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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote yesterday,March 3rd, commissioned the N1.2 billion Business school he built inside the Bayero University campus, Kano state. According to reports,...

The alleged victims of Cardinal George Pell, who has been accused of numerous historical sexual offences, are to be questioned in court for the...

The United States is brushing aside a series of claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he has an array of new strategic nuclear...

Exceptionally detailed maps of child growth and education across Africa suggest that no single country is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030. That target...

Before independence In the murky game of politics, Kenyans’ indifference and mistrust as a country begun to play out way back even before Independence. Kadu,...

A Chinese condom manufacturer says it is considering making its products in different sizes after Zimbabwe’s health minister complained that contraceptives made in China...

The South African passport has fallen 18 places on the global ranking since 2008. It means we can travel with hassle to other developing nations...

The Nigerian security apparatus is doing all it takes to rescue the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in the northeastern...

About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. Most of them are small...

A dad poisoned his baby girl born to his mistress because his wife was upset he’d fathered the child with another woman. Jeffrey Thomas, 23,...

Eleven people fell ill and three were transported to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened at a U.S. military base in...

At least seven people have been killed in a fight which reportedly broke out after a Christian girl converted to Islam in north-west Nigeria. The...

Facebook through an automated broadcast on Tuesday sent out posts informing users of an eye recognition feature with the intent to boost usage of...

Angolans have been using the hashtag #acabademematar, which translates roughly as "kill me already" to pose for pictures where they are playing dead. The poses go...

Saudi Arabia has for the first time opened applications for women to join its military. Women have until Thursday to apply for positions with the...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for patience in transforming the country’s economy as he marked his first 100 days in office this past...

A Tanzanian opposition MP has been handed a five-month prison sentence after being found guilty of defaming President John Magufuli, The Citizen news site...

A 14-year-old girl has shocked many as she was arrested in school for reportedly selling marijuana to her fellow students. The ninth grader (equivalent of...

Children in South Sudan have been forced to watch their mothers being raped and killed, the UN says. A report by UN human rights investigators says...

Seven suspects accused of killing South African police have been shot dead in a gunfight at a church, police say. Those killed in the shoot-out...

A Young Nigerian man reportedly fainted on Valentine’s day when his girlfriend decided to remove him from the league of tenants and make him...

Poor women in a southern Indian state have been offered free breast surgeries, including implants, for both aesthetic or medical reasons. The Tamil Nadu state...

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has revealed that his wife, Grace cries daily, over the harassment she receives, especially over her bogus doctorate degree. It...

Nigerian Senior Pastor of a church, Alter of Grace Ministries, Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor has reportedly impregnated a chorister and killed two others.Okoroafor was arrested...

An armed officer who was at the Florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week stood outside the building during the shooting...

Over the years, the world and Zimbabweans, in particular, had grown accustomed to Robert Mugabe’s lavish birthday parties, characterised by grand cakes and pompous public...

The people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati regions in Northern Namibia have an upheld culture that has defied western...

US evangelist Billy Graham - one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century - has died aged 99. Graham became one of the...

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to ban bump-stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers...

All Singapore citizens aged 21 and above will get a one-off “SG Bonus” of up to S$300 each as the 2017 budget came in...

A Nigerian bishop whom Pope Francis had fiercely defended has resigned after a five-year, sometimes violent, standoff with rebel priests and faithful who rejected...

Mensah, 28, was mourned Saturday at a funeral mass which recalled the characteristic selflessness that cost the young soldier his life. Our Lady of Mount...

The vice chancellor of Zimbabwe's oldest university has been arrested over the controversial awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Anti-Corruption Commission...

Nearly 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without...

Russia's foreign minister has dismissed as "blather" the charges levelled by the FBI special counsel against 13 Russians for election meddling. Sergei Lavrov said at...

New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken of a "new dawn" in his first State of the Nation address. Mr Ramaphosa, who was sworn...

New York police have arrested a former teacher and his twin brother after stockpiles of explosive materials were found at their home. Christian Toro, 27,...

A Kenyan MP has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a multi-million dollar scam. Alfred Keter, who represents Nandi Hills, was taken into custody...

President Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi took to her social space to share her thoughts on Valentines day celebration. According to her, Valentines day shouldn’t be...

A prominent Philippine evangelist who claims to be the “Appointed Son of God” was reportedly arrested in Hawaii with US$350,000 in cash and gun...