In 2017 this troupe of Ghanaian pallbearers went viral following BBC Africa’s coverage of their flamboyant coffin-carrying dances, garnering millions of views.
Three years later...
A Nigerian woman, identified as Kehinde Afolabi, is in the grips of the police for allegedly slapping a policeman 13 times.
Reports indicate the incident...
The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Mohammed Ahmad Asha, is dead. He died while waiting for his result of COVID-19 test.
The monarch’s death...
Fifty persons from Zamfara state hidden inside Lorry loads of fruits were on Sunday intercepted in Ilorin by officers of Kwara state police command.
Vanguard...
Muslims, many praying shoulder-to-shoulder and without face masks, crowded mosques in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Sunday, after the government lifted an order closing...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is looking to test two million Nigerians over the space of three months.
This was revealed by the Director-General of...
An Imam (Muslim CLeric) in Bauchi state has been publicly flogged for defying social distancing order to hold prayers with over 10 people.The President,...
Nigeria has accepted to be part of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) solidarity trial of vaccines for coronavirus.
So far, more than 100 countries have joined...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said a pastor had tested positive for Coronavirus after praying for a deceased patient in the State.
Those...
Joe Biden released a statement Friday denying a former aide's claims he sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, saying of Tara Reade's allegation: "This never happened.
"Friday's...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now given emergency approval for the drug remdesivir to be used for coronavirus treatment.
US President Donald Trump who...
Harrowing footage from a Brazilian city hit by the Coronavirus pandemic shows mass graves being dug as authorities struggle with the pandemic.
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Sudan has criminalised carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail.
Some 87% of Sudanese women aged between 14...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 204 new cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in 17 states and the federal capital territory.
NCDC...
Gospel musician, Nathaniel Bassey, has advised people to seek God for help in this coronavirus pandemic and not the government.
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Covid-19: Akufo-Addo speaks on...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it is very worried about the rate of community spread of Covid-19 in West Africa.
The regional head of...
Three men have allegedly been arrested over a video they made and shared on social media, allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Katsina...
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has outlined some of the trials going on for Covid-19 treatment and vaccination in Africa.
Fifty-two countries have...
Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
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Coronavirus kills child at Korle-BuNumber of Ghanaians tested for...
The boss of Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Durex condoms, has said people are having less sex because of the coronavirus crisis.
Laxman Narasimhan said condom...
Through winces and grins, two girls wearing face masks and surrounded by posters of different hairstyles bowed their heads for their hairdressers. But the...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has said that the traditional cure for Coronavirus has reached an advanced stage and will be made available...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a dead man into office, naming the late Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru as a board member for a government...
A Nigerian woman has narrowly escaped death after a bus crashed into her shop and destroyed the wooden structure.
Reports indicate the lady had just...
Dozens of bodies have been found stored in moving lorries in New York, authorities say, after passersby complained of the smell.
The Andrew T Cleckley...
Nigeria hit a hair-raising 1,532 figure-benchmark of coronavirus cases as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night, April 28, announced 195...
