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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,...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech at opening of 59 Ordinary Session of ECOWAS

I welcome Your Excellencies to your second home, Accra, Ghana’s capital, for the 59th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government...

I don’t want her to suffer – Man says after infecting daughter with HIV

A 45-year-old man has been handed a life sentence after being arrested and arraigned for defiling his 15-year-old daughter and infecting her with HIV. The convict, who...

Even more to watch on Showmax between Euro 2020 matches

These are the best sports shows and documentaries on Showmax to keep you entertained during UEFA Euro 2020. Football fans, your time is now! After...

Ivory Coast’s ex-President Gbagbo returns home after ICC acquittal

Former Ivory Coast President, Laurent Gbagbo, has returned home, 10 years after he was taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of...

Tributes pour in as Zambia’s founding president passes on

More tributes have been coming in for Zambian founding president Kenneth Kaunda, who died on Thursday at 97.Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi described the late...

Ex-Zambian leader Kenneth Kaunda dead at 97

Kenneth Kaunda, who led Zambia to independence and then served as the nation’s president for almost three decades, has died.He was 97.Kaunda’s death...

Nigeria blames Twitter boss for #EndSars losses

Nigeria’s government holds Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey indirectly liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSars protest, the country’s Information...

Zambian President collapses during national event

The president of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, fainted on Sunday during the country’s televised official annual ceremony for the National Defence Forces Day - which was...

Web designer names his son HTML

A Facebook post announcing the birth of a newborn in the Philippines has gone viral due to the child's unique name. Hypertext Mark-up Language Rayo...

‘TB Joshua had the anointing of 10,000 pastors’

Co-Chairman of the Prophetic and Apostolic Council, Archbishop Salifu Amoako, is pained at the sudden demise of Prophet T.B. Joshua.According to him, the death...

Man arrested for having s3x with neighbour’s sheep

A man has been arrested in the Siaya community in Kenya for having sex with his neighbour's sheep. The 20-year-old John Omondi was caught in the act...

Burial date for TB Joshua released!

All things being equal, the Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, will be laid to rest on July 9,...

Blood donation rate falls in Africa in wake of Covid-19 pandemic

Blood donation has fallen by 17% in the African region in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused widespread disruptions to key...

COVID-19: Hospitals detain mothers over bills during lockdown

The impact of the lockdown imposed by government to stop the spread of Covid-19 has hit hard expectant mothers across the country. The restrictions that...

T.B Joshua would have been 58 today

The late Nigerian Televangelist T. B Joshua if alive would have celebrated his 58th birthday today.However, that could not have been as the popular...

Boko Haram: Nigerian President admits failure to end violence

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that he has failed to end insecurity in the country, a promise he made when he was elected...

‘Pay or Die’: How DW TV’s AfricaLink reported exposé

Pay or Die: The Agony of Pregnant Women in Hospitals, put together by investigative journalist, Francisca Enchill of Corruption Watch, has received international attention.Investigations...

UN Security Council: Ghana wins crucial election

Ghana has been elected onto the United Nations Security Council after voting on June 11, 2021.This will be the fourth time the country has...

Meet the first pastor to visit late T.B. Joshua’s widow [Photos]

Popular clergyman of the Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Samuel Abiara, has paid a condolence visit to Evelyn Joshua, the widow of clergyman, T.B. Joshua,...

Man in court for allegedly causing wife’s miscarriage

One Kalvin Amwai has been arraigned before the Kibera law court in Nairobi, Kenya for reportedly terminating his wife’s pregnancy with a kick over food.Amwai allegedly committed the...