AFRICA

A Singapore-registered oil tanker has been boarded by “unidentified persons” about 300 nautical miles (555km) off Ivory Coast in the Gulf of Guinea, the city-state’s port authority said. The Gulf of Guinea was long known as a hotspot for global piracy, with insurance firm Beazley offering the “Gulf of Guinea …

    The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed receiving 152 returnees from Libya and another 104 stranded citizens from N’Djamena, Chad Republic. The Libyan returnees were received at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while those from Chad were received at the Mallam Aminu Kano …

Nellie, a mother of two, leaves people astonished after sharing a story of how she is happily married to her three husbands Jimmy, Danny and Hassan. She married her brother-in-law after her husband of eight years died in a car accident and later proceeded to marry the other two men. …

A Jamaican man accused of infecting a woman with HIV was sentenced to three years in jail by a British court after he admitted to the offense. According to the Independent, Jermaine Scott, 39, was convicted on March 4 after he pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm. The Jamaican native …

Libya’s Internal Security Agency has arrested a Pakistani national on charges of enticing local Libyan people to convert from Islam to Christianity. The Libya Observer reported the arrest on Sunday, April 9, 2023.    

A Kenyan Member of Parliament, George Peter Opondo Kaluma has submitted a bill to the National Assembly seeking to criminalize same-sex relationships and associated matters. Titled, the Family Protection Bill, the MP for Homa Bay Town in the country’s west is proposing a ban on homosexuality, same-sex marriages and any …

Rapper Drake has won a whopping $2.7million after Israel Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to reclaim the middleweight title. The Nigerian-born New Zealander won back the 185lb title just five months after he lost it to his bitter rival Pereira, who has previously beaten him twice in …

A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania. Thabo Bester was at large for a year after it was thought he died by setting himself on fire in his prison cell. A manhunt was launched last month after …

BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, a group of five emerging economies that have formed an alliance to promote economic growth, political influence, and cultural exchange. The BRICS countries represent over 40% of the world’s population and almost a quarter of the world’s GDP. The group …

The former first lady of Guinea, Hadja Djéné Kaba Condé, died on Saturday in the French capital, Paris, multiple local news portals reported. The information of the death of the wife of former President Alpha Condé, was confirmed by his Foundation, (FCDK PROSMI), Condé Djéné Kaba Foundation for the Promotion …