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The story of Ford’s first African-American designer who sketched the original 1966 Bronco

He’s been called the 'Jackie Robinson of car design.' McKinley Thompson, Ford’s first African-American designer, was hired by the automobile manufacturing company at a...

I was judged for marrying a disabled man – Woman tells story

A Kenyan woman, who married a disabled Australian man, has told the BBC how people called her a gold digger after photos of their...

Nollywood actress Omotola trademarks first name

Popular Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has taken to her social media pages to announce that she has trademarked her first name, Omotola. Sharing a...

Land title of a university goes missing

The land title of Uganda's Kyambogo University has mysteriously disappeared from the registry of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), putting more than 407 acres...

Bride receives cutlass as wedding gift [Photo]

A social media user has recounted how a sister of hers was gifted a wrapped cutlass at her wedding over the weekend. As confused...

Lady who ‘ran mad’ after proposal on Val’s day breaks silence

A lady, who caused a stir on Sunday, February 14, after her boyfriend proposed to her in Benin City in Nigeria has broken her silence. According...

Akufo-Addo Attends G5 Sahel Summit in Chad

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 15th February 2021, left Ghana to attend the 7th Session of the Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State of G5...

Zimbabwe receives first batch of Covid-19 vaccine

Zimbabwe has received its first 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by China. The consignment arrived on Monday morning in a Air Zimbabwe...

Solving Covid-19 easy compared to climate change

Fifty-one billion and zero - the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know about climate. Solving climate change would be "the most amazing...

Drama as ‘cheating lover’ is exposed on wedding day [Video]

Commotion marred a wedding procession after the bride-to-be found out about his soon to be husband’s sexual affair with her chief bridesmaid. According to reports,...

Kenya: Panic as MP storms Parliament with gun

There was a scare on Thursday when a Kenyan Member of Parliament (MP) said colleagues were unsafe during proceedings because one member was armed. The...

Popular cross dresser, two others jailed for practicing homos3xuality [Video]

A popular Cameroonian cross dresser known as Shakiro and two homosexuals have been sentenced to prison.  According to Cameroon News Agency,  the court of first...

Mystery illness in Tanzania leaves patients vomiting blood

A mystery illness that causes people to vomit blood has killed 15 people and hospitalised more than 50 others in Tanzania. The illness detected in...

16-year-old stowaway survives flight from Kenya to Holland

A 16-year-old Kenyan stowaway was found alive after he reportedly hid in the landing gear of an airplane that flew from the East African...

Church usher reveals what a member put in the offering envelope

A church usher took to Twitter to share a photo showing what a member put in the offering envelope. Rather than put money or a cheque...

BBC Africa Eye: Lady P and the sex worker sisterhood – Abused, trafficked or killed?

n Sierra Leone, sex workers are often seen as immoral outcasts to be shunned and avoided, even though their profession is legal.   BBC Africa Eve...

Why Nigeria was removed from WHO vaccine-sharing program

Nigeria expected to receive not fewer than 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccines by the end of January or at the beginning of February but...

A new case of Ebola virus detected in DR Congo

A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's health ministry says. A...

Chaos in church as pastor refuses to wed couple for being 5 minutes late [Video]

Church members and wedding guests in a church in Port Harcourt engaged in a verbal fight when the pastor refused to wed a couple...

Africa’s best Rolls Royce collector laid to rest

Popularly known as a collector of one of the most expensive cars, Rolls Royce, Dr Bolu Akin-Olugbade, has been laid to rest. The wealthy businessman...

Airport officials discover parcels of drugs in woman’s hair [Watch]

An unidentified woman's attempt to cheat airport checkpoint with her hard drugs was shut down when officials nabbed her. A video, which has since gone...

Why this barber was arrested will shock you

A young barber from Benue State, identified as Elijah Ode, has reportedly been arrested in Kano for blasphemy.  According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young...

Minister takes back ambulance after losing party primary

A Ugandan minister has withdrawn an ambulance she donated to residents of the northern town of Koboko ahead of the ruling party's primaries which...

15-year-old pregnant girl contracts HIV and Syphilis

A 15-year-old girl is three months pregnant, HIV positive and also being treated for Syphilis after her mother forced her into prostitution. The...

Two MPs exchange blows at a funeral [Video]

Two Kenyan Members of Parliament (MPs) have exchanged blows at a funeral after one of them insinuated that the other was corrupt."We have several...

Drama as DNA proves High Court judge is not father of his 3 children

A Nigerian High Court judge has been left traumatised after DNA proved he is not the father of three children with his ex-wife. The judge,...

Late Zimbabwean lawmaker left behind 12 wives and 79 children [Photo]

Luke Phibion Masamvu, the Zimbabwean lawmaker who represented Mutasa North constituency, has died of Coronavirus.  The former legislator, who was a well-known businessman in Marondera, Bindura and...

Tears as beautiful wife dies five days after her wedding

Social media has been inundated with photos of a beautiful Nigerian woman who has died five days after getting married. The deceased, identified as Khadijat...

I knew people will call me ‘beauty with no brains’ – BB Naija’s Nengi

Big Brother Naija Lockdown second runner-up, Rebecca Nengi Hampson, says she knew people will call her beautiful girl with no brains. She said even after...

Dangote sues ex-girlfriend for $30,000

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has told a United States of America court how his former American girlfriend, who exposed a part of his...

Sad scenes: Three Ministers killed by Covid-19 get buried

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, is among three top government officials being buried at the Heroes Acre in the capital, Harare after they succumbed...

Coronavirus: Magufuli warns Tanzanians against vaccines

Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, has warned the country’s health ministry against rushing into embracing the COVID-19 vaccines promoted by foreign companies and countries.Mr Magufuli...

If you fall under the anointing and you break anything, you will pay – Pastor warns members [Watch]

A video of a pastor warning his members against falling under the anointing and breaking the church property has gone viral. In the hilarious video,...

Witches in court over health of 3-year-old girl

Six self-confessed ‘witches’ have been put before a court in Yola, Adamawa state capital over the failing health of a three-year-old girl.  The suspects; a 60-year-old woman, one...

Pastor happy after ‘God’ did this to his daughter’s abuser [Video]

The Founder and Presiding Bishop of Christ Life Church worldwide, Francis Wale Oke, has narrated how 'God killed' a university lecturer who failed one of...

Bill Gates sends shocking message to Nigeria

American businessman, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian government to consider fixing the poor health sector in the country rather than spending money on...

Popular actor slumps and dies a year after battling stroke

Veteran Nigerian actor, Ernest Asuzu is dead. Popular Nigerian blogger, Kemi Filani, has reported that the actor slumped and died around 9:00 pm on Tuesday, January...

Lady kills husband with a high-heeled shoe

A wife in Ugbuwangue, Warri, Delta State in Nigeria has allegedly hit her husband with the heel of her shoe over allegation of infidelity, killing him...

Coronavirus deaths in South Africa put coffin-makers under pressure

South Africa is the most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent, with 1.3 million confirmed cases and just over 40,000 deaths,...

Man narrates how he married his biological daughter and had two kids with her

A Nigerian man has narrated how he ended up marrying his biological daughter andhaving two kids with her. The man, who called in during Gbenga Oyato's radio show...