Africa

A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116.Fredie Blom's identity documents...

More than 300 doctors in public hospitals in Kenya's capital Nairobi have begun a strike.The health workers want better pay and working conditions including...

Legit.ng crew had a major encounter with Elizabeth Packal, a woman who revealed she was pregnant for 10 years.In an exclusive interview with her,...

An accident victim has revealed his intention to sue a medical doctor for giving him blood to revive him, claiming that blood transfusion is...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have urged African governments to promote the safe reopening of schools during the...

There are signs of hope on the African continent as cases of COVID-19 begin to fall in some worst hit countries.The continent-wide daily average was 10,300...

Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a lady, Idris Mary, for self-kidnapping in Akure with the help of her boyfriend.The Commissioner of Police, Tunde...

A video of a Nigerian house-help, who was caught trying to poison her madam’s drink with an insecticide, has surfaced on the internet.In the...

Kenya is developing a protocol that will allow experts to explore treatment of moderately ill Covid-19 patients with blood plasma from recovered patients.Covid-19 survivors...

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports.In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he...

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC.Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also...

Kenya’s health ministry has dismissed an exposé that alleged massive looting and disappearance of millions of dollars of donor funds and equipment meant to...

A pastor in Imo state in Nigeria has organized a special prayer session to pray for Donald Trump's re-election as the president of the...

A South African man has narrated how he unknowingly had a baby with a "female ghost" he dated for four years. @Pluto_GP_ stated that he...

A 25-year-old woman has been arrested for biting her husband’s penis while he was asleep at their home in Umuofuga Umuhu, Imo State.A cousin...

The maiden anniversary of Progressive Witches and Wizards Association held their annual meeting on Friday at Araba castle in Osogbo, Osun state.Renowned Ifa priest,...

American rapper and producer, Sean Jean Combs, popularly known as Diddy, says he has been praying to God to send him someone like Nigerian...

What does an African literary giant like Ama Ata Aidoo have in common with Nigerian afrobeat artiste, Burna Boy? The answer is 'Twice As...

A food poisoning incident at Auki village of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State has left seven members of same family, consisting of...

President Alassane Ouattara will run for a third term in the October elections in Cote d’Ivoire, and some fifty-odd Ivorians are indignant as they...

A man, who was arrested and confessed to being an armed robber and a rapist, suggested that police officers should kill him, and a video...

Nigeria has moved from National Identification and Registration of citizens via card-based version to strictly digital, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and...

A Kenyan lady, Harriet Vihenda Akunava took to social media to beg for forgiveness for infecting people with HIV.While many thought she was joking, the...

An Islamic court in the Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a 70-year-old man to death for defiling a 12-year-old girl.In recent weeks, there...

Factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, has reportedly released a new audio, faulting the death sentence a Sharia court in Kano state...

A 19-year-old Ugandan, Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa, is hoping to make history by unseating the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni in the upcoming presidential elections.Mr Kaweesa has picked...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised African youth to come together and use their electoral power to kick out the older generation from all...

The Vice President of Liberia, Jewel Howard-Taylor, has been flown to Ghana for health treatment.The government said she was sent to Ghana on Tuesday...

Web based encyclopedia – Wikipedia has updated its list of failed states and Nigeria is now one of the countries on the list.The free...

Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, a renowned Kenyan Pan-Africanist, has listed African presidents would become Cabinet members in a supposed African government.Professor Lumumba...

Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to those who criticised his comment on the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu.Mr Obasanjo had said that the late...

Pope Francis has confirmed reports for the first time that a particular Malawian Diocesan impregnated 30 nuns.According to Pope Francis, priests and bishops in the...

A Nigerian Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Ahmadu Garba, and two others identified as Abubakar Bala, 37, and Suleiman Ahmadu, for allegedly...

A twitter thread has proven that sex workers can still find love despite the nature of their job, which requires them to provide several...

A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.An upper Sharia court...

A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.An upper Sharia court...

There was drama at the Oyo state Infectious Disease Centre on Saturday when a young lady refused to follow her father home after she...

A Saudi man is reportedly set to take legal action against his wife for stealthily accessing his WhatsApp messages and monitoring them for nine...

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo underwent Covid-19 test at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State.According to reports, he decided to take the test after receiving...

Two boys were burnt alive for allegedly stealing a mobile phone at Komarock Estate, Nairobi, Kenya.According to reports, the teen boys were caught trying...