AFRICA

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Nigeria’s political space was thrown into a frenzy after a picture of a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike went viral. The picture which was shared on the official Instagram handle of Dele Momodu, a presidential aspirant of …

Report indicates that about 16 people, including three members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have been killed in multiple attacks coordinated by suspected members of the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) in Borno State. In a publication sighted on Daily Trust, ISWAP fighters shot dead 13 metal …

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Saturday, suspended actor Moses Armstrong, for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl. Armstrong was arrested within the week for allegedly defiling the teenager according to the Dailypost. Monalisa Chinda, AGN Director of Communications, announced his suspension in a statement made available on Saturday. Chinda quoted …

Fast-rising Ghanaian musician, Lasmid Owusu Nathaniel known in showbiz circles as Lasmid has indicated that he sings like a Nigerian because they are taking over the music space in Africa. Speaking in an interview with Sammy Kay on the Go online show, the highly spiritual signee disclosed that sounding Nigerian …