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Women who transitioned to men share before and after photos

A thread is receiving attention on Twitter because it shows trans men showing off photos of themselves when they were women and now...

A million faulty condoms recalled in Uganda

A leading charity organisation, Marie Stopes, says it has recalled more than a million condoms distributed in Uganda following concerns about their safe use. Tests...

Videos: Moesha chills with Wizkid, Tiwa Savage in Dubai

Ghanaian actress Moesha Boduong was spotted hanging out with Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage and Wizkid during the recently held One Africa Music Fest 2019 in Dubai. In...

Outrageous traditional marriage list causes commotion

The issue of bride price being overly extreme has always been a problem in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. Many families tend to go...

Banks ‘facilitated South Africa corruption’ under Zuma

Several international banks enabled corruption in South Africa under former President Jacob Zuma, British lawmaker Peter Hain has said. At an inquiry hearing, he said...

Kenya to name and shame student loan defaulters

A Kenyan government agency that gives loans to university students says it will publish the names and photos of 85,000 defaulters if they do...

‘Militants killed’ in Burkina Faso sex slave raid

The army in Burkina Faso says it has killed 32 armed men - described as “terrorists” - during two operations in the north of...

Nigerian entrepreneur wins $250,000 Jack Ma’s African Netpreneur Prize

The maiden edition of the Africa Business Heroes Show in Ghana has seen a Nigerian medical distribution startup, Life Bank owned by Temie Giwa-Tubosun,...

You’ve done so much evil to many people – Bankulli rips into Dbanj

The long standing beef between Nigerian popstar, Dbanj and his former manager, Bankulli has just popped up again. For those who don't know, Bankulli was...

Africa Unite Concert: Burna Boy to donate half of ticket sales to xenophobic victims

Nigerian rapper, Burna Boy, says he will donate part of the gate proceeds he will receive during his upcoming show in Cape Town to...

‘We failed to reach Europe – now our families disown us’

Most of the West African migrants who fail to reach Europe eventually return to their own countries, but it can be a bitter homecoming. In...

Kenya prisoners denied pay rise

The High Court in Kenya has dismissed a petition seeking to increase prisoners' wages. Three ex-inmates filed the petition four years ago, arguing that current...

#Sexforgrades: Ignatius Ajuru University sacks lecturer, suspends 10 others

One lecturer has been dismissed, while 10 others have been suspended at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, over the allegation of demanding cash...

SA artists petition Arts and Culture Minister to stop Burna Boy from SA concert

South African musicians have refused to perform alongside Burna Boy after threatening rapper AKA over his xenophobic comments months ago. Burna Boy has been a...

Pastor feeds church members with millipede and beer

South African Pastor, Lesego Daniel is in the news again for feeding his church members with millipede and beer.  Photos from the 'mass feeding' programme was...

TB Joshua prays for peace in South Sudan

Popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua has led prayers for peace in the capital, Juba, in a mission backed by President Salva Kiir. The self-proclaimed prophet...

Photos: Winners Chapel pastor regains freedom after 7 months in Boko Haram captivity

A pastor with the Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners' Chapel abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in May, has regained his freedom after...

Elephant named after Osama bin Laden kills five people in India

An elephant named after the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden that killed five Indian villagers has been caught after a massive operation to...

People living with Sickle Cell need empathy, not sympathy – Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has stressed the need for more collaborative efforts to foster better education and awareness about sickle cell disease just...

DJ Cuppy talks about her upcoming wedding

Florence Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, has revealed that her wedding ceremony would be lowkey and less stressful compared to the first-ever Gold Gala...

Cardi B to Ghana confirmed by her endorsement of Accra concert

Cardi B, one of America's finest female music stars, will be touching down in Ghana to connect with her fans through a music concert...

Kenya’s Prisons law school that renews inmates’ hope

Four years ago, on a day that has remained the darkest in Herine Akinyi’s life, her son Hezron Onyango was sentenced to life behind...

Nigeria gives condition for reopening borders

The Federal Government’s decision to shut the nation’s land borders against neighbouring countries will remain, despite any short-term losses, until they...

77-year-old blind man in court for selling Indian hemp

Kareem Adebayo, a 77-year-old visually-impaired man, was on Wednesday put before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, for alleged possession of a...

Pastor’s daughter who married three men at once files for divorce

The 36-year-old woman who married three men at once has filed for divorce. Ann Grace Aguti, who is a pastor’s daughter, heeded to...

Girl, 13, dies from beating over bed wetting

A 13-year-old girl, Precious Omenka, has allegedly been beaten to death in #Lekki, #Lagos State. According to The Nation, the Junior Secondary School 3...

Catholic nuns get pregnant while on Africa missionary trip

The Catholic Church has launched an investigation after two missionary nuns became pregnant while working in Africa. The two women, who belonged to separate religious...

Royal couple given ‘fake’ marriage certificate

Inkosi ya Makosi Gomani V and his wife were issued with a fake marriage certificate during their royal wedding on Saturday, a law...

TB Joshua ‘defends’ a witch plotting to kill a pastor’s wife

A woman in Nigeria, who had confessed to killing three boys while plotting to terminate the lives of his husband, her children and...

University bans hugging between lecturers and female students

The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has launched new sexual harassment that will abhor amorous huggings between lecturers and female students.   The Vice-Chancellor of...

Ugandan woman marries three husbands at once

A Ugandan woman, Ann Grace Aguti, 36, from the Ngora district of the country has been trending on social media, over her decision to marry three...

Video: 2 armed robbers flee after messing with wrong guys

A video which has gone viral on social media, captured an armed robbery attack which went wrong at La Gratitude Circle in Lonehill Sandton, South Africa.  The...

Hajj pilgrim absconds after spiritual exercise

Ms Anifat Saheed, a female pilgrim who participated in the 2019 Hajj reportedly absconded after the Islamic spiritual exercise in Jeddah.  Chairman of the Muslim...

Gambia beauty queen testifies about her assault by ex-President Jammeh

A Gambian beauty queen has accused the country's former president, Yahya Jammeh, of raping her because she refused to marry him. Giving evidence to the...

Renowned cancer specialist dies of prostate cancer

Renowned cancer specialist, Professor Aderemi Tajudeen Ajekigbe, has died four months after he found that he had stage four prostate cancer, which is often...

Ghanaian victims of Jammeh killings want to testify before Reconciliation Commission

Ghanaians who survived the unlawful killing of 56 West African migrants in the Gambia and the victims’ families have requested to testify at the...

Pastor Adeboye holds special prayer for lecturers, students, others caught in S3x-for-Grades scandal

Pastor Enoch Adeboye is set to hold special prayers for lecturers and students caught in the Sex-for-Grades scandal. As concerns mount over Sex-for-Grades...

Woman who married 3 husbands trends on Twitter

A woman married three husbands against her father's approval and he gathered his clansmen to chase his daughter's husbands away from her ...

Pastor reportedly rapes teenager during deliverance

The Anambra State Police command has arrested a Pastor identified simply as Chukwuma, for raping a teenage student he reportedly lured on the pretence of conducting...

Tanzania arrests four Chinese workers for slow work

Authorities in Tanzania have arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in a state-funded project in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam. The...