Amid Ramadan 2026, find out why the Shehu of Borno announced the commencement of fasting instead of the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar.
Nigerian cleric, Pastor John Anosike, has shared a notable prophecy warning of solar collapse, extreme weather, and alleged plans to “cast viruses in the sun".
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling party said Monday that only the African Union could broker potential peace talks with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) -- a stance already rejected by the rebels.
More than 30 villagers, including women and children, have been killed in an ethnic-related attack in western Cameroon, local sources said on Monday. "Over 30 people were killed including children, girls, men, women and old people.
Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have killed at least seven people and carried out scores of kidnappings since January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday, in a further condemnation of alleged abuses by the rebels. The rights watchdog said rebels had killed at least seven people, injured six more, raped a girl and kidnapped as many as 82 people since January "in an uptick of violence."
Patrice Emery Lumumba, whose remains were returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo last week, shot to fame on June 30, 1960 with a blistering independence speech against former colonial power Belgium. Belgium finally returned it to his family on Monday last week.
A massive attempt by migrants to storm the barrier between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla resulted in "unprecedented violence" that killed at least 23 sub-Saharan Africans and has sparked fears of worse to come. They were among 2,000 migrants who on Friday stormed the heavily fortified border between the Moroccan region of Nador and the enclave of Melilla.
At least 20 young people have died at a township pub in South Africa's southern city of East London, but the cause of the deaths is still unclear. Drinking is permitted in South African township pubs, commonly known as taverns or shebeens which are sometimes located in family homes, where safety regulations are rarely enforced.
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, accused of being a graft enabler, on Saturday rubbished as "unlawful" and "full of gossip" a judicial report detailing how rampant corruption gutted state coffers during his nine-year tenure. "It is predictably full of gossip, innuendo and conjecture.
Nottingham Forest have paid a club record fee of around £17 million ($20 million) to Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin. "There's been a lot of interest in Taiwo from other Premier League clubs and other clubs across Europe, so we're delighted that he's chosen Nottingham Forest," Forest boss Steve Cooper said.
Prince Charles says Commonwealth nations are free to farewell the monarchy and become republics, acknowledging changes well under way in a colonial-era organisation trying to define its modern profile and purpose. At that time, all Commonwealth nations bar India were monarchies but the majority today are republics.
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