Sonnie Badu has broken silence on the 50,000 dollars he reportedly charged for a ‘brief’ musical performance during the launch of the National Cathedral fundraising campaign held in the United States in February 2019. The Ghanaian musician has denied taking a dime from organizers. According to Sonnie who responded to …
Read More »Welcome to Iwoye-Ketu, the Nigerian community where it is taboo to use umbrella
An umbrella is an object for protection against rain or hot sun. When it starts to rain, people stop to put up their umbrellas at once against the rain, but not in Iwoye-Ketu, a border community in Imeko/Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. There, residents would rather be …
Read More »Belgium to return Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to DR Congo
Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Emery Lumumba, will finally have a burial in the Democratic Republic of Congo — 61 years after his assassination — as Belgium returns to the family of the Congolese independence hero his remains, a tooth which was removed on January 17, 1961, the day the …
Read More »Monkeys snatch breastfeeding baby from mother in Tanzania
Residents have been left in shock after a troop of monkeys snatched a breastfeeding infant from his mother in Mwamgongo village in Kigoma, northeastern Tanzania. The village borders Gombe National Park. The mother was breastfeeding her one-month-old baby outside her house on Saturday afternoon when the monkeys invaded her home, …
Read More »Boko Haram appoints new ‘governor’ in Borno, may launch more attacks in coming weeks
The Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād faction of the Boko Haram fighters has appointed Ameer Hassan as its new “governor of the Mandara Hills” in Borno State. A counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Tuesday. The new governor, Hassan was said to have replaced …
Read More »Ex-Barcelona striker Eto’o handed suspended prison sentence over tax fraud
Former Barcelona striker, Samuel Eto’o has escaped a jail term for fraud after he was handed a 22-month suspended prison sentence. The one-time forward and his former agent have both avoided serving jail terms following charges at Barcelona Criminal Court The ex-Cameroon international pleaded guilty to tax offences at Barcelona …
Read More »Nigerian final-year undergraduate sentenced to wash toilet for eight months
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, said it has secured five convictions from the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State respectively. According to a statement by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, one of the convicts is a final-year …
Read More »Obuasi residents ‘fight’ AngloGold Ashanti for mining concession, jobs
Obuasi residents are up in arms against managers of AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi mine over the company’s refusal to cede part of its mining concessions to community members. Some held placards which read: “We are tired of the joblessness”, Enough is Enough, AngloGold keeps failing us”, We are tired”, as they …
Read More »179 Menzgold customers have died – Fred Forson
179 customers have died as a result of their locked up cash with defunct gold dealership firm – Menzgold, Convener of Aggrieved Customers, Fred Forson, has said. Aside from the people who passed away, Forson said several others have various ailments and to some extent, are bedridden. Speaking in an …
Read More »Kantanka lawsuit: Plaintiff apologises to Sarkodie for ‘bench warrant’ comment
Jude Osei, the plaintiff of a suit against Kantanka Automobile has rendered an unqualified apology to Sarkodie for stating in his interview that the court would be compelled to issue an arrest warrant for the rapper should he fail to appear before the court to testify having been served the notice. Sarkodie who …
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