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Lady goes dumb after visiting lover she met on Facebook

Residents of Iyana-Isashi community of Lagos State were recently thrown into confusion when a young lady suddenly went dumb after she visited a lover...

6 killed in Nigeria petrol tanker explosion

A tanker truck loaded with petrol exploded in the Nigerian city of Lagos, killing at least six people. Officials said the tanker had a head-on...

Dangote opens $2.5bn fertilizer plant in Nigeria

The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is being felt around the world, including right here in the United States. Consumers are already feeling the...

Why Africa prints money in Europe

At least 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France and Germany — decades after independence, raising questions about self-sufficiency. DW examines...

Nigeria – Where President Buhari had to say sorry for a power cut

For many Nigerian children who have never been abroad, few stories about the West are as fascinating as the fact that electricity can stay...

Ghana recorded 266,000 abortions in 4 years

The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and...

Return Mali to constitutional rule within 16 months – ECOWAS charges transitional govt

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has directed the transitional government in Mali to return the country to constitutional rule within 16...

Popular radio presenter discovers he is not the biological father of his two children after 20 years

Popular broadcaster, Kanedrick Kingsley Agwu, popularly known as Fada Kane, has discovered that he is not the biological father of his two children after...

ECOWAS discusses future of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso

President of Ghana and Chairman of ECOWAS, Nana Akufo-Addo, has opened the fifth Extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS heads of State and Government on...

Father loses four children in boat accident

A Nigerian father lost four of his children after they drowned following a boat accident in the northern state of Kebbi. Musa Labaran, who survived...

Mariam Owusu-Poku: From Miss Malaika Ghana to a leading TV role in ENO

For Mariam Owusu-Poku, Miss Malaika Ghana 2018, moving from modeling to acting was inevitable. “I’ve always wanted to act, and acting and pageantry are...

I’ll walk barefoot from Accra to Lagos if Nigeria beats Ghana – Popular Ghanaian/Nigeria actor

Actor and politician John Dumelo is full of hope that Ghana will win against Nigeria in the World Cup qualification football game scheduled for...

Nigerian soldier kills child, injures 13 in deadly mass shooting

A Nigerian soldier said to have been under the influence of drugs killed at least three civilians and injured 13 others during a mass...

Egypt seeks IMF support amid Ukraine crisis

Egypt has asked for help from the IMF as the government struggles to deal with the impact of the war in Ukraine. As the world’s...

Somali militants kill female MP in suicide bombing

At least 15 people, including a female member of the Somali federal parliament, were killed in two suicide bombings in Beledweyne town in central...

Shock as 38 disabled beggars stand up from wheelchair to flee from arrest

Drama, shock and disbelief filled Thika town, Kenya during a mop-up exercise of physically challenged street beggars as 38 of them ran for their...

Cameroon goalkeeper Onana involved in car crash ahead of Algeria tie

Ajax goalkeeper, Andre Onana, has reportedly been involved in a serious car crash on his way to Cameroon national team amid World Cup play-off...

Nigeria scraps pre-departure Covid tests

The Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR Covid-19 test. This is...

The hunt for Nigerians who can change into cats

Armed with a sharp knife, a megaphone and dressed all in black, Gbenga Adewoyin could have passed for a medieval witch hunter, a herbal...

Ukraine war: Terror of African students in Russian-occupied Kherson

About 100 African students are pleading for help to leave the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, more than two weeks after it was captured...

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...