AFRICA

Following the viral video of singer, Seun Kuti assaulting a policeman on the Third Mainland bridge in Lagos, Nigerians have taken to social media to share their view. In the video making rounds, Seun Kuti was seen shouting and slapping a police officer who stood calm and looked on. As …

A major highway leading out of Uganda’s capital Kampala to the south-west of the country has been cut off after a bridge collapsed following flash floods. In the early hours of Thursday, traffic was brought to a standstill by knee-deep running water across the road. And as the water receded …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerians in his era made better decisions in selecting their leaders than what is in place in this current dispensation. He stated this at the National Daily Awards held on Friday, May 12, in Lagos state. Obasanjo stated that his era also experienced political animosity, …

Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister has quit after a controversy over spending on the country’s official delegation at King Charles III’s coronation. Justin Tkatchenko travelled with his daughter Savannah, who posted a TikTok showing her first-class plane journey and shopping spree in Singapore. On Wednesday, he branded her critics “primitive …

The case of money spraying by a parliamentary aspirant has caught the eyes of the Ghana Police Service. They have announced that a team of experts are looking into the conduct of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) aspirant Juliana Kinnan Wassan during the May 13 primaries. The last time the …

Nigeria’ veteran actor, Saint Obi, has passed on at the age of 57 after a protracted illness. It was reported that he died since Monday after battling an undisclosed illness for several months with no successful treatment. The Actors Guild of Nigeria is yet to make a statement as the …

Ghana’s Telecommunications Giant, MTN partnered with the leading smartphone brand in Ghana, TECNO, to launch its newest CAMON model, the CAMON 20 series, comprising of the CAMON 20, CAMON 20 Pro, CAMON 20 Pro 5G, and CAMON 20 Premier 5G to the Ghanaian market with special packages for all CAMON …

The US ambassador to South Africa on Thursday accused the South African government of delivering arms and ammunition to a sanctioned Russian cargo vessel late last year, local media said. “Among the things we noted was the docking of the cargo ship in Simon’s Town naval base between the 6th …

An unknown disease in northern Kenya’s Marsabit county has killed at least nine people and left eighty hospitalised. According to BBC.com, the victims showed signs of yellow eyes, flu, swollen spleen and severe headaches. Medical officers believe that even though many patients have tested positive for malaria, visceral leishmaniasis is …

Fifteen children drowned and 25 others went missing when a boat they were commuting with capsized on the Shagari River in the north-western part of Nigeria. According to Aliyu Abubakar, a political administrator of the Shagari district who supervised the rescue operation, the children were on their way to collect …