AFRICA

The Tanzanian Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication is repairing a section of the Morogoro-Dodoma highway where a bridge collapsed due to heavy rains on Monday. The road links Rwanda to Dar es Salaam post, where about 90 per cent of goods destined for Rwanda come through. On Tuesday, heavy …

One of the two men who had been declared president of Guinea Bissau resigned his office on Sunday – after just one full day in office. Despite not being in the December ballot Cipriano Cassamá was appointed by parliament, the majority of whose deputies have refused to acknowledge the election …

About 50 people have been reported killed by gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in Kerawa, Rago, Marina, Zariyawa, Hashimawa, and Unguwar Barau villages, all of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state at the weekend. Kaduna State Police Command confirmed the incident, though no casualty figure was given as …

Senegal’s health minister on Monday announced the first case of coronavirus in the country, the second case in sub-Saharan Africa after one was confirmed in Nigeria last week. The patient is a French man who lives in Senegal and flew back from France on Feb. 26, Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf …

Nigerians have taken to social media to voice their opinions after the nude video of popular Kannywood actress Maryam Booth went viral earlier today. The video had shown the actress completely unclad seemingly in a hotel room of some sort. While some Nigerians have criticized her for the video others have blamed those responsible …

A man, believed to be completely mad, has been arrested by residents of his community who suspected him of being a ritualist. The man was nabbed around the Oye Ekiti area of Ado Ekiti in Nigeria. Information gathered by the residents later revealed that the mad man was actually a …

A man, identified as Udummiri Nwakalu from Onitsha, Anambra State, has scattered the holy bible into pieces and used the pieces as toilet roll. The man confessed that the reason he destroyed the holy bible was because he cannot worship a God who cannot protect his own people and could …

The long arms of the law has caught up with a 27-year-old man, Ejike Okata,  for allegedly hacking his neighbour, Adeyiba Oladipupo, to death. The culprit is now cooling his feet at Ogun State Police Command. It was gathered that Okata had confessed to killing the 50-year-old woman because she allegedly wrongly …

The Ogun state police command has arrested 27-year-old Ejike Opata, pictured above, for killing his 50-year-old neighbour, Adeyiba Oladipupo, at their house in Ayegbami, Ijebu Ode. A statement from the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said trouble started when the deceased accused the suspect of stealing her phone. Ejike …

A man who felt deceived by the size of the wife’s boobs has divorced the woman two days after both walked down the aisle. Mr. Ejike Emeodi is said to have divorced his wife Miss. Christy Nkemdilim for deceiving him with artificial breasts. Emeodi claimed he discovered two days after …