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Shasha Marley’s surprise performance at TB Joshua’s memorial [Photos+Video]

Reggae artiste, Shasha Marley, won the hearts of many with his dramatic appearance at the Synagogue Church of All Nations.This was during the first...

Fire outbreak at late TB Joshua’s memorial

A fire broke out on Monday night in a storehouse in the church of the late influential Nigerian preacher TB Joshua in Lagos.The fire...

Fire ravages parts of TB Joshua’s church

A fire broke out on Monday night at a storehouse in the church of the late Nigerian televangelist, TB Joshua, in Lagos.This was during...

Southern Nigeria Governors make strong demands

The Southern Nigeria governors have pledged their commitment to ensure unity, politics of fairness and equity in the country.The pledge was made at the...

COVID-19: Synagogue church inspected ahead of TB Joshua’s funeral rites

Officials of the Lagos State Government, led by Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and the Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre...

Ugandans to be jailed for violating Covid rules

Ugandans who violate the Covid pandemic control restrictions may go to jail for up to two months.According to new rules released by the health...

Nigeria: Gunmen abduct babies and nurses from hospital

Gunmen have abducted babies, nurses and security guards from a hospital in north-west Nigeria, the police say.The exact number of those taken in the...

Shocking as pig feasts on one-month-old baby

Police in Rakai district are investigating circumstances under which a pig is said to have feasted on a one-month-old baby who was found inside...

#EndSARS: Court throws out case against Davido, Burna Boy, 47 others

Justice Bello Jawu of a High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by one Kenechukwu Okeke, a human rights activist, against...

Jacob Zuma: Supporters form ‘human shield’ to stop ex-president’s arrest

Supporters of South African ex-President Jacob Zuma have formed what they say is a human shield outside his home to try to prevent his...

Son kills dad and sells his body parts to ritualists

The police in Kwara state have arrested a man for allegedly killing his father, Michael Olagunju, and selling his body parts to some ritualists in...

Akufo-Addo pays glowing tribute to Zambia’s founding president

Tribute by President Nana Akufo-Addo, at the funeral of the Llte Kenneth David Kaunda, at the National Heroes Stadium, On Friday, 2nd July 2021, In Lusaka,...

Alarm as 800 Ugandans get fake Covid-19 jab

More than 800 people and an undisclosed number of clients from several companies based in the Kampala Metropolitan Area received fake Covid-19 jabs last...

Coup plotters sentenced to 15 years

Three soldiers in Gabon have been sentenced to 15 years in jail for an attempted coup in 2019, when President Ali Bongo was recovering...

COVID-19: Checkout countries on Nigeria’s ‘Red List’

Nigeria is adding South Africa to its "red list" of countries for which there are stringent restrictions for arriving passengers, officials said during a...

Malawi’s female MPs dress as school girls [Photos]

Malawians have been sharing photos on social media of female Members of Parliament dressed up as schoolgirls - some delighting in their outfits others...

COVID-19: Fake vaccine injectors arrested

Two people have been arrested in Uganda for giving out fake Covid-19 vaccines. One more is on the run.It is believed that they may...

Schedule for TB Joshua’s burial out!

The Synagogue Church of All Nations has announced that its founder, Prophet TB Joshua, would be laid to rest on Friday, July 9, 2021,...

Covid vaccines donated to African countries are not recognised by EU travel certificate

The African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have voiced "concern" after it emerged that Europe's digital 'green pass' does...

Nigerian student shot dead in fee increment protests

Normalcy is gradually returning after the Nigerian security forces reportedly shot dead one student and wounded two others in Kaduna state during street protests...

Jubilation as police gun down notorious criminal

There was jubilation in Amukpe area of Sapele, Delta State, following the killing of a notorious criminal known as Fowlboy.The deadly armed robber met...

I raped her daily for 5 months – Bandit confesses

A notorious bandit, who abducted an 18-year-old housewife, has confessed to raping her daily for five months. Katsina State Police Spokesman, Gambo Isah, said 30-year-old Surajo Dauda...

TB Joshua’s wife to lead SCOAN – Reports

The wife of the late founder and leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), TB Joshua, Evelyn Joshua, will succeed his late...

COVID-19: Checkout countries on UK’s red list

Uganda will be added to the UK’s travel “red list” of high-risk Covid-19 countries from 30 June.This means travellers from Uganda will not be...

I’m underperforming – Man with four wives;10 children cries

Popular South African polygamist, Musa Mseleku has said that he feels he is underperforming even though he has 10 children from four wives.  Speaking in an...

Student allegedly suspended for not welcoming President Buhari

A student of College of Nursing and Midwifery has been allegedly suspended for not welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to Borno state. The...

South African President plead for his missing iPad on live TV

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa had a moment of panic after his iPad mysteriously vanished during a press conference on Tuesday, June 22, leaving...

Former Mauritania President jailed!

Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration.The ex-leader says...

ECOWAS Court stops Nigeria from prosecuting people using Twitter

The Nigerian government has been ordered by the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja not to prosecute people for using Twitter while it considers a...

Presenter demands salary on live TV [Video]

A video making rounds online has shown moment a Zambian TV news presenter went off script and demanded his salary and that of his colleagues during...

South African President charges on live TV after his iPad was stolen [Watch]

South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, had a moment of panic after his iPad mysteriously vanished during a press conference on Tuesday, leaving him so...

The Nigerian priest saving Igbo deities from the bonfires

While some Pentecostal preachers in eastern Nigeria set fire to statues and other ancient artifacts that they regard as symbols of idolatry, one Catholic...

South African woman’s claim of giving birth to 10 babies a hoax

The family of a South African man whose girlfriend reportedly gave birth to 10 babies last week concluded in a statement released Tuesday that...

Laurent Gbagbo, 76, files for divorce

Former President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has filed for divorce from his wife of three decades at the age of 76, his lawyer...

Gaddafi’s ‘Flying Palace’ returns home after nearly a decade

A private plane belonging to Libya’s late leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has landed in the capital Tripoli after nearly a decade in France for safekeeping...

Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto selected chairman of Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire cocoa initiative

Ghana’s Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has been elected the first Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire...

Akufo-Addo to serve 2nd term as ECOWAS chair

President Nana Akufo-Addo has been re-elected as Chairman by the Authority of Heads of States and Government of the Economic Community of West African...

Mother parades ‘meat’ for sale only for people to find out it’s her newborn baby [Video+Photo]

It was a shocking sight to behold after a 32-year-old mother was spotted carrying a newborn baby in a basket in an attempt to...

Nigeria: Trigger-happy police inspector allegedly kills 5; injures 4

A trigger-happy policeman attached to RC Lotto Company at Golf Estate, GRA Enugu metropolis allegedly shot five persons dead on Sunday, June 20, 2021.The...

Member States of ECOWAS announce timelines for ECO currency implementation

Member States of the Economic Committee of West African States, (ECOWAS) have fixed 2027 for full implementation of a single currency, ECO.The ECO,...