At least 15 people have been confirmed dead and many others injured after an explosion at a gas processing plant on Sunday in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the explosion was caused by a truck that hit gas cylinders piled up at the plant …

There is palpable tension in Imasayi, Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State, as an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) was allegedly killed during a melee involving suspected smugglers. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Saturday night when officers of the NCS engaged the said …

The prices of hand sanitizers are skyrocketing because of the increase in demand for them. Worse still, there’s a shortage in town because of the high demand and limited supply. Well, worry no more, you can prepare your own hand sanitizers at home and it’ll be effective just like that which is …

Following a directive by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that all universities, Senior High Schools and basic schools be closed in a bid to contain the coronavirus in Ghana, some university students openly jubilated, thanking the President for ‘liberating’ them. The President in a late night broadcast on Sunday night …

A 7-year-old schoolgirl was knocked down by a motorbike rider in the late hours of Saturday 14th March, 2020. The unfortunate incident happened in Canteen, a suburb of Damongo. According to an eyewitness, little Moshie Fakia was crossing to the other side of the road when the rider called Seidu …

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has suspended church services for the next four weeks following directives from the President. This comes after, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo announced that all public gatherings, including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, sporting events and religious activities, such as services in churches …

A routine question from her doctor about menstruation set Kenyan Julian Peter, now 29, down a path that led her to discover she was born without a womb, cervix or a vagina. Twelve years on she shared her story with the BBC’s Anne Ngugi. I was born with a condition …

A South African king, a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela, has been arrested after allegedly going on the rampage with an axe in the palace. Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, freed from jail on parole in December, broke into the Thembu royal palace in the early hours. Witnesses said he was searching …

Dozens of Hindu activists in India hosted a cow urine-drinking party. Some members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party have claimed that cow urine and dung can prevent and cure COVID-19. The chief of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu Union) group hosted a cow urine-drinking event …

The Ghana Football Association following the directives given by the President of the Republic on Sunday, March 15, 2020, has suspended all its competitions with immediate effect until further notice. In a statement released last week, the GFA announced that while all competitions will go ahead as scheduled it will …