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German Chancellor travels to Ghana , Nigeria and Senegal for talks on migration, trade and more

Chancellor Angela Merkel left Germany on Wednesday morning for a multi-day diplomatic mission which will take her to the West African states of Senegal,...

Slap any comedian that cracks jokes against Jesus – Apostle Suleiman

General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has hit at Nigerian comedians who love to crack jokes using the name of...

Kenya’s Deputy Chief justice arrested

Kenya’s Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has been arrested at her offices in the Supreme Court in the capital, Nairobi over alleged corruption. She has...

Nigeria police arrest 57 men at ‘gay party’

Police in Nigeria say they arrested 57 men over the weekend on suspicion of being gay as displays of same-sex affection are banned in...

Trump Gives ‘Red Card’ To Reporters During Meeting With FIFA Head (PHOTO)

President Trump on Tuesday jokingly tossed a red card in the direction of members of the media during a meeting with FIFA and U.S. Soccer officials...

Buhari supporters replies Trump’s ‘lifeless jibe’

A group supporting Nigeria’s 75-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari has rubbished a claim by his US counterpart Donald Trump who reportedly described him as “lifeless”. The...

Photo: Mom sells 6-weeks-old baby; uses money to buy new phone

The Edo state police (Nigeria) command have apprehended a 23-year-old mother of two, Miracle Johnson, for selling her six-weeks-old baby and using proceeds from...

Bride cancels wedding, breaks up with fiancé after friends and family refuse to pay for $60G nuptials

A woman’s long-winded tirade blaming her friends and family for canceling her dream $60,000 wedding has gone viral on social media. The bizarre story has...

Trump says Nigerian President Buhari is ‘lifeless’ – report

US President Donald Trump reportedly told his aides he never wanted to meet someone as "lifeless" as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari again. Trump's remarks came...

Australian worker overpaid by A$500,000

A worker in Australia has been paid more than 100 times their normal salary because of a decimal point in the wrong place. The worker...

After South Africa, Namibia wants to embark on land reform

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Sunday urged citizens to participate in land expropriation talks, as he seeks to ease political and ethnic tensions over...

Pope keeps silent on abuse claim letter

Pope Francis has refused to respond to claims by a former Vatican diplomat, who has called for him to resign. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano also...

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as new President

Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the oath as Zimbabwe's president, after winning last month's bitterly contested election that marked the country's first vote since Robert Mugabe was...

Zimbabwe court dismisses Nelson Chamisa’s bid to annul election result

Zimbabwe’s constitutional court confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed July 30 election victory on Friday, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up his inauguration. In a...

Six pupils reveal how they were initiated into witchcraft

Six pupils (one male and five females) who are alleged to be witches and wizard, have revealed how they were initiated into witchcraft. The oldest...

Over 100 migrants force entry into North African Spanish enclave

Spanish police have said more than 100 African migrants managed to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco when they...

Zambian fined GH 90,000 for trafficking ephedrine

An Accra High Criminal Court has convicted a Zambian businesswoman Matildah Nkole Kangombe for trafficking precursor chemical in her luggage at the Kotoka International...

Melania Trump to visit Africa

US First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa later this year, although it is not clear where or when she plans on visiting...

South Africa opens Zuma corruption inquiry

A public inquiry in South Africa has started investigating alleged corruption by ex-President Jacob Zuma. The inquiry is looking into "state capture", where the wealthy...

World Photography Day: Sad end of African photojournalist whose shots shook the world

Sunday marked the World Photography Day and as the day is set aside to measure progress made so far in the industry and as well...

Sixteen nurses get pregnant at a go

Pregnancy might just be catching at a hospital in Mesa, Arizona, where 16 nurses are expecting at once. That's 10% of the nursing staff in...

Angolans embrace better life with Chinese social housing project

The flagship 3.5-billion-dollar Kilamba New City project, by China’s CITIC Construction, has converted a backward rural area into a modern satellite town in the Angolan capital...

Funerals are becoming one last extravagant display of wealth

Live lavishly, go out extravagantly. For many of the rich and powerful, funerals are becoming the final opportunity to flaunt immense wealth, competing with weddings...

Nigerian girls win Silicon Valley contest for app that spots fake drugs

Five months ago Jessica Osita had never used a computer, sent an email or even browsed the internet, yet she is part of a...

Woman punched man who grabbed her genitals in nightclub

A woman who punched a man when he grabbed her genitals twice in a club says she does not endorse violence but is proud...

Ex-Trump aide faces up to six months’ jail

US special counsel Robert Mueller has recommended a prison sentence of up to six months for former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos. Mr Mueller, head...

Nigerian girls win Silicon Valley contest for app that spots fake drugs

Five months ago Jessica Osita had never used a computer, sent an email or even browsed the internet, yet she is part of a...

Pope Francis condemns ‘predator’ priests in US

Pope Francis is on the side of victims of more than 300 "predator" priests in the US accused of abusing children in one state,...

Face transplant: A ‘second chance’ for young suicide survivor

Katie Stubblefield was only 18 when she was severely injured by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her life was saved in hospital, but the young woman...

Tragedy in Sudan as over 20 primary school children drown

Over 20 people including primary school children and a female hospital employee perished on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than 40 people sank...

Photo: 2-year-old chain smoker takes up to 40 cigarettes a day

A 2-year-old boy from Sukabumi, Indonesia, has become so addicted to smoking that he smokes up to 40 cigarettes a day. Rapi Ananda Pamungkas started...

Man charged for refusing to pay prostitute

A young man has been charged in court after allegedly refusing to pay a prostitute after engaging in three hot rounds of intercourse. The 28-year-old...

Man sneaks into hospital ward to make love with sick wife

A Zimbabwean man who reportedly sneaked into his sick wife’s hospital ward to make love to her is currently in trouble. The man, a prominent...

Photos: Housewife beheads husband, buries him in their bedroom

Ugandan police have arrested one Harriet Nassali, a housewife, for allegedly beheading her husband, Siraje Kavuma, and digging a grave in their matrimonial bedroom...

Uganda President attacked, MP’s guard shot dead ahead of by-election

A senior press secretary to Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said on Monday evening that the president’s car came under attack by opposition supporters...

Nigerian troops protest against frontline deployment

A detachment of Nigerian troops fired into the air on Sunday - at an airport in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri - to protest...

Floods kill dozens in India

Indian tourist hotspot, the state of Kerala has been struck by heavy monsoonal rains which has led to unprecedented flash flooding in the area. At...

Hippo bite kills tourist in Kenya

A Taiwanese tourist has died after being bitten in the chest by a hippo he was trying to photograph in Kenya. Chang Ming Chuang, 66,...

Meet the woman helping people prepare to die

Lizzie Neville is an 'end-of-life doula' who helps people prepare for death. Doula is a term traditionally associated with childbirth, describing someone who helps a...

Burkina Faso: Suspected Jihadist kills 6

The eastern part of Burkina Faso was on Saturday again attacked by a jihadist. Five gendarmes and one civilian were killed in a mine explosion...