Mali’s ruling government has announced that a long-awaited referendum on a new constitution would be held in the West African nation on June 18. The referendum is a major milestone on the road to elections promised for February 2024, after a coup in May 2021. Government spokesperson Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga …

Nigerians on Twitter took on the organizers of Italy’s top flight league, the Serie A, dethroning their choice of best player for league winners, Napoli. Serie A posted a photo of Napoli ace and Argentine giant Maradona placing a crown on the head of striker Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, a sign that …

A video of a lion eating grass in a Nigerian zoo is making rounds online.   A TikTok user shared the video with the caption “Nigeria’s economy will make a lion eat grass”. Watch the video below……………………   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lindaikejiblog (@lindaikejiblogofficial)  

[tps_header][/tps_header]   A Max Air aircraft crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja after the tyre reportedly bursts into flames today, May 7.   According to reports, the aircraft had arrived from Yola, Adamawa State when the incident happened.   A former President of the Nigeria Medical Association, …

Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have starved themselves to death, while a court ordered that the cult leader remain in prison. The commission of inquiry, announced on Friday by presidential spokesman Hussein Mohamed, will …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified, the Ashanti Region as one of the epicenters of the rabies disease in Ghana. According to GHS the data available to them show that Ashanti Region recorded the most rabies cases followed by the Greater Accra Region. This was disclosed during sensitisation program …

It has been an enlightening journey for popular African American actor and activist, Samuel L. Jackson, since he discovered his ancestors were from the Central African Republic nation of Gabon. It’s been a soul-searching moment for Jackson since he found his roots. He has since met with the President of …

A prominent Nigerian senator who was found guilty in March of trafficking a man to Britain to harvest one of his kidneys has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison by the London’s Old Bailey court, a BBC.com report has said. His wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu was jailed …

Pope Francis has sacked a Rwandan-born man from the priesthood after it emerged that he has legally acknowledged being a father of a 10-year-old boy Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, 64, was serving as a clergyman in northern France for almost three decades prior to his dismissal. According to a BBC.com report, a …

Former First Lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton, has waded into the recent passage of an anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Uganda. Hillary said in a May 2, 2023 tweet that she was ‘deeply concerned’ with the passage of what she called the ‘world’s most extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation by the Ugandan …

The Sahara Desert is growing in ways that make it compete in size with larger countries over time. Today, its coverage of the Northern part of Africa is larger than multiple states in the United States. This expansion in the land size of the desert is attributed to the decline …

A Ugandan Minister has been shot and killed by his bodyguard. Retired Col Charles Okello Engola, the deputy minister for labour was shot at his home in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday morning, BBC.com reports. The bodyguard who is yet to be officially identified is reported to have shot his …

Residents and survivors of an alleged massacre in a Burkina Faso village say 136 people, including women and infants, were killed as they blamed security forces for the April 20 attack. “We were on the way to the well with my donkey when we saw them moving towards us,” Belem …

An attack on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso has killed 33 soldiers and wounded 12 others in the latest outburst of violence in the West African country. The besieged soldiers killed at least 40 “terrorists” on Thursday before reinforcements arrived, the army said in a statement. The attack …

Authorities in New Jersey have launched an investigation after a mother and her 9-year-old daughter were found deceased with axe wounds in their Roselle home on Wednesday. According to NBC New York, the bodies of 9-year-old Kelsey Morrison and Keisha Morrison, 45, were found in their home after the minor …

The Eastern Regional Education Directorate has banned the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages and fizzy drinks in schools. The decision follows a staggering revelation of health consequences among schoolchildren. Speaking to Starr FM on the sidelines of a joint press conference by the Eastern Regional Education and Health Directorates on Wednesday …

President of the Republican of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed worries over the persistent electricity crisis in the country. According to him, Load shedding means that households and supermarkets are unable to keep food fresh, water supply is often disrupted, traffic lights do not work and streets are not …

Mansa Musa, the emperor of the Mali Empire, was widely considered the richest person in history. His wealth was so immense that it was impossible to accurately quantify. However, his story of how he acquired his fortune is not just a tale of opulence, but also of determination, resourcefulness, and …

Nigeria has begun the evacuation of its stranded citizens in Khartoum, Sudan with the deployment of 40 luxury buses to take the evacuees to Egypt for airlifting to the West African country. In a series of tweets by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom), the exercise started on Wednesday with …

The Sudanese army has pounded paramilitary fighters with air strikes in the capital, Khartoum, while deadly fighting has flared in Darfur as a ceasefire that has slowed street battles is set to expire. Columns of smoke rose on Thursday near the presidential palace in Khartoum and areas north of the …

Deposed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is being held at a military hospital in Khartoum after fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out and engulfed the prison where he was being held. Al-Bashir and about 30 other prisoners were moved to Aliyaa Hospital on the recommendation …

Caterers under the School Feeding Programme have declared a nationwide strike following the government’s failure to pay them their arrears and increase the amount per child. The aggrieved caterers drawn from various regions across the country who converged in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi stressed that laying down their tools …

Former President John Dramani Mahama is calling for the resignation of the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu over the challenges associated with the smooth implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Mr Agyemang-Manu, recently complained about the return of the ‘Cash and Carry’ system in most health facilities across the …

Singapore has executed a man for conspiring to traffic cannabis despite pleas for clemency from his family, activists and the United Nations. Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was hanged at dawn on Wednesday over a plot to smuggle 1kg (35oz) of cannabis. Activists said he had been convicted on weak evidence and …

A Nigerian lady identified as Anita Ofili, has been arrested for killing her friend Glory Okon in her apartment at Greenville Estate, Ajah area of Lagos. According to Anita, the suspect, she waited 10 years to have her revenge on her friend, Glory who she accused of snatching her boyfriend …

Blood clots are a gel-like gathering of blood that grows in your veins or arteries when blood changes from liquid to partially solid. Clotting is an ideal function that prevents your body from bleeding in excess when you get hurt. Nevertheless, blood clots that develop in some places and do …

Stunned police officers in Scotland have shared a picture of the bizarre moment they found a lamb inside the back of a car alongside harddrugs.   The strange discovery was made after they pulled over a suspected drug driver on the M74 road in Glasgow on Saturday, April 22. A …

The war against insurgents has continued to gather momentum since 2009 with the latest attacks leading to the death of 35 fighters of Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Northeast Borno State. At least 65,000 people have died in the war against terrorists with more than 2.1 million displaced and critical infrastructure …

Kenyan police have so far recovered 58 bodies from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves. “Police rescued 29 alive, while 58 people have been confirmed dead, among them 50 …

Less than 20 months before the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia formally exits the stage, officials in Mogadishu say they are willing to prolong the stay of the regional force, signaling the challenge of beating down Al-Shabaab. The East African has learned that Mogadishu has launched shuttle diplomacy to …