Photos: Married lovers dead after sex in a car
Few days ago, we brought you reports about the lovers who were found dead inside a vehicle while having sex, in the Ogba area...
Kenya election: Raila Odinga rejects 'sham' repeat vote
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has rejected the results of the re-run presidential election that saw Uhuru Kenyatta gaining a second term.
Mr. Odinga called...
Cameroon Anglophone crisis forces thousands to flee into Nigeria
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, had disclosed that thousands of Cameroonians from the restive Anglophone region continue to flee into neighbouring Nigeria.
UNHCR said on Tuesday...
'They used technology to turn me into a bloody dictator' – Faure reacts
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has bemoaned the use of social media to portray him in a bad light as thousands of opposition supporters call...
Cameroon jails Prez Biya critic for 25 years
Amnesty International has condemned the decision of a military court in Cameroon to sentence an opposition leader to 25 years in prison.
Aboubakar Siddiki was...
Buhari fires govt secretary, spy chief over corruption
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has fired two top officials of his administration for their respective roles in two separate cases of corruption.The two officials...
Kenya election: Kenyatta re-elected in disputed poll
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election.He won 98% of the vote with the...
Trump rages at Clinton and Russia inquiry
US President Donald Trump has launched a Twitter tirade about the "guilt" of Hillary Clinton and the opposition Democratic Party.His Sunday morning outburst came...
Al-Shabaab behind new deadly twin car bomb attack in Mogadishu
Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab have claimed a deadly car bomb attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday.A Somali journalist who specializes in reporting...
Barack Obama called for Jury Duty in Illinois
Former US president Barack Obama has been summoned for jury duty in the state of Illinois and is planning to serve, a court official...
George Weah’s visit to TB Joshua ahead of run-off
Ahead of Liberia’s presidential run-off on November 7, 2017, the leading contender, George Weah is beginning to attract bigwigs boosting his chances of inching...
Ghana Police arrest 26 Togolese for staging unlawful protest
The police in Accra have arrested 26 Togolese nationals for planning to stage an unlawful demonstration over the political situation in their country.The suspects...
What Nigeria needs to be great again
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye popularly called Daddy G.O, has revealed what he believes Nigeria needs...
HIV-positive Italian jailed for infecting 30 women
An Italian accountant has been jailed for 24 years after intentionally infecting 30 women with HIV.Valentino Talluto is said to have had unprotected sex...
Burundi leaves International Criminal Court amid row
Burundi has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC).It accused the ICC of deliberately targeting Africans for...
How BBC reported defilement of 4-year-old Ghanaian girl
Ghana's inspector general of police has ordered an investigation into the alleged rape of a four-year-old girl after national outrage over the case.The parents...
France sentences Equatorial Guinea VP
A French court has handed down a three-year suspended jail term to Equatorial Guinea's Vice President Teodorin Obiang for corruption.The 48-year-old, known for his...
Photos: Mad woman names popular pastor as baby-daddy
A mentally deranged woman identified as Mary, with a one-year-old baby, has named an Oyo pastor as her baby’s father as she provided pictures...
Kenya’s election body postpones vote in four counties citing insecurity
Kenya’s election body has postponed voting in four counties to Saturday, October 28.The main reason for the move was due to insecurity in the...
Thai king cremated a year after his death
The funeral cremation ceremony for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej has started in Bangkok, with hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets to...
Man stoned to death for defiling girl, 6
A South African man has been stoned to death by a mob after they allegedly caught him raping a six-year-old girl.
The unnamed man was killed...
Kenya election set to go ahead after court no-show
Kenya's controversial presidential election will go ahead as planned on Thursday after the Supreme Court couldn't rule on a challenge because not enough justices...
Clinton team ‘funded’ Trump dirty dossier
US President Donald Trump has seized on reports that Hillary Clinton's team bankrolled a sleazy dossier of allegations linking him to Russia.Unfounded claims that...
U.S. worried over Togo’s excessive use of force on protesters
The United States says it is concerned about the increasingly deteriorating political situation in Togo. The use of excessive force by security forces on...
Top US Republicans lambast Trump
In a surprise move, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake has said he will not run for re-election, citing "outrageous and undignified" behavior from the White...
Togo cancels international conference amid anti-government protests
The Togolese government has cancelled the Francophonie ministerial conference scheduled to be held in the capital Lome in November.The cancellation comes amid opposition protests...
Xi Jinping ‘most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong’
China's ruling Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping's name and ideology in its constitution, elevating him to the level of founder Mao...
Why Zimbabwe has a ‘Minister of WhatsApp’
A spoof government notice hit social media as soon as President Robert Mugabe announced he had set up a new ministry responsible for Cyber...
Odinga’s sister to be charged over Kisumu protest
Kenya’s chief prosecutor has ordered that opposition leader Raila Odinga’s sister should immediately be charged with inciting violence against the election commission.
Ms Odinga, a...
Soldier’s widow: Trump ‘made me cry’
Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, confirmed a congresswoman's earlier comments that President Trump had said her husband "knew what he...
Liberian Election: George Weah attends T.B. Joshua’s church
The leading presidential candidate in Liberia and football legend, George Weah, on Sunday attended a Church service in Lagos, Nigeria to “seek God’s face”...
North Korea’s illicit Africa dealings
Heroes' Acre looms on a hill overlooking Windhoek, Namibia's tidy capital.Under a brilliant blue sky, a series of granite steps slope upwards in a...
WHO chief ‘rethinking’ Robert Mugabe’s appointment
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s original proposal sparked an outcry.He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health.But Mr Mugabe’s critics say Zimbabwe’s...
Is Social Media Contributing to Rising Teen Suicide Rate?
The bubbly 15-year-old dreamed of becoming a firefighter, a lawyer, or veterinarian. She was passionate about drawing and spending time outside with her dogs...
Obama and Bush decry deep US divisions without naming Trump
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a...
We have proven we can contain Boko Haram– Buhari
President Buhari today said his administration has demonstrated the ability to contain the activities of Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria, especially in the North...
No sex until Uhuru is elected President – Kenyan women tell their lovers
A section of women in Kenya have called for a sex ban ahead of the country’s presidential poll re-run ordered by the Supreme Court,...
Love, Barack: Obama’s letters to college girlfriend unveiled
Angst-ridden letters from a young Barack Obama to his girlfriend reveal a 20-something plagued by insecurities about race, class and money.The handwritten letters are...
Police beat up angry protestors in Togo; 4 killed
In the early hours of Thursday, dissent was met with brute force as scores of angry protesters in neighbouring Togo were met by the...
Togo crisis: Military officers ejected by landlords as death toll soars
Military officers in Togo are being ejected from their homes by property owners in the wake of political clashes that have claimed three lives...