Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari is extending his stay in the United Kingdom where he attended the May 6 coronation of King Charles III. A statement posted on Twitter by his senior aide for social media Bashir Ahmed said Buhari will remain in London for medical reasons. His post of May …

A 14-year-old boy has reportedly died after a gun he was playing with with his friend mistakenly discharged in Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. He was declared dead on the scene by medics, BBC.com reports. “Fortunately, the second boy sustained no injuries during this horrific incident,” said IPSS, a …

Acclaimed Zimbabwean filmmaker and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been acquitted by the country’s High Court of staging an anti-government protest in 2020, for which she had initially received a six-month suspended jail sentence and a fine. “I can confirm that she has been acquitted,” her lawyer Harrison Nkomo said after …

Women’s reproductive health is a crucial aspect of overall well-being. However, certain diseases can pose a significant threat to a woman’s private organ if left untreated. It is essential to understand these diseases, their symptoms, and the potential consequences they can have on a woman’s reproductive system. In this article, …

Your heart is one of the most vital organs in your body, and it’s essential to keep it healthy. Heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide, and early detection is critical to prevent serious complications. According to Webmd, here are some simple ways to check if your heart …

The Council of the University of Ghana has approved a one-time discount of 2% on the 15% fee increment for some of its students for the 2022/2023 academic year. This comes on the back of an approval by Parliament for the academic year. The discounts apply to full fee-paying programmes, …

Justice Shawomi Bokkos of an area court in Jos, Plateau state, on Monday, May 8, sentenced a 25-year-old man identified as Emmanuel Christopher, to one-month in jail, for stealing a sheep.     The police prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported at the Anglo-Jos …

Canadian rapper, Aubrey Drake Graham, popularly known as Drake has sparked reactions among his Nigerian fans online after he disclosed the results of his ancestry.   The rapper, 36, shared a screenshot on his Insta-story, where he revealed that the DNA ancestry tests his father recently took, showed that he …

Four members of a gang, including three Saudis and one Nigerian national have been arrested in Saudi Arabia over alleged involvement in the smuggling and sale of cocaine.   According to a report by Saudi Gazette on Monday, May 8, 2023, about 2.2 kilograms of cocaine were seized from the suspects.   …

A 20-year-old woman, Fatima, has dragged her father to a Shari’a Court in Kaduna for allegedly forcing her to marry a stranger.   Fatima told the court that she has someone she loves and her father, Aliyu Muhammad has reportedly threatened to take her to the village and marry her …

A number of political associations in Mali have joined forces to oppose the military government’s decision to hold a referendum on a new constitution on June 18. The referendum, announced on Friday, is a milestone on the country’s path towards elections promised for February after a coup three years earlier. …

At least 400 people have died after floods and landslides hit the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province last week, officials told CNN. Heavy rainfall through last week caused rivers to overflow and created mudslides that devastated the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu’s Kalehe territory, provincial …

Programme Manager of the Non-Communicable Diseases of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Efua Commeh, has indicated a rather worrying trend of rising stroke cases among young people of 40 years and below in Ghana. According to her, these have become so owing to many cases of hypertension in such young …

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 …