Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent the Baltic countries into panic by inviting the notorious Wagner Group to train its military. This comes just days after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the mercenary group, took exile in Belarus after striking a deal with Russia following an attempted coup. The Wagner group took refuge in Belarus […]
At least 48 people have been murdered after what appears to have been a loss of control by a truck that caused it to crash into other vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection in western Kenya. After the accident that occurred on Friday night on the highway between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru, […]
Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, and De Beers, the world’s leading diamond company, have signed a new diamond sales deal. The government of Botswana and the diamond mining company De Beers Diamond Consortium said on Friday that they struck an “agreement in principle.” The De Beers Diamond Consortium, an international corporation that has […]
The Defence Headquarters of Nigeria has ordered several top military generals to retire before Monday. This directive came in a memo dated June 26, issued by Maj Gen Y. Yahaya on behalf of the chief of the defense staff. The decision is in line with the military tradition that when new service chiefs are appointed, […]
James Nnaji, a famous Nigerian professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA, could stay back at Barcelona, a city on the coast of northeastern Spain, and may have his NBA dream detained for another season. Charlotte Hornets, a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, traded two draft picks, No. 34 […]
Trade between China and Africa has shown a rapid and positive development trend, reaching new heights growing to $260 Billion in 2022 from less than $13 Million in 2000. China’s total import and export volume with Africa in the last five months of 2023 reached $113.5 Billion, up about 16.4 percent year-on-year. According to the […]
Germany, which has approximately one thousand soldiers stationed in Mali, is currently pulling them out of the country and is to finish pulling out all of its troops by May 2024. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has declared that his country wants to remove its troops from Mali more quickly while maintaining order. The UN […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced new guidelines and restrictions on contactless payments in the country. In two circulars issued by the CBN’s Director of Payments System Management Department, the bank outlined measures to standardize operations and encourage the use of innovative payment options while ensuring financial system stability. The guidelines direct that […]
Almajiri film of Ayodeji Richard Makun, also known by his stage name A.Y, has been struggling at the Nigerian box office. The film opened in Nigerian cinemas on June 23, 2023, across 54 locations. However, the film made only ₦5,425,050 at the box office, as reported by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN). Other […]
According to local officials and researchers, at least 700 people have perished as a result of hunger in the northern Tigray area of Ethiopia in recent weeks following the cessation of food aid by the United States and the United Nations. After uncovering a plot to steal donated wheat that was intended for those in […]
Victor Osimhen scored 31 goals across last season’s tournaments. He is very grateful to the organizers & fans as he is honored with the Best African Player Award. Nigerian football star Victor Osimhen has expressed his appreciation to the organizers of the 2023 Ghana Football Awards after being named the Best African Player of the […]
Russia has been boosting its influence in Africa via Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary group, to contain conflicts from spiraling into a full-fledged war. There are thousands of Wagner group fighters in Africa. The Kremlin has been using this notorious mercenary group as one of its most influential foreign policy tools. Following the weekend mutiny, an […]
On most evenings, Godwin Mumbere and his fellow students at Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe, which is located on Uganda’s western border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, quietly study and sing together before turning off the lights at 10:00 p.m. and climbing into their bunk beds. An unknown number of attackers, who are […]
Bluesky, a tech startup with the aim of developing a decentralized social network protocol and an associated social networking service, backed by Jack Dorsey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Square and a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, has introduced some proposals for new moderation and safety tooling. The tech startup, which is Twitter’s […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported a drop in the prices of refilling 5 kg and 12 kg cylinders of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) in May 2023. The average retail price for refilling a 5 kg cylinder of Cooking Gas decreased by 6.07% on a month-on-month basis, going from N4,642.27 in April […]
The day after the presidential election in Sierra Leone, which went off quite peacefully and the votes for which are still being tallied, the police in Freetown made an announcement claiming they had deployed tear gas canisters to disperse opposition supporters in the city. This took place on Sunday evening. On Twitter, the primary challenger […]
Brymo Uchegbu, one of the most-sought-after actors in Nigeria, died on Wednesday night. The actor, popularly known as Don Brymo, reportedly passed away in his sleep. Mayor Ofoegbu, Don Brymo’s colleague, confirmed the sad news. He posted a message of tribute on the demise of the Nollywood actor Don Brymo. He said, “Plan for tomorrow […]
The NBA picks talented players from diverse backgrounds to present at the biggest basketball stage. The NBA has selected 2 African players from Nigeria & Senegal. In the 2023 NBA draft, the San Antonio Spurs had the first pick and selected Victor Wembanyama, an incredibly talented player from France. However, it wasn’t until the second […]
Nigerian Fireboy DML is once reigning hearts of music lovers with his latest new single YAWA that oozes an enthralling beat and catchy lyrics. Still riding high on the success of his last song Someone, he has now taken it to another level with YAWA. With each new release, Fireboy DML has taken Nigerian music […]
On Saturday, citizens of Sierra Leone are heading to the polls to vote in hotly contested presidential and legislative elections. These elections take place in the midst of worldwide pleas for peace and a crisis in the cost of living that helped spark violent riots last year. The West African nation’s economy, which had never […]