The South African presidency has warned people against scammers using President Cyril Ramaphosa’s name to defraud the public.
It said scam messages purporting to be sent by...
British actor Idris Elba, who also has Sierra Leonean citizenship and heritage, has called for a peaceful general election in Sierra Leone, which will...
A referee, identified as Mustapha Bello, was killed after being struck by lightning during a friendly football match in Madalla town, Niger State.
The deceased,...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has suspended indefinitely the head of the country’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Abdulrasheed Bawa was asked...
Arnold Zikhali, a 36-year-old soldier from Zimbabwe, has been making headlines with his incredible feats of strength and his jaw-dropping appetite.
In an exclusive...
Polygamist pastor from Botswana, Seraki Kemmonye Seraki, has prayed to God to reward all hardworking men with new wives.
Seraki recently revealed that he plans...
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni has said he has contracted Covid-19 after one of three tests conducted on him turned out positive.
Mr Museveni, who gave...
Uganda's progress in tackling HIV is in "grave jeopardy" after the president approved tough new anti-homosexuality legislation, the UN and US have warned.
An increasing...
The new President of Africa's largest democracy, Nigeria, has been sworn in at a ceremony in the capital, Abuja.
Bola Tinubu, 71, won February's election...
Africa’s biggest oil refinery has been opened in Nigeria, where it is hoped it will alleviate chronic fuel shortages.
Nigeria is a major oil producer...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Africa and the world will miss outgoing Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari.
“As leaders, we all have our high and...
A 27-year-old electrical engineering student has died while trying to fix the power at a hospital affected by the fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Muhammedin...
Several heads of African states, mostly from Commonwealth countries, have arrived in London for King Charles’s coronation on Saturday May 6,2023.
Among those already in...
Pope Francis has sacked a Rwandan-born man, who has been serving as a clergyman in northern France for almost three decades, from priesthood.
A communiqué...
The divorce case between the daughter of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe and her husband has given a glimpse of the staggering wealth allegedly...
A firm belonging to the son of Nigeria’s president-elect bought an $11 million London mansion that his predecessor’s government was seeking to confiscate as...
A Ugandan national army soldier has shot and killed a government Minister whom he was guarding.
Retired Colonel Charles Okello Engola, the deputy Minister for...
A fetish priest has fled his community after inflicting machete wounds on two children.
The suspect, identified as Emea Ibe, was accused by the community...
Two of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have escaped after spending nine years in Boko Haram captivity.
Sources told Daily Trust that the girls escaped from...
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has successfully evacuated 82 Ghanaians from Sudan.
The Ministry had earlier announced a collaboration with its Missions in Cairo, Addis Ababa,...
A 45-year-old woman, Karima Nuhu, has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband, Musa Falalu, for allegedly failing to take her to Saudi Arabia.
The lawsuit...
