The ramifications of the punitive measure against subscribers who have not re-registered their SIM cards have taken a different turn.
Already, the blocking of SIM...
Nigeria's customs service has intercepted 7,000 donkey penises at an airport in the commercial hub, Lagos, that were headed to Hong Kong, according to...
The Auditor-General says Ghana’s Honorary Consul-General in Houston, USA failed to declare the full visa fees collected from applicants between 2018 and 2019.
In its...
Nigerian police have arrested a 44-year-old woman for alleged theft of 15 children in the southern Rivers state.
The police say the children were abducted...
The Ghanaian High Commission in South Africa has cautioned its citizens over the potential danger of upcoming protests against foreigners in the country.
The High...
Kwasi Kwarteng, a long-time ally and political soulmate of new prime minister Liz Truss, has been named as the UK’s next chancellor.
He takes over...
A distraught man has gone viral on social media after storming his university to return his certificate.
The graduate of the Ladoke Akintola University of...
Dozens of Islamist militants have drowned in a river while fleeing ground and aerial assaults in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno, security sources...
Burkina Faso’s military ruler Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba says he will honour a promise to restore civilian rule within two years.
Under the 24-month transition agreement...
African leaders have criticised wealthy nations for failing to turn up at a climate change summit in the Netherlands.
The only Western leader to appear...
A Ghanaian man, Shadrack Kevin Darko, who decided to journey through the Libyan Desert to seek greener pastures in Europe, has disclosed the horrors...
Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld results declaring William Ruto winner of last month's presidential elections.
Ruto, 55, won with 50.49% of the votes against...
A Moroccan imam who lost a court appeal on Tuesday against deportation from France for hate speech has gone missing.
When police arrived at Hassan Iquioussen’s home...
Kenya’s Supreme Court concluded the presidential petition hearings on Thursday.
Lawyers representing the electoral commission and President-elect William Ruto challenged the petition by presidential candidate...
South Africa's cabinet has approved a new design for coins that will feature inscriptions in all official languages.
The official languages will be rotated annually...
Three health workers in Senegal have been arrested after a pregnant woman and her baby died allegedly because of a botched Caesarean section.
A health...
Uganda has started giving Ebola vaccines to its soldiers who are fighting against rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
The exercise began last week...
Lawyers of veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga, who is challenging the presidential election results, have alleged that there was systematic rigging in favour of...
A middle-aged man has been arrested for killing his friend and burying the body in his house in Lokoja.
According to Nigerian Tribune, the incident happened...
Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Tobiloba Daniel and his suspected lover, Arewa Abayomi, have been found dead in Daniel’s off-campus...
Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state government has launched an ambitious school enrolment programme for thousands of children displaced by the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency.
The state...
Two former top officials from South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight rail company Transnet have been arrested by elite police unit The Hawks, for...
A 74-year-old man from Kogi State, identified as Mallam Muhammad Awal, has married for the first time.
Awal wedded 45-year-old divorcee, Mallama Rahmat Muhammad,...
The French energy ministry has confirmed reports that talks are under way between gas giant Engie and Algeria's Sonatrach to potentially increase gas imports...
Two Supernumerary Police Officers in Nigeria have been suspended by the Nigeria Police Force for misconduct.
The officers, Obaze Blessing and Obaze Emmanuella Uju, were...
Niger has deployed rainmaking technology aimed at alleviating the effects of drought in the country, weather authorities said Thursday.
The desert country has faced a...
The World Health Organization (WHO) boss, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has lamented being unable to send money to his "starving" relatives in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray...
