Three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo have been abducted by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at a village in Abeokuta, Ogun state,
According to reports, the three...
A Police officer, identified as Sergeant Basharu Alhassan, has been shot dead at Warawa Divisional Police Headquarters in Kano.
He was said to have been...
Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea’s capital have announced a nationwide curfew “until further notice” and the replacement of regional governors by the...
Nigerian singer, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, has been appointed the Senior Special Assistant on Tourism and Entertainment to the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade.
The...
An 84-year-old man, Maxwell Akuwuodor, has allegedly rendered a widow, Mrs Rosena Akuwuodor, and her four children homeless.
Our correspondent, who visited the scene of...
Unknown gunmen have attacked a branch of Living Faith Church Worldwide along Lokoja–Okene road in Adavi Local Government Council of Kogi State.
The kidnappers invaded...
A former Nasarawa State Commissioner for Agriculture and Water Resources, Prof. Alanana Otaki, has been sued by a Deputy Provost of College of Agriculture, Science and Technology,...
Two married men have allegedly destroyed a car while fighting over a woman in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
According to Facebook user, Atsuwe Shadrack,...
Kano child bride, Rahma Hussein, has been pardoned seven years after she was convicted for killing her husband.
Madam Hussein, who was arrested at the age...
A 45-year-old school teacher, Nelson Akinsowon, who has allegedly been having carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old daughter since she was 10 years old, has...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Victor Olaotan, has been reported dead aged 69.
Mr Olaotan had been bedridden for five years after being involved in a ghastly...
Nigeria’s state oil company has made a profit for the first time in its 44-year history, the government has announced.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is...
Electronics giant Samsung has “blocked” TVs stolen in South Africa during the unrest in July, rendering them unusable.
The company says it has an inbuilt...
Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", according to the United Nations (UN), which says tens of thousands...
A flight carrying Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country touched down early Wednesday in Uganda where they will be given temporary...
A Zimbabwean lecturer, Dr Matthew Chiwaridzo, has declined an officer as a senior lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in...
Allies of South Africa's graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma, who was jailed for contempt of court last month, on Tuesday pleaded with the public...
Founder of Winner’s Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has banned the use of earphones and others in his church, describing them as devil’s tools.
According to...
Ghanaian celebrity tailor, Elikem Kumordzie, has asked his ex-wife, Zimbabwean socialite, Pokello Nare, to forgive him after their failed marriage.
In his latest post...
Leaders in Nairobi are introducing new rules and regulations they say will keep Kenya’s capital clean and hygienic.
The new rules and regulations were introduced...
A new law has been passed in Nairobi which prohibits blowing of nose without hankerchief or tissue in public.
The new rules and regulations, which are aimed...
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has welcomed a ruling by the Swiss media regulator that found a newspaper headline...
A 34-year-old South African lesbian, Busisiwe Labi, has been sentenced to 22 years and six months imprisonment for killing her two children.
Judge Belinda Hartle...
The Ugandan government said on Friday it had ordered more than 50 non-governmental organisations to suspend operations, a major escalation of its efforts to...
