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Popular cult leader, 11 others arrested

Lagos State Police Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants has arrested a suspected notorious cult leader, Maliki Bello, and 11 other cultists who...

Man chains wives, children…forces them to drink his semen (photos)

One Samaila Musa has been arrested by the police for locking up his two wives, Fatima Salisu and Hadiza Musa, in a room...

Oscars 2020: The winners in full

This year's Academy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles. Here's the full list of winners and nominees: Best picture Winner: ParasiteFord v FerrariThe IrishmanJojo RabbitJokerLittle...

‘I was accused of bewitching my husband’

Esther Kiama was working as a teacher in Nyeri, central Kenya, when she received the call. Her husband, David, was unwell. "And it is not a...

Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones

Apple has been fined 25 million euros (£21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers. The fine was...

Video: Policemen arrest fellow officers for collecting bribe

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8PGPECHuxQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again A video making rounds online, captured moment some policemen arrested their colleagues for collecting bribe.  The policemen attached to the Nigeria Police special squad 'Operation Puff Adder’...

South African Airways to cut routes in rescue effort

South African Airways (SAA), which entered a form of bankruptcy protection in December, will scale back some of its domestic and international routes from...

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma takes aim in rifle photo

South Africa's embattled former President Jacob Zuma has found himself at the centre of fresh controversy after tweeting a photo of himself taking aim...

Teenage wife kills husband 51 days after wedding in Katsina

Barely 51 days after the illegal child marriage between a 17-year-old identified as Rabi Rabi’u, and her 25-year-old husband, all hell has ...

Mr Eazi, Temi Otedola celebrate 3rd anniversary

Nigerian fashionsta and daughter of billionaire Femi Odetola, Temi Odetola, has taken to Instagram to celebrate three years of union between herself and boyfriend...

Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill reignite their beef with a heated war of words

Nicki Minaj and her ex-boyfriend Meek Mill tangled in a vicious and personal exchange on social media Wednesday. The situation began after Meek liked a photo...

Bomb scare at Living Faith Church: Father of suspect speaks!

Samuel Ezekiel, the father of the suspect who was arrested for allegedly attempting to bomb a Living Faith Church in Kaduna, has said his son, Nathaniel...

Nigeria unveils new visa policy to attract specialized skills

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a new biometric visa policy, intended to improve transparency of their security database. The president announced the policy dubbed ‘Nigeria Visa Policy...

Davido buys Chioma expensive watch as early Val’s Day present [Photo]

Nigerian singer Davido continues to prove his love to his girlfriend Chioma as he serves her even more assurance with an early Valentine’s day...

Celebrities, fans celebrate Tiwa Savage as she marks 40th birthday

Celebrities and fans on social media are pouring out their heart-warming wishes to Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage as she celebrates her 40th birthday....

Tanzanian preacher granted bail over deaths in stampede

Tanzania's Boniface Mwamposa has been released on bail after he was arrested over a stampede that killed 20 people on Sunday during an outdoor religious service...

Seven persons to contest presidential election in Togo

Seven persons including President Faure Gnassingbe, leader of the Union for the Republic (UNIR), have been cleared by Togo’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI)...

Arrest warrant issued for former South Africa President Jacob Zuma

Former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma pictured at the BRICS Summit in Ufa, Russia on July 9, 2015. A South African judge said she was left...

First Lady charged for murdering rival

The wife of the Prime Minister of Lesotho is to be charged with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane handed herself in to...

Arrest warrant issued for former South African leader Jacob Zuma

A judge in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear in court on a corruption...

Daniel Arap Moi Kenya’s longest-serving leader dead

Kenya's longest serving President Daniel arap Moi who died on Monday rose to power in 1978 upon the death of Kenya's first President Jomo...

Coronavirus: Chinese embassy stops issuance of visas to Nigerians

Barely one week after the government of the United States of America (USA) placed a visa ban on Nigeria and some other African countries,...

Okada ban: Horses troop in their numbers as alternative means of transport

In lieu of the Federal Government’s decision to ban Okada and Keke drivers from the state, Nigerians have been forced to go on endless...

Desmond Elliot’s weight gain gets fans talking, actor reacts

Fans of Nigerian actor and director, Desmond Elliot, are shocked over his new look in photos he shared on his social media page recently. Looking...

Burkina Faso: Gunmen kill 20 civilians in attack

As many as 20 civilians have been killed in an overnight attack in north-western Burkina Faso. Unidentified heavily armed men on motorbikes carried out the...

Coronavirus: First death outside China reported in Philippines

A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the virus' first confirmed fatality outside China. The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from...

Ghanaian students in coronavirus-hit China receive ¢40,000 from govt

Ghanaian students in China, who have been stranded following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, have received 50,000RMB, approximately ¢40,000 from government for their...

Tanzanian ‘anti-gay’ force official banned from US

A top Tanzanian official, who launched a surveillance squad dedicated to hunting down gay people, has been banned by the United States...

Bishop Oyedepo breaks silence on US visa saga

Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, says he was never denied visa to the United...

Coronavirus: WHO lists Ghana among top-risk African nations

The World Health Organisation has identified Nigeria and 12 others as high-risk African countries for the deadly coronavirus disease. The other countries are Algeria, Angola,...

I killed my girlfriend because she left me for wealthy men – Suspect confesses

A 31-year-old man, paraded by the Taraba State Police Command, has confessed to killing his girlfriend, Imbajuri Ambisi.  The suspect, identified as Munda Bala, reportedly conspired with his...

Kenyan court halts biometric registration

Kenya’s High Court has halted the implementation of a new biometric registration system until data protection laws are enacted. The court also...

House wife jailed for calling neighbour a ‘prostitute’

A Shari’a Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna has sentenced a housewife, Mariya Muhammad, to two weeks imprisonment without an option of fine for calling her...

3Music 2020: Shatta Wale thankful for nominations, urges fans to vote

Dancehall artiste has taken to Twitter to thank the organisers of 3Music for his nominating him again this year. The nominations announcement which happened on...

Nigerian university translates physics, chemistry and maths textbooks into Hausa

Bayero University, Kano, has reportedly translated physics, chemistry, and mathematics textbooks into the Hausa language to aid learning. A twitter user, with the name...

LeBron James shows off new Kobe Bryant tattoo

LeBron James has a new piece of body art serving as a tribute to Kobe Bryant, complete with imagery of a Black Mamba. Both LeBron and Anthony Davis hit...

Jeff Bezos adds $13.2 Billion to his fortune in just minutes

Jeff Bezos just got a whole lot richer. Shares of his Amazon.com Inc. surged 12% to $2,100 in extended trading at 4:16 p.m. in New York, after the largest U.S....

Stonebwoy’s reaction to Castro’s new song featuring Davido

Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, is urging music producer Kaywa to release the song he recorded with missing artiste Castro which featured Davido. Replying to a message under...

Four Burundi journalists sentenced to jail

Four journalists in Burundi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Térence Mpozenzi and Egide Harerimana, have been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail each after a...

3Music Awards 2020: Sarkodie leads with 13 nominations, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy follow closely

The nominations for the 3rd edition of the 3Music Awards were announced on January 30, 2020. Leading the nomination for this year's edition is rapper Sarkodie. The...