AFRICA

A Zimbabwean freelance journalist was granted bail on Wednesday after languishing for 20 days in the country’s notorious Chikurubi maximum jail. Hopewell Chin’ono was accused of publishing a false report on social media that a Harare woman lost her baby after a police officer enforcing lockdown rules hit the infant …

The Buliisa District security team is set to hand over at least two Congolese military personnel, and two rifles in exchange for over 30 Ugandan fishermen arrested on Lake Albert on DR Congo side. The Officer in charge of Buliisa Central Police Station, Mr Johnson Niwandinda on Tuesday handed over …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has admitted more exhibits in evidence in the ongoing trial of hip-hop singer Azeez Fashola, popularly known as ‘Naira Marley.’ Justice Nicolas Oweibo in his ruling on Wednesday admitted the Compact Disk containing the phone analysis of the singer, tendered in evidence …

Popular Nollywood actor, Ernest Asuzu, has died at the age of 37. His wife, Jennifer Asuzu confirmed the news to the media. His wife said the actor slumped on Tuesday evening and never woke up. The actor came down with a stroke in 2015 which affected his speech. He was …

One of the things that ladies love the most in life has always been make up. This has always been close to a basic want to ladies where by they might not easily survive without. It’s close to a basic want and they won’t allow it go missing. It’s basically …

Authorities in Kuajok Municipal Council, Warrap State, said a 40-year-old woman burned to death last Friday when a fire broke out at Kuajok’s main market. The fire which broke out at midnight razed down over 20 makeshift structures made out of grass and bamboo, locally known as rakubas, where local …

A former Theatre Commander of operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who was removed by the Nigerian Army High Command for failing to stop Boko Haram in 2017, has been elevated to the position of Chief of Army Staff by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The BBC …

Ms. Rose Goslinga Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at PULA an African Agricultural Insurance and Technology Service Provider has revealed that Pula has closed a $6m Series a fundraiser to support the expansion of Pula in Asia and Africa by providing yield and animal insurance for Smallholder farmers across Africa …

SA recorded 680 new Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the fifth-highest daily number of fatalities linked to the coronavirus. The new deaths means that 41,797 have now been recorded, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. The most fatalities recorded in 24 hours was 839, on January …

A woman in Ondo State, Nigeria, has been apprehended by Amotekun after selling her baby to a pastor. Seun Oladayo gave birth to a baby girl and decided to sell her for GHc 150 because she didn’t know how she was going to take care of the child. After taking the …