South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has lost a bid to avoid prosecution for corruption charges.
The case has been hanging over Mr Zuma’s head...
Dancehall act, Shatta Wale has disclosed how he met American pop star, Beyoncé and her seven-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy Carter during his recent travel...
Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services, speaking during a briefing at the White
House says the Trump administration has unveiled new...
A pair of $3,000 (£2,453) trainers dubbed 'Jesus Shoes' that contain holy water have sold out minutes after being made available to purchase.
The controversial...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) apprehended about 95 graduates with fake certificates from Nigeria and foreign universities and handed them over to security...
Rihanna has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s refusal to address gun violence, suggesting he may be “the most mentally ill human being in America”.
The 31-year-old singer,...
Congolese scientist and researcher, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, has successfully discovered the most effective cure for Ebola.
According to him, he discovered the most effective
cure for the...
A Bill has been introduced in the Nigerian senate that seeks to prevent sexual harassment of students in universities.
This follows the broadcast of a BBC...
Tyler Perry officially christened his massive new film studio Saturday, beaming as his fellow entertainment industry luminaries descended on Atlanta and strode a red...
Eleven people were arrested in southern Mexico on Tuesday after the mayor of their village was dragged out of his office, beaten, and then tied to a pickup...
Kelechi Nwigbo, a Germany-returnee, has allegedly been killed by lightning in his hotel room behind Eke Market, Afikpo, Ebonyi state.He had checked into...
The University of Lagos, Akoka, has suspended another lecturer, Dr Samuel Oladipo, of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, after he...
West African politicians and film stars are among thousands calling for action following a BBC report into sexual harassment at top universities.
A year-long investigation...
Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has refuted claims that he sleeps with vulnerable girls in exchange for grades in the University of Ghana.
Speaking...
Following the revelation in the ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary released by BBC Africa Eye, the University of Lagos has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia has lifted some restrictions on women travelling in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, its tourism authority said Sunday,...
An American preacher, Gregg Schoof who was arrested on Monday in Rwanda for holding an "illegal meeting with journalists" has been deported, New Times...
Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic,...
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has praised a senior government official for caning a group of secondary school students who were accused of setting fire...
Facebook Inc has removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia, citing “coordinated inauthentic...
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An elderly female bank employee has been hailed after she fought off an armed bank robber and forced him to leave the premises.
READ: Shatta...
A Kenyan man was caught exhuming his father’s body to retrieve his leather shoes.
The 27-year-old Patrick Mwangi Katonye was caught by members of the public,...
Colombian officials have ordered an investigation following the daring escape in Bogota of an imprisoned former senator from a medical centre where she had...
A Ghanaian resident in Spain has allegedly killed another
Ghanaian in a meat factory where they both work.
The happening was made known to the Ghanaian...
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to face South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, weeks after Nigerians were subjected to xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
South African...
For decades state-regulated brothels have existed in Tunisia. They
remain legal, but pressure from women's rights activists and religious
conservatives has forced nearly all...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says social media is threatening to undermine national security, and has called for an end to hate speech.
In an address...
The 42-year-old founder of Divine Mount Zion Gospel Ministry, Pastor
Femi Olorunsoromidayo reportedly died while conducting the funeral
service of one of his members.
Pastor Femi, who...
