West Africa
DELTA GOVERNOR’S SPECIAL ADVISER, SHIMITE BELLO, DIES FROM ALLEGED POISONING; HUSBAND ARRESTED.
Soldiers reportedly attacked the terrorists' hideouts in the Dan Kurmi forest last week.byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu April 21, 2025 Reading Time:...
DELTA GOVERNOR’S SPECIAL ADVISER, SHIMITE BELLO, DIES FROM ALLEGED POISONING; HUSBAND ARRESTED.
Popularly known as Madam Sabificate, Shimite allegedly died of poisoning on Easter Sunday. Family sources told SaharaReporters that her husband,...
MAN STABBED TO DEATH BY THUGS WHILE HELPING VIGILANTE IN NIGER STATE.
The Police Command in Niger has confirmed a stabbing incident that resulted in the death of a community member, Mohammed...
FATHER, THREE CHILDREN, MAID KILLED IN OSUN STATE ROAD CRASH.
A father and his three children have been killed along with their maid in a road accident along Ife-Ilesa express...
Central Africa
AL LEAST 143 DEAD IN D.R.CONGO BOAT FIRE.
At least 143 people died and dozens more went missing after a boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in...
WHO: URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO REINFORCE BREAST CANCER CONTROL MEASURES IN AFRICA.
Brazzaville – An estimated 135 000 women could lose their lives to breast cancer by 2040 in sub-Saharan Africa if...
CHAD HIT HARD BY MASSIVE FLOODS.
Chad, already weakened by recurring food crises, is facing a new tragedy: torrential rains have hit all 23 of the...
DRC’S FIRST MPOX VACCINE SHIPMENT SCHEDULED FOR THIS THURSDAY
The Mpox outbreak continues to spread in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving patients at a clinic in Kamituga anxiously...
East Africa
MAN LOSES ₦33M MEANT FOR STUDIES ABROAD TO SPORTS BETTING, SEEKS FINANCIAL HELP.
Man loses N33m meant for studies abroad to sports betting, seeks financial helpA man from Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya,...
EBOLA VACCINES: UGANDA KICKS OFF CLINICAL TRIAL.
Uganda has kicked off a clinical trial of a vaccine against Ebola. The first-ever vaccine trial for the Sudan strain...
OUTBREAK OF MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE IN TANZANIA PUT MOZAMBIQUE ON ALERT.
The government of Mozambique has activated surveillance measures after the confirmation of cases of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania. The...
AFRICA IS UNLIKELY TO MEET THE 2030 TARGET TO END MALNUTRITION, SAYS AU.
The African Union has given reasons why Africa will not meet its objective of ending hunger and malnutrition by 2025...
Southern Africa
ZIMBABWE COURT STRIKES DOWN ABORTION BAN FOR MARITAL RAPE VICTIMS AND MINORS.
A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional,...
24 DEAD AFTER BOATS CAPSIZE OFF MADAGASCAR COAST.
At least 24 people have died after two boats carrying mostly Somali nationals capsized off Madagascar’s northern coast, local authorities...
PRINCE WILLIAM WRAPS UP A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO CAPE TOWN DEDICATED TO THE BATTLE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.
The UK's Prince William rode on a sea rescue boat along part of the South African coast on Thursday as...
8 MINERS DEAD, 1 MISSING AFTER A MINE COLLAPSES IN ZAMBIA.
Eight miners died after being buried under mounds of earth that collapsed on them in an open-pit copper mine in...
North Africa
Building collapse kills 10 in Egypt.
A building collapse in the Egyptian capital killed 10 people and injured eight more on Monday, with several others believed...
SUDAN ROLLS OUT MALARIA VACCINES TO BOLSTER EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN.
Sudan has begun rolling out its first malaria vaccination programme amid the country's 18-month civil conflict. Vaccines will be administered...
MOROCCO’S POPULATION GROWS IN A DECADE TO REACH 36.8 MILLION.
Morocco's population grew by nearly 3 million people in the span of a decade, the latest census has revealed. About...
WHO CERTIFIES EGYPT AS MALARIA-FREE
The World Health Organisation has certified Egypt as malaria-free. The achievement follows a nearly 100-year effort by the Egyptian government...
African Diaspora
THREE US-BASED NIGERIANS FACE 60-YEAR JAIL FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
Three Nigerians based in the United States of America, Olumide Olorunfunmi, Samson Amos and Emmanuel Unuigbe, could be sentenced to...
US-BASED NIGERIAN WOMAN FACES 10-YEAR JAIL FOR $40,980 FRAUD.
A Nigerian woman based in the United States of America, Funke Iyanda, is at risk of 10 years imprisonment following...
FRAUD: AFTER PRISON SENTENCE, NIGERIAN MAN TO BE DEPORTED FROM US.
Fraud: After prison sentence, Nigerian man to be deported from US The United States Department of Justice has announced that...
US-BASED NIGERIAN DOCTOR COMMITS SUICIDE.
A 36-year-old Nigerian cardiologist based in the United States, Ikenna Erinne, has reportedly taken his own life. The tragic incident...
The World
BREAKING NEWS: Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21st , 2025 at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta.
BREAKING NEWS: Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21st , 2025 at the age of 88 at his residence...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STARTS BURYING OVER 200 VICTIMS OF NIGHT CLUB DISASTER.
Dominican Republic starts burying over 200 victims of nightclub disasterRelatives and friends of some of the victims of the Jet...
MEET 22-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN ZURIEL ODUWOLE NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
Zuriel Oduwole, an advocate for peace, education, and gender equality, has earned a nomination for the prestigious 2025 Nobel Peace...
NIGERIA, SEVEN OTHER COUNTRIES RUNNING OUT OF HIV DRUGS- WHO WARNS
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the alarm over a looming shortage of HIV drugs in eight countries, including...
Our Health
WHAT CAUSES FOUL ODOUR IN YOUR HOME
What causes foul odor in your home gives reasons for the stench, familiar places to check, and possible solutions to...
THE HUMAN SEX URGE, WHAT DETERMINES IT?
I still remember very vividly an event which took place sixty years ago as if it was only yesterday. Our...
WAYS OF PROTECTING YOUR HOUSE AGAINST COCKROACHES AND THEIR HEALTH EFFECTS.
A cockroach is a brown –winged insect found in many homes and their environs, there are about 4000 species of...
CANCER BREAKTHROUGH AS MIRACLE DRUG THAT SHRINKS TUMOURS LEAVES DOCTORS STUNNED.
A breakthrough cancer treatment plan could be a “cure” for a death sentence form of the disease. An experimental new...
Society
AWELE IDEAL, ABANDONED BABY WHO BECAME AN AWARD-WINING LAWYER
Young Nigerian woman who was abandoned by her mother at 7-month-old achieves success, becomes a remarkable Lawyer Awele Ideal who...
SHOCK AS 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GAVE BIRTH TO 44 CHILDREN.
Mariam Nabatanzi from Uganda gave birth to multiple set of twins, triplets and quadruplets eventually having 44 babies in total....
WHY ARE MARRIAGES FALLING APART?SEE MAJOR REASONS FOR DIVORCE.
The top reasons for divorce have fluctuated over the years and vary by country, often heavily influenced by cultural beliefs...
WE LOST OUR SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD TO MIDNIGHT FIRE- PLATEAU STATE VICTIMS.
Some traders who lost their property to a midnight fire outbreak at the Timber market in Katoto community, Jos North...
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