AFRICA

  Two Nigerian nationals have been reportedly killed in Johannesburg, South Africa at the weekend.   Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, however, it was gathered that one of the deceased identified simply as Dashu was shot dead at Midrand Hyper in Johannesburg …

Over its expectation that government debt and revenue will continue to deteriorate, global rating firm, Moody’s, has downgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer ratings. In its latest assessment, the global rating agency also lowered Nigeria’s foreign currency senior unsecured debt ratings to Caa1 from B3 and changed the outlook …

A court in Uganda has ordered a woman who broke up with her fiancé to pay him financial damages for psychological anguish. According to the court, Richard Tumwine paid 9.4m shillings ($2,550) for Fortunate Kyarikunda’s law studies, which she must repay, including his legal fees. The presiding judge, Magistrate Asanasio …

America’s richest Black billionaire Robert Smith, the founder of one of the biggest tech-focused private equity firms in the United States, Vista Equity Partners, has solidified his place as a big name in the global tech industry. With a net worth of $11.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, …

The Zambian student who died in battle in Ukraine was buried Wednesday in a private ceremony in his home country, a family spokesman told CNN. Lemekani Nathan Nyirenda died on the frontlines of the Ukraine war while fighting for the Russian mercenary group Wagner in September last year. His family …

A 39-year-old tipper driver, Jemilah Abdullahi, has died after he drowned inside a diesel tanker compartment while allegedly attempting to steal diesel inside a company’s premises in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state on Monday, January 23.   Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin …

A man is currently on the run after he allegedly killed his brother-in-law for allegedly cheating on his sister identified as Mrs. Oshebini Hausa, in Delta State. The incident happened in Ileje community in Umunede, Ika North East Local Government Area of the state. According to a report by Ika …

If you are not ready to make sacrifices for your children don’t even bother to birth one. Motherhood requires a lot of patience, it’s a whole lot of work entirely, if you are not physically, or mentally ready, please try to use protection. A young Nigerian mother is currently trending …

When the President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, got hold of an audit report from his country on the expenditure that had been done with respect to some COVID-19 funds, he went full throttle, making heads roll. The actions, as he stated in a video that has emerged on social media, …

South African student Aphiwe Hlatshwayo has rejected an offer to study in the U.S. on a scholarship. Aphiwe, who achieved six distinctions in her final matric exams at Redford House The Hills in Pretoria, has been accepted to study anatomy at Seattle University in the U.S. But she declined that …