West Africa
SALT IS KILLING NIGERIANS QUIETLY — ADVOCATES
As Nigeria joined the global community to mark World Salt Awareness Week 2026, a coalition of leading health advocacy organisations...
LASSA FEVER: DEATH TOLL HITS 191.
Indication emerged that Nigeria is witnessing a worrying resurgence of Lassa fever infections, as new data from the Nigeria Centre...
RAPE SUSPECT ESCAPES FROM POLICE CUSTODY IN RIVERS STATE.
A male suspect simply identified as Goodnews who allegedly defiled a 16- year-old girl in Rupokwu community in Obio/Akpor Local...
POLICE ARREST MAN OVER FAKE USHERING JOBS IN KANO STATE.
The Zone One Police Headquarters in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, has arrested a 32-year-old suspect, Richard Peter, over an alleged fake...
Central Africa
EBOLA OUTBREAK KILLS 65 IN D.R. CONGO.
A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, African Health authorities said...
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...
East Africa
AFRICAN MAGIC POWER IN ACTION!
Ugandan Police arrested a man for witchcraft, took him to court, and he responded by inviting bees to the court....
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...
Southern Africa
GUNMEN SHOOT NIGERIA BARMAN DEAD IN SOUTH AFRICA.
A Nigerian man identified simply as Chimezie has been shot dead by gunmen at a bar in the Durban area...
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...
North Africa
TWO NIGERIANS ARRESTED IN LIBYA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.
Two Nigerians, whose identities were undisclosed, have been arrested by the Libyan authorities for possession of substances suspected to be...
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...
African Diaspora
NIGERIAN JAILED 115 MONTHS FOR $700,000 ROMANCE SCAM IN THE US.
A Nigerian man, Charles Nnamdi Emesim, has been sentenced to 115 months in prison in the United States for conspiracy...
BRITISH-NIGERIAN CONVICT FLEES UK AFTER MISTAKEN PRISON RELEASE.
A British-Nigerian man, Ifedayo Adeyeye, who was serving a jail term in the United Kingdom for abducting his son, has...
ANOTHER SUSPECT CHARGED OVER KILLING OF UK-BASED NIGERIAN TEENAGER.
The Metropolitan Police Service has said a second teenager has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 14-year-old...
NIGERIA’S FIRST PROFESSOR OF CARDIO-NEPHROLOGY ADVANCES MEDICAL INNOVATION.
United States-based Nigerian physician, Prof. Olurotimi John Badero, has continued to strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare sector through medical innovation, specialist training...
The World
FEMALE PRISON WARDEN CHARGED WITH RAPING INMATES INSIDE A MEN’S JAIL
Female prison warden charged with r@ping inmate inside a men?s jail.A female prison warden has been charged with r@ping an...
ALL MEASURES TAKEN TO STOP HANTAVIRUS SPREAD AFTER CRUISE SCARE — SPAIN.
Spain on Monday said it took “all measures” to prevent hantavirus from spreading among evacuees on a cruise ship hit...
HANTAVIRUS: NO WORRIES OF POTENTIAL INFECTION FOR AVERAGE PERSONS — WHO.
"Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is publishing a new analysis by the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety that...
PLANE CRASH KILLED 132 AND COULD HAVE BEEN DELIBERATE – ‘DID WHAT IT WAS TOLD TO’
The catastrophic China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crash killed all 132 people on board, including nine crew members and 123 passengers....
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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