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Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has claimed he is prettier than 90 percent of Nigerian ladies. He made this known on his Snapchat, Thursdays, September 10, 2020, while speaking about the hate people have for him. He also said most Nigerian girls want to be popular like …

A professor at a Nigerian State University has been caught pants down for allegedly demanding for sex from a married female student. The Imo State University professor, Emmanuel Agumuo, had allegedly made the sex demands after is seen initially collecting a bribe of 150,000 naira. In a video which has …

Free State police are investigating three cases of murder following the discovery of the bodies of three men at a farm in Fouriesburg, near to the Caledonspoort Port of entry between Lesotho and South Africa. A farm employee discovered the bodies on Thursday at about 16:30, police spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi …

South Africa’s rail freight company Transnet has suspended business dealings with the Chinese train manufacturer CRRC, over contract disputes, but it may have to reverse that ban to get its locomotives repaired. Transnet is taking legal action against the Chinese company to enforce payment on penalties levied against the company …

Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-western state. He has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from …

Police in Ethiopia have banned fireworks during Friday’s New Year’s celebrations citing a terror threat, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting has reported. The police spokesperson said they had intelligence that some individuals were planning to carry out an attack under the cover of fireworks. Police had seized a grenade, four pistols and …

NIGERIA – Dubai-bound passenger with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card carefully concealed in a noodles has been intercepted by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) command and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).   The Kano passenger identified …

Angolan authorities have agreed to reopen schools from October, after learning institutions in the country were closed to control the spread of COVID-19. Learning activities were cancelled in March after the country recorded the first case of COVID-19. State Minister and Head of presidential palace Adão de Almeida said the country will …

A Nigerian woman, identified as Sadia Abass, has divorced her husband over alleged claims that he stole her pant for rituals. Sadia, who is a trader, had petitioned the Court to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Azeez, on Wednesday at the Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan. Speaking to the …

Mauritius’ fisheries ministry has banned the sale and consumption of fish and seafood caught in a south-eastern lagoon after samples from the area returned positive tests for traces of hydrocarbons. About 1,000 tonnes of oil spilled into a sanctuary for rare wildlife after the Japanese-owned ship MV Wakashio struck a …