AFRICA

Africa’s oldest president and one of the continent’s longest-serving rulers – President Paul Biya – will mark 40 years in power this weekend. Nationwide commemorative activities have been planned and his supporters are celebrating his achievements. But the 89-year-old’s opponents are lukewarm, calling on him to step down and hand …

A three-year-old child is the sole survivor of a murder spree that left six people dead at a house in New Brighton, Eastern Cape. Some victims were shot, while others were stabbed. The unharmed child was allegedly found next to the body of their mother, who had been shot twice …

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.   The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the …

Deadly attack on Mogadishu military training camp comes a week after twin explosions in the city killed at least 116 people. A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a military training camp in Somalia, killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, according to the state-run SONNA news …

A plane has crashed into a Tanzanian lake early Sunday morning according to multiple local media reports. The incident happened in the Lake Victoria located in Tanzania’s Kagera region. In photos circulating on social media, the plane has plunged into the river with only the tail showing. As part of …

Every week, Steve Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project in the United States, publishes Hanke’s currency watchlist, a group of currencies that have depreciated by at least 20% against the dollar since January 2020. Hanke, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, explains that …

Self-acclaimed investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, claims there is a generational curse in Davido’s family. According to her, she believes the curse can only be broken by Davido spiritually. Her comment comes a few days after the death of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi who drowned in a swimming pool on Monday, October 31. The controversial journalist …

Angry youths went on a rampage after six women were crushed to death by a tipper truck along the Gubio road, the outskirt of Maiduguri, Borno State.   The incident occurred around 10:05 am on Friday, November 4, 2022, at Kaswan Fara, Shagari Lowcost Estate area when the tipper truck conveying …

Tragedy struck along the Ota-Idiroko road in Ogun state on Friday, November 4, when a toddler and his mother who were on a motorcycle were crushed to death by a Mazda car. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the public relations officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, …

Twelve Tunisian policemen have been jailed for two years over the death of a football fan. Nineteen-year-old Omar Laabidi drowned in a stream in 2018 while trying to escape as the police chased a group of fans to the edge of the stream. Laabidi is reported to have screamed that …