AFRICA

Grammy-nominated Nigerian artiste, Burna Boy has scored another bragging right. His song ‘Destiny’ off the 2019 Grammy-nominated ‘African Giant’ album is featured on the official inauguration playlist of the incoming United States President and Vice-President, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The swearing-in of Biden and Harris as the 46th administration …

Tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region have killed at least 48 people in the latest bout of violence, according to state media. “The death toll from militia attacks in al-Geneina yesterday reached 48,” the SUNA news agency said on Sunday, referring to the capital of West Darfur state and quoting …

A mother and her four children died in a house fire suspected to be an act of arson in Katooke Village, Nansana Municipality in Wakiso District on Saturday. Police identified the deceased as Darren Namutebi, 30, Aisha Birungi, 13, Jennifer Nanyonjo, 8, Mugenyi Seguya, 7, and Israel Ntulume, 6. Kampala …

It was a sight to behold when hundreds of residents thronged a mortuary at Imo State, Nigeria over the resurrection of their chief. The chief, identified as Ifeanyi Ekechukwu, better known as Anyiego na Amir, was certified dead on Friday, January 15 and transported to a mortuary. A photo of …

The South African National Christian Forum (SANCF) has filed papers in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to challenge the lockdown regulations that have resulted in churches being closed. The urgent application, filed against Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Friday, wants to have the regulations …

Nigerian married women has amassed as the top cheaters in the world according to a survey conducted by a tiktok user and it has fast gone viral. 8 different countries were mentioned in the video with the highest fate of women cheating on their husband with Nigerian married women grabbing …

Uganda’s longtime leader Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term amid allegations of fraud and lack of transparency around the vote count. The country’s election commission said Museveni won 58.64% of the nearly 10 million ballots cast, while opposition leader Bobi Wine received 34.83% of the vote. The …

As vote-counting for the 2021 General Elections is still ongoing at the National Tally Centre in Kyambogo, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate has claimed that the government blocked his phones and he could not communicate with people. “Like my wife’s, my phone …

Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, preliminary results show. The country’s electoral commission has dismissed allegations of vote rigging, made by opposition candidate Bobi Wine, a former pop star. But election monitors say confidence in the count has been damaged …

A woman, who confessed that she used black magic to “tie her husband spiritually to milk him dry”, has lost the marriage eventually. Reports say a customary court sitting in Mapo in Ibadan of Nigeria’s Oyo State has dissolved the 15-year-old marriage between a mother-of-two, Olubunmi Faseyitan, and her husband, …