Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has announced the deactivation of her Twitter account following the ban on the micro-blogging site by the...
Facebook said Donald Trump’s accounts on the social giant’s platforms will be suspended for two years — until January 2023 — and will only be reinstated...
Senegalese serial jailbreaker, Baye Modou Fall, who escaped on Saturday from a prison in the capital Dakar, has been rearrested.
It was his 12th jailbreak...
Nigerian pastor, Temitope Balogun Joshua, better known as Prophet TB Joshua, has called for fasting and prayer for Nigeria ahead of June 12.
Speaking to...
A student of University of Ilorin, Nigeria, identified as Olajide Blessing Omowumi, was on Wednesday night, June 2, raped and brutally murdered.
The unidentified persons...
Ex-President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated the problems of insecurity and economic instability in Nigeria has left citizens in a mood of "bitterness...
A comedian dressed as Superman was hit by a bus while performing a stunt on May 30.
Luiz Ribeiro de Andrade, who is nicknamed Superman, tried to film...
International Sex Workers' Day is celebrated to honour and recognise the exploited working conditions of sex workers.
On 2nd June, 1975, 100 sex workers approximately...
The House of Representatives' Special Committee on Constitution Review has received a proposal to change Nigeria's name to United African Republic.Adeleye Jokotoye, a tax...
Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet in which he threatened to deal with Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they understand”.
President Buhari had in...
The Kenyan authorities have arrested a Ghanaian national who is alleged to have fraudulently obtained $83,000 (£58,490) from a woman in a romance scam.
The...
The management of the University of Lagos has dismissed two lecturers caught on camera demanding sex from a ''student'' in a special BBC report.
The lecturers -...
A 29-year-old lady, simply identified as Blessing, has been found dead in her home in Delta State, Nigeria.
Blessing is said to have been discovered...
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has warned that his government will not tolerate any action that promotes crime and insurrection in the country.
He was responding...
A year and months after going missing, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps officer has been found dead and buried.
Josephine Onche went missing...
Gunmen opened fire at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister in an attempted assassination on Tuesday, wounding the former army commander and killing...
A Nigerian man, Bamidele Aribanusi, has been accused of assaulting his 11-year-old daughter for allegedly refusing his sexual advances in Ketu area of Lagos...
A Kenyan woman, Elizabeth Nalem, has shocked her countrymen by ending her 20-year-marriage to “marry” the Holy Spirit.
The mother of six from Makutano town in West...
Tempers flared again at the Pan-African Parliament sitting in Midrand on Monday with members halting the scheduled elections, complaining that they felt unsafe in...
Two African Presidents have joined supporters of English football club, Chelsea to celebrate its UEFA Champions League (UCL) victory.
The London team beat Premier League...
An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has found new evidence that, in November 2020, Ugandan security forces fired live ammunition indiscriminately at people on the...
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secretly planned wedding at Westminster Cathedral.
The marriage took place in a...
