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Nigeria crowns Virgin Queen for 2017

Dolapo Makunjuola, Miss Virginity 2017 in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Premium Times Sixteen-Year old Miss Dolapo Makunjuola has won 2017 Miss Virginity Beauty Pageant held yesterday...

Professor, child killed in suicide bombing in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

At least four people have been killed in suicide bombing attack in Nigeria’s University of Maiduguri on Monday. Local media the Punch reported that...

Gambians flee country as Adama Barrow seeks refuge in Senegal

Most of those leaving the country in anticipation of violence are women. Photo Credit: Getty   Gambians are reportedly fleeing their country days before the tenure...

Police arrest Lagos Socialite for Putting Chain On Girls

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said it has arrested a socialite, Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as 'Pretty Mike' for dehumanizing young...

Gambia president-elect Barrow ‘to stay in Senegal until inauguration’

The Gambia's president-elect Adama Barrow is to remain in Senegal until his planned inauguration on Thursday, state media in Senegal say. The move was requested...

Gunmen kidnap five students and two staff from Nigerian school

Gunmen kidnapped five students and two staff, including a Turkish national, from an international school in Nigeria's southern state of Ogun, police said on...

Ivory Coast mutineers reach deal amid fears of renewed revolt

Mutinous soldiers are seen in a car, in Bouake, Ivory Coast. Photo Credit: Reuters   Disgruntled soldiers in Ivory Coast reached an agreement with the government late...

African Union not to recognize Gambia’s Jammeh after his tenure expires

The African Union has announced it will no longer recognize Yahya Jammeh as the president of the Gambia when his tenure expires on January...

Gunfire erupts before talks in Ivory Coast’s Bouake

Gunfire erupted in Ivory Coast's second largest city, Bouake, on Friday, before talks between the defence minister and disgruntled soldiers who staged a two-day...

Nigeria’s Buhari replies critics on the release of kidnapped Chibok girls

A representative for the Chibok girls meets Mr Buhari. Photo Credit: AFP   The president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari had rejected criticisms his government has not...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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