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#EndSARS protest: ECOWAS reacts to police brutality in Nigeria

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reacted to the violence visited on citizens demonstrating against police brutality in Nigeria. The Commission expressed...

ECOWAS Chair Akufo-Addo reacts to #EndSARS protest in Nigeria

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has finally added his voice to the ongoing #EndSARS protest in Nigeria, which resulted in many deaths and injury...

SARS Brutality: Nigerians besiege High Commission in Ghana [Video]

Hundreds of protesters on Wednesday massed up at the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana to protest against brutalities in Nigeria. The action of the group,...

UK Parliament reacts to killing of #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria [Video]

The United Kingdom's Parliament has condemned the attack on peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. It...

#EndSARS: UN condemns police brutality in Nigeria

The United Nations has condemned the violence visited on citizens demonstrating against police brutality in Nigeria. According to the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, the...

When the wicked rule, the people mourn – Bishop Oyedepo reacts to Nigeria’s tollgate massacre

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Ministries, alias Winners Chapel International, has condemned the shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate protest...

#LekkiMassacre: Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé & others condemn ‘violent’ protest in Nigeria

Following a massacre that took place at Lekki in Nigeria on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, many global stars have taken to the popular digital...

Manchester United’s Ighalo condemns Lekki massacre [Watch]

Manchester United striker, Odion Ighalo, has tagged the Nigerian government as ‘killers’ following the Lekki massacre. There have been ongoing protests in Nigeria over two weeks with citizens...

Call Buhari to order over SARS – Afaglo appeals to ECOWAS Chairman

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Sustgad Boat Building and Fishing Industry, Novihoho Afaglo, has called on the Chairman of...

Emeli Sandé features Stonebwoy on her new single ‘More of You’

Scottish singer, Adele Emily Sandé, known professionally as Emeli Sandé, has featured Ghanaian dancehall musician, Stonebwoy, on her next single dubbed 'More of You.' The...

Man gets 70 years in jail after raping ex-girlfriend

A Northern Cape man, who raped his ex-girlfriend four times, will spend the next 70 years behind bars. Keatlhotse Mothowakae, 25, was found guilty on...

Ho West MP launches book to account for stewardship [Video]

The Ho West Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Bedzrah, has outdoored a book titled 'The Mandate' to account for his stewardship over the last...

Nigeria state imposes curfew amid jailbreak

Authorities in Nigeria’s southern Edo state have imposed a 24-hour curfew following what it describes as “incidents of vandalism and attacks carried out by...

My life flashed in my eyes – Actress Omotola shares experience with Nigerian police

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade, says she once saw her life flash before her eyes when police pointed a gun at her and others during...

Angry#EndSARS protesters carry coffin, chant ‘Buhari Must Go’ [Video]

A video of angry #EndSARS protesters, carrying the coffin of what is presumed to be President Muhammadu Buhari, has gone viral on social media. In...

‘I survived 7 miscarriages, 2 stillbirths & stripped naked before pastors’

Entertainment pundit and event organiser, Whitney Boakye Mensah, has disclosed how difficult life was for her prior to having her first child. Following Selly Galley's...

Prophetess who s3xually assaulted a female congregant jailed

Juliet Masakanire, the Zimbabwean Prophetess accused of sexually assaulting a female congregant, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of...

Google tweets in support of #EndSARS protest

Global Organisation of Oriented Group Language of Earth (GOOGLE) has also thrown its weight behind the #EndSARS protest currently ongoing across the country.  The international company,...

Africa can’t afford a second coronavirus wave – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa cannot afford a second wave of Covid-19, saying it would be devastating especially to the...

13-year-old girl forced to watch porn, defiled by her aunt’s 48-year-old husband

A 48-year-old man, Charles Ekwe, has been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp for sexually abusing his wife’s 13-year-old...

John Dumelo starts mushroom farming in his constituency [Video]

Member of Parliament (MP) aspirant for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has opened up a mushroom farm in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency to...

Legendary American rapper Nas reacts to #EndSARS protests in Nigeria

American rapper, Nasir Jones, popularly known as Nas, has joined the tall list of international celebrities who are criticising police brutality in Nigeria. The legendary...

Nigerian man proposes to his girlfriend at #EndSARS protest [Photos]

A Nigerian man, identified as Demola, proposed to the love of his life at the #EndSARS protest in Lagos on Tuesday, October 13. Demola shared...

Footballer beaten to death by his teammates after they conceded a goal from his poor defence

Authorities in Uganda have confirmed the death of a local football player after he was allegedly assaulted by teammates. It was gathered that Churchill...

US elections: The African evangelicals praying for Trump to win

Despite making pejorative remarks about Africa, United States President Donald Trump has attracted a devout following among some Christians on the continent. "Pray for him...

Nigerian Lives Matter – TD Jakes reacts to #EndSARS protest

Bishop T.D. Jakes has lent his voice to the #EndSARS protest which is currently holding in several states in Nigeria.  The renowned cleric quoted Martin Luther...

Black History Month: George Floyd’s son ‘can’t stop watching’ the video of his father’s death

The untimely death of George Floyd – who would have been 47 today – has been a reckoning on race and police brutality in America. The son...

#EndSARS protest : Buhari bows to pressure

The Nigeria government has finally bowed to the pressure from its citizens by granting all the requests made by the #EndSars protesters. These requests includes; ·...

EndSARS protest: Over 100,000 Nigerians sign petition asking ICC to prosecute IGP

A petition asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest and prosecute the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of Nigeria, Adamu Mohammed over alleged crimes against humanity...

Michael Jackson meets with Robert Mugabe in never-before-seen footage [Watch]

Michael Jackson secretly met with Robert Mugabe and his second wife Grace more than two decades ago. Footage of the highly secretive meeting has been...

Tragedy as guest dies, groom loses legs

A wedding ceremony over the weekend ended in a tragedy when the groom lost his legs in an accident. A guest, who was traveling with...

Nigeria disbands SARS after nationwide protests

The Nigeria Police Force has dissolved an anti-robbery unit following protests against alleged human-rights abuses by some of its officers. “All officers and men serving...

Nigeria’s Vice President’s daughter joins #EndSARSNow protest

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's daughter, Kiki has joined the #EndSARS protest aimed at stopping police brutality and scrapping the controversial police unit.  The development was...

Nigerians laud Ghana Police Service amid #EndSARS protest

For days now, hundreds of Nigerians have taken to the streets to demand an end to police brutality. The development was triggered after a viral...

Africa ‘needs $1.2tn’ to recover coronavirus losses

The economic damage as well as the health costs caused by coronavirus has left Africa needing $1.2tn (£920bn) over the next three years, the...

Youth beat up Catholic priest for this reason

Rev. Fr. Ejike Fabian Odunze, the parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Nkomoro in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has...

Woman charged for transmitting HIV to her friend’s baby

A woman in Zimbabwe has been charged with deliberately transmitting HIV to her friend's baby by breastfeeding him.  The 23-year-old woman, from Harare, infected the...

Lady celebrates living with HIV for 22 years [Video]

A South African woman has taken to Facebook to celebrate living with HIV for 22 years.  Mancobeni Makhwayi, who shared her story on the social...

Woman sells grandson over father’s failure to pay bride price

An old woman has been arrested for allegedly selling her grandson over his father's failure to to pay for the wife’s bride price. The suspect,...

Prison officer commits suicide after being denied promotion [Photo]

After being denied promotion consecutively for three times, 28-year-old Alfred Bassa, a staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service, formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service,...