African Spotlight

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itsejuwa Esanjumi Sagay told President Muhammadu Buhar...Read More

14 killed in fresh reprisal attacks between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Nasarawa

Suspected reprisal attacks between herdsmen and farmers killed at least 14 people in central Nigeria, police said on Wednesday, the la...Read More

PHOTOS: Nigerian Army clear camp Zairo, recover Qurans, battle tank Boko Haram captured last year

Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have been making tremendous progress in the on going clearance operations nicknamed Operation DEEP PUN...Read More

#CHAN2018: Nigeria beat Sudan 1-0, qualify for its first-ever African Nations Championship final

Nigeria set up a final date with host Morocco after Gabriel Okechukwu's first half strike handed them victory against resilient Su...Read More

VIDEO: Pastor makes flamboyant church entry in Rolls Royce with long convoy

This is the moment Pastor Alph Lukau, founder and General Overseer of Alleluia Ministries International, a South African based church...Read More

Cameroon soldiers invade Nigeria’s Cross River in search of fleeing anglophones

Cameroonian forces have crossed into neighbouring Nigeria, where thousands of people have fled from Cameroon's restive anglophone ...Read More

Man gets paralyzed after playing video games for 20 hours straight (PHOTOS)

A man in China lost sensation from the waist down after playing video games continuously for some 20 hours at an internet cafe last we...Read More

Zimbabwe elections body, ZEC, condemns voter intimidation as polls loom

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Wednesday condemned voter intimidation by some individuals who were forcibly demanding vote...Read More

Former Governors Donald Duke, Oyinlola launch Obasanjo's Coalition for Nigeria Movement (PHOTOS)

About a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote an explosive letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, his touted Coalition Mo...Read More

Kenya opposition Raila Odinga's inauguration a bid to 'overthrow govt' - minister

Kenya's interior minister said Wednesday that opposition leader Raila Odinga's mock inauguration as "people's preside...Read More

Landlord offers young woman free rent in return for once-a-week sex (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

A sleazy landlord in Wales was caught on hidden camera offering a woman rent for free in return for sexual favours. Read More

PHOTOS: Nigerian Army constructs road into heartland of Sambisa forest

In its determined efforts of making Sambisa forest habitable and also a training ground, the Nigerian Army is following up its ong...Read More

FULL TEXT: Trump's 2018 State of the Union address to Congress

President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night, outlining his vision for the next ...Read More

Liberia's citizenship restricted to black people only

Liberian President George Weah said Monday he would seek to remove a "racist" clause in the country's constitution that ...Read More

Soldiers raid militias spiritual leader’s shrine, kill chief priest while planning new Benue attack (PHOTOS)

The Nigerian Army has killed a famous spiritual leader for wanted armed militia in Benue State while planning to carry out a new attac...Read More

Fulani herdsmen killings: NSCIA blasts CAN, accuses Christian body of hate speech, spewing "venom"

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad S...Read More

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Huge crowd at 'swearing in’ of Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga that everybody is talking about

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga held a mock inauguration Tuesday in front of tens of thousands of supporters, as the government ...Read More

Olamide loses mother on son’s birthday, 2 years after his father’s death

The mother of popular Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji a.k.a Baddo, died on Tuesday, the same day his son his celebrating his birthday...Read More

Sex scandal: Apostle Suleman didn’t pay me to confess, I’ll reveal my sponsors - Stephanie Otobo (VIDEO)

Stephanie Otobo, the Canadian singer who alleged she had a romantic affair with Apostle Johnson Suleman, founder of Omega Fire Minis...Read More

God said Buhari will die if he tries to run in 2019 - Pastor Samuel Akinbodunse (VIDEO)

South African based Nigerian prophet and General Overseer of Freedom For All Nations Outreach, Samuel Akinbodunse, says if President ...Read More

Nigerian man buys Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bugatti for $2.5 million (PHOTOS)

A Nigerian man, Obi Okeke, has reportedly bought Arnold Schwarzenegger’ Bugatti Veyron for about $2.5 million (about N900 million). Read More

Emirates crew beat, tie up 71-year-old Nigerian for eight hours for sitting in wrong seat (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

A 71-year-old Nigerian man on an Emirates flight to Chicago says the flight crew punched him, and then bound him and taped his mout...Read More

‘Glee’ star actor Mark Salling "commits suicide" at 35

Mark Salling, one of the stars of the Fox musical comedy "Glee," has died at age 35. Read More

Court strikes out Patience Jonathan’s N2 billion rights suit

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out the breach of fundamental human rights suit filed by wife of former President Go...Read More

Sex scandal: Apostle Suleman forced me to implicate politicians – Stephanie Otobo (VIDEO)

A few days after Apostle Johnson Suleman released a video of Miss Stephanie Otobo apologising to him and saying she was hired by unnam...Read More

PHOTOS: Ganduje and Kwankwaso's 'thugs' clash again in Kano, lawmaker flaunts weapons

Violence has reportedly erupted between thugs said to be loyal to Governor Umar Ganduje and those loyal to former governor and represe...Read More

PHOTOS: Buhari returns to Abuja after attending AU Summit in Addis Ababa

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived back in Abuja after his participation at the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly o...Read More

God told me to suck women's breasts to deliver them from evil spirit - Pastor

A self-acclaimed pastor, identified as Raphael Obi, has admitted sucking the breasts of women to deliver them from what he called the e...Read More

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga changes his status on Twitter minutes after being 'sworn in'

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday changed his status on Twitter to ‘President of Republic of Kenya’ just a few minutes a...Read More

I married another woman because my wife starved me of sex for too long – Pastor

A 45-year-old pastor, Olusola Opoola, on Tuesday told a Grade ‘C’ Customary Court at Inanlende, Ibadan that he married a second wife a...Read More

VIDEO: Pregnant woman slumps after being slapped by officer in Lagos

A pregnant woman collapsed after being slapped by a Naval personnel in Lagos. Read More

World’s oldest man dies aged 113

The world’s oldest man has died just over a month after celebrating his 113th birthday. Francisco Nunez Olivera passed away at around ...Read More

Ahmed Musa moves back to CSKA Moscow after struggling in Leicester

Leicester has sent Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa back to CSKA Moscow on loan until the end of the season. Read More

#BBNaija: Miracle and Nina share intimate kiss in the shower

Miracle is turning out to be quite the charmer in the House. In an interesting turn of events this morning, Miracle and Nina shared a ...Read More

BREAKING: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga sworn in as 'people's president' (VIDEO)

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga held a mock inauguration Tuesday in front of thousands of supporters, as the government sparked...Read More

Buhari as AU’s anti-corruption champion, a joke – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has described the reported naming of President Muhammadu Buhari as African Union anti-corruption champion...Read More

Davido, Wizkid, Trevor Noah, others make list of most followed Africans on Social Media

Nigerian singers Davido, Wizkid and South African comedian Trevor Noah make the list of the most followed Africans on the social netwo...Read More

US lifts ban on refugees from 11 countries

The United States announced Monday it was lifting its ban on refugees from 11 "high-risk" countries, but said those seeking ...Read More

Fulani herdsmen getting away with murder, they have killed 168 people in 2018 alone - Amnesty International

Amnesty International says clashes between farmers and herdsmen have resulted in at least 168 deaths in 2018 alone. Read More

Scientists discover Egyptian dinosaur with ties to Europe

A long-necked dinosaur unearthed in Egypt has yielded the first evidence of contact between African and European dinosaurs shortly bef...Read More

Cameroon anglophone separatist leader Ayuk Tabe, 46 supporters extradited from Nigeria

The president of the anglophone separatist movement in Cameroon, Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, was extradited to Yaounde on Monday after being det...Read More

PHOTOS: Scores of policemen deployed to Kano as Kwankwaso cancels visit

In preparation for Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s planned visit to Kano earlier scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 30, scores of policemen were sp...Read More

PHOTOS: Mammoth crowd as Fayose presents his anointed governorship candidate to Ekiti people

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has anointed his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka, as his preferred governorship candidate...Read More

Man divorces his wife for sex doll

A 39-year-old man has divorced his legal wife for a sex doll he recently bought from the United States. Read More

'No ethnic group can beat Fulani, the largest ethnic group in West Africa - Bello

The National Chairman of Fulbe (Fulani) Development Association of Nigeria (FULDAN), Malam Ahmad Usman Bello, has declared that they c...Read More

VIDEO: Rihanna heats up the Grammys stage with African dance 'Gwara Gwara'

American singer Rihanna on Sunday performed the South African ‘gwara gwara’ dance at the Grammy Awards. Read More

PHOTOS: Parade conducted for former Vice President Alex Ekwueme in Abuja

A parade was conducted at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in honour of former Vice President...Read More

Buhari remains best choice in 2019 – APC chieftain

Alhaji Abubakar Ma’aji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger says President Muhammadu Buhari remains the only c...Read More

Igbo siblings embrace Islam after their sister’s conversion in Imo (PHOTOS)

Chijoke Obi and Chiamaka Obi ‘fully accepted’ Islam today in Imo State after the conversion of their sister. Read More

Usain Bolt says he's dead serious about pursuing a career in soccer