

I slept with my son to give my husband a child – Mother

A mother has confessed to having sex with her biological son just to have a baby for her husband. Matina Agawua, a native of Yelwata,...

Trapped Ghanaians, others drinking melted snow in Ukraine city

Nigerian, Ghanaian and Somali students are among hundreds of foreign nationals stuck in Ukraine's north-eastern city of Sumy which has been pummelled by Russian...

Ex-president Zuma backs Putin in Ukraine conflict

Former South Africa President, Jacob Zuma, has backed President Vladimir Putin in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, terming him as "a man of peace". Western...

The 70-year-old virgin woman looking for a 21-year-old man [Video]

https://youtu.be/qSdNtyZc8Zc A 70-year-old woman, Genevieve, who is still a virgin has expressed her desire to find love. Genevive says it is her wish to find...

2022 WCQ: FIFA to deploy VAR for Ghana vs Nigeria clash

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be deployed when Ghana play Nigeria in a crucial two-legged 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off later this month. The...

Russia has taken control of a nuclear power station in Ukraine; World leaders worried

Russia has taken control of a nuclear power station in Ukraine after it was hit by shelling. A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear...