AFRICA

A car rammed into the crowd barely one hour after the flag-off of the Bikers/Exotic Cars Parade, which is part of the events leading up to Wednesday’s Carnival in Calabar.   The driver of the vehicle who was taking part in the event today December 27, lost control of the …

Members of the Gbagyi Dance Troupe attended an annual festival held in Akwanga, Nasarawa State on Tuesday, December 27, 2022.   The photos posted by the event organizers, have elicited varying reactions on Facebook.   While members of the Gbagyi ethnic group hailed the display, one Asema Agirigi described it as …

A father seeks justice for his child, who died after a teacher beats him with a broom for not writing his notes. The incident has angered residents of Mhakwe as they seek justice for 15-year-old Tongai Chirongwe after his death. The boy is believed to be a first year student …

Police in Muhoroni, Kisumu County, is holding four men suspected of brutally killing a 21-year-old man on Saturday night in a fight over a woman. The deceased was hacked severally on his elbow, right thigh, buttocks, right ear and right hand were chopped off before the body was dumped along …

We were spoiled with really great music this year! Be it the “usual suspects” or the new acts, we had a taste of everything. And with Afrobeats particularly staking a deserving claim on the global music scene over the last couple of years, African musicians are definitely leaving no stone …

For a while, this was wiped completely off the Internet. It’s now starting to make a comeback and be able to be found again, perhaps thanks to Elon Musk. Maybe you’ve heard of this, but if not you’re going to have your mind blown and be disgusted all at the …

At least 15 people have been killed, and about 40 injured, by a huge fuel tanker explosion near a hospital east of Johannesburg. The tanker appeared to have got stuck under a low bridge on Saturday morning in Boksburg city, about 100m from Tambo Memorial Hospital. Patients were evacuated from …

Scientists have identified two minerals never before seen on Earth in a meteorite weighing 15.2 metric tons (33,510 pounds). The minerals came from a 70-gram (nearly 2.5-ounce) slice of the meteorite, which was discovered in Somalia in 2020 and is the ninth-largest meteorite ever found, according to a news release …

In a tweet shared online, the spokesperson of the Lagos police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the man arrived at the Maza-Maza park of the Akwa Ibom Transport Company AKTC and went missing afterward.   See his tweet below…  

Officially, the IMF assists developing nations in avoiding debt-related problems and bankruptcy. The International Monetary Fund should lend them money and offer them technical assistance so they can accomplish this. Apart from that, the IMF defends a number of the richest nations, their bankers, and risky financial companies, but its …