Liberia’s ex-president to head WHO coronavirus panel
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's former president, and Helen Clark, New Zealand's former prime minister, are to...
Hushpuppi’s lawyer breaks silence on his arrest
The lawyer representing Ramon Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi, Gal Pissetzky of Pissetzky and Berliner, has argued that the popular Instagram star is not...
Ivory Coast PM dies after cabinet meeting
Ivory Coast's PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting.The 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party's candidate...
I prefer Nigerian students lose academic year than expose them to danger – Minister says as State stops students from writing WASSCE
Final year secondary school students in Nigeria won’t participate in the upcoming West African Examination Council's West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the...
Madagascar denies claims President Rajoelina has Covid-19
The government of Madagascar has denied reports claiming President Andry Rajoelina has Coronavirus.There have been several reports on social media platforms and news websites claiming...
COVID-19: ‘BECE, WASSCE’ cancelled as Kenya annuls academic year
The Government of Kenya has annulled the academic year of 2020 for primary and secondary schools due to the continuous upsurge of numbers of...
US-based Ghanaian rapper shot dead in his home
United States (US) based Ghanaian rapper, Jay Gunz, was shot dead during a shoot out in his home in Bronx, New York on Sunday.The...
Covid-19: Kenya announces all national exams canceled as schools remain closed till 2021
Kenya’s Education Cabinet Secretary (CS), George Magoha, has announced that stakeholders have shelved schools reopening until 2021.Speaking to the press, Mr Magoha explained that...
Kenyan protesters set fire to police station after killing
Kenyan protesters set a police station on fire after an officer allegedly shot and killed a man for hawking fake hand sanitiser, according to...
Ghana driving Africa’s Covid-19 case count higher – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed Ghana is one of the countries driving the increase in Covid-19 cases in Africa.WHO says about 190,000...
Egyptian TikTok star arrested
The Egyptian security services are reported to have detained a young woman who has a big following on TikTok in the latest arrest of...
Lady reportedly poisoned on her birthday over an iPhone 11
The death of a lady identified as Debby is trending on Twitter after she was reportedly poisoned by a friend on her birthday over...
Coronavirus in Kenyan parliament
Kenya’s National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi downplayed fears over Covid-19 infections in parliament, saying only two legislators had tested positive for the virus.But the...
Makeup artist slumps and dies while dancing at her birthday party
A young makeup artist reportedly slumped and died Saturday, July 4, while dancing at her birthday party.Deborah Tushima had been counting down to her...
Coronavirus: Madagascar re-imposes lockdown amid surge in cases
Madagascar has placed its capital Antananarivo under a fresh lockdown following a new spike in coronavirus infections, two months after the restrictions were eased,...
‘They induce us at 8 months’ – Church where babies are delivered, sold for millions exposed
One Mr and Mrs Chidi and Maureen Martins, who run a baby factory at a church, Grate Mercy Deliverance Ministry, in the Rumuolumili area...
Checkout full charge sheet of Hushpuppi’s crimes as he goes to court in the US
The United States (US) authorities on Friday, July 3, charged Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, to court in Chicago.The...
Hushpuppi’s best friend, Woodberry, allegedly chatted with an FBI agent without knowing
An alleged screenshot of how Hushpuppi’s best friend and partner Woodberry chatted with a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent without knowing has popped...
Nigeria records 12 deaths in 1 day as Coronavirus cases reach 27,564
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, July 3, released the latest updates of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic as it affects states...
Auditor-General Domelevo’s leave period extended from 123 to 167 days – Presidency
The Office of the Presidency has extended the leave period of the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo from 123 days to 167 effective July 1, 2020.This...
From Uganda to Nigeria, activists are calling on govt’s to remove colonialists names from streets
Ternan Avenue, a long stretch of road named after British Col. Trevor Ternan lies beside the presidential state house in Uganda.In the heart of...
Dubai Police, FBI agree to extradite Hushpuppi, partners to the US
Dubai Police has released a statement after it reached a consensus with Director of Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to hand over "notorious hacker"...
Nigeria: Law School audit uncovers unauthorised payments to ‘cleaner’
Several oddities have been uncovered in the financial records of the Nigerian Law School by the Office of Auditor-General of the Federation.The 2015 Audit...
Nigeria ‘still testing Covid-19 herbal cure’
Nigeria’s health minister says Covid-Organics – a herbal tonic produced in Madagascar and touted as a cure for coronavirus – has ingredients used for...
I studied law, but didn’t graduate – Fake lawyer confesses
The Ogun state police command has arrested a man allegedly parading himself as a lawyer in the state. Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi...
Visitors from three African nations on EU safe list
Algeria, Morocco and Rwanda are among 14 countries named by the European Union whose citizens are deemed "safe" to be let in from 1...
US to focus on skills over university degrees after Trump order
Applicants for United Staes (US) federal government jobs will now be vetted based on their skills rather than if they have a relevant college...
Why I have not bathed, slept with my wife for 20 years – Prophet shares story
The presiding Bishop of Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministries in Ibadan, Oyo State, Wale Olagunju, has revealed that he has neither taken a...
India’s first Covid-19 vaccine candidate cleared for human trials
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for human trials, making it India’s first domestic candidate to get the green light from the government’s...
Flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China
A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists.It emerged recently and is...
BET Awards 2020: Check out the full list of winners
It was a special night on Sunday — not only did the BET Awards mark its 20th anniversary on Sunday but the network also celebrated its...
Coronavirus: Check out number of patients healed at Winners Chapel
Founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo on Sunday, disclosed 114 COVID-19 patients have been healed in his church.The General overseer made this...
Footballer arrested for killing colleague with voodoo
The Osun state police command has arrested one Lateef Ahmed for allegedly killing his friend by hitting him with a ''magic ring'' following a...
Ghana, Nigeria missing from list of travellers permitted to enter Europe from July 1
Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union (EU) Commission has released a list of 54...
240 years prison terms slapped on two Tanzanian poachers
Manyoni District Court in Singida District has sentenced two poachers, Juma Ramadhan, alias Kibangula to 160 years and Thadei Antony, alias Ndahani to 80...
Top politician’s wife hot for ‘donating’ pure water as empowerment package
Aishatu Mohammed, the wife of Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, has come under heavy criticism for donating bags of sachet water to people.The Nation...
Nigeria records 779 new Coronavirus cases, total infections now over 24,000
Nigeria on Saturday, June 27, recorded its highest daily toll of the Coronavirus infections with 779 cases, bringing the total COVID-19 cases in the...
114-year-old Ethiopian recovers from Covid-19
The recovery from coronavirus of an Ethiopian man who is believed to be at least 100 years old was "incredible", one of the doctors...
70-year-old carpenter allegedly defiles 10-year-old girl
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 70-year-old carpenter, Baba Ahmed, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl who dropped out of school in...
Anas drops trailer of coronavirus exposé [video]
 Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, is set, in the coming days, to show his latest investigative work. This time with an exposé about the deadly and fast-spreading...