AFRICA

A Nigerian actress has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for tampering with the currency after she was filmed spraying and stepping on newly issued naira notes last year. Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin was arrested last February in Lagos after the video of her at a party surfaced online. The Nollywood star …

Armed men have shot dead a traditional ruler, and kidnapped his wife plus one other person in south-western Nigeria, authorities say. The attackers stormed the palace of Segun Aremu, a retired army general and monarch whose official title is the Olukoro of Koro, on Thursday night. It is not clear …

A tragedy of unprecedented scale struck this morning at the Lycée Bilingue d’Etoug-Ebe, located in the heart of the political capital. At least ten students died during a stampede Monday morning at the Lycée Bilingue d’Etoug-Ebe, located in the political capital Yaoundé. According to reports, the stampede was when students …

A Vaalbank man who went on a shooting spree in November 2020, targeting two of his ex-girlfriends and intentionally killing the toddler of one of the women, has been handed a life sentence. The man was sentenced in the Mpumalanga high court, sitting in Middelburg, on Thursday. Police said 44-year-old …

The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has shared the rather shocking story of how a Nigerian seeking asylum abroad approached him and asked that the police to declared him wanted.   Posting via his X handle, Hundeyin wrote; ‘‘Please, declare me wanted!’   I was …

The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested four suspects for operating an illegal refinery in the state.   The state Commandant, Usman Alfadarai said the arrest made after a 48-hour sustained surveillance within and around Obiakpu, Obuzo-Asa, in the Ukwa West area of …

Nigeria took a huge step towards reaching the last 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over hosts Ivory Coast in Group A. The match’s key moment came in the 55th minute after Ousmane Diomande caught Victor Osimhen in the box. That allowed William Troost-Ekong …

Catholic bishops in Africa have rejected Pope Francis’ declaration to bless homosexual couples, asserting that it is “contrary to the will of God”. The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (Secam) – the umbrella body for Catholic bishops across Africa – said in a statement the Vatican’s approval …

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The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda (COU), Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, has failed to find couples who wed when still virgins. When he was still the Bishop of Mityana Diocese, Kaziimba started an initiative to award women who enter holy matrimony while still virgins. However, all the gifts are …