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Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died, the country’s vice president announced, after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts. In a televised address to the nation late on Wednesday, Vice President Samia Suluhu said the 61-year-old president had died of a “heart condition”, which he has suffered for a decade, at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam. Magufuli had first been briefly...

Music producer, rapper, and fashion mogul Kanye West is the richest African American in the United States. Bloomberg reports that West is officially worth $6.6 billion, making him the richest Black man in America’s history. Around the same time last year, West became a certified billionaire with the help of his successful apparel and sneaker brand, Yeezy and a new...

Nigeria has been ranked 16th among the countries most affected by internet crime in the world in 2020. In its latest internet crime report, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Nigeria received 443 complaints relating to internet crime last year. The last times the country featured in the annual reports were in 2016 (19th) and 2015 (3rd). The report stated...

Musician Charly Boy has revealed why he is usually naked in his music videos and social media posts.  Born Charles Oputa, the entertainer shared a throwback picture of his father former Supreme Court Justice Chukwudifu Oputa on Instagram on Tuesday, wearing only a pair of underpants. He wrote: “My People, this is a picture of my late father. Taken in 1900000. When...

ICPC has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Professor Ojerinde, who was arrested on 15th March, 2021, in Abuja, by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have committed multiple frauds while heading JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO).He has been detained...

Some Yoruba youths on Monday removed Nigerian flags and replaced them with Oduduwa Republic flags around Teslim Balogun Stadium, in Surulere, Lagos State. This was seen in a viral video shared on Instagram. Nigeria is facing many challenges, some bordering on insecurity in the South which have recently contributed to agitations for self-determination. The unabated killing and kidnapping of people in the...

The world is full of pampered pets, but while some depend on their owners wealth, a lucky few have their own fortunes. And no animal is as wealthy as Gunther IV, a beautiful German shepherd and member of the world’s richest dog dynasty. It’s hard to imagine any animal being the beneficiary of a fortune of nearly $400 million, but...

One of the most visited tourist destinations in Ibadan is the University of Ibadan zoological garden which proudly houses different animals ranging from lions to rabbits. It is a popular custom of many families living in Ibadan to visit the zoo during festive periods to hang out and have fun as well. So, on a fateful (later bloody) day in the...

A post on Reno Omokri's Instagram, that's reportedly from his wife, addressed a woman who called Reno her crush. The follower, while commenting on Reno's post, referred to him as "My crush". Reno took a screenshot of the woman's reply and shared as a different post and the caption was signed off by Reno's 'wife'. In the response, the wife made it...

Sweden's record goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been recalled to the national team five years after announcing his retirement. The 39-year-old scored 62 goals in 116 internationals before quitting after the team's Euro 2016 group-stage exit. He opened the door to a return in a newspaper interview in November 2020 and Sweden coach Janne Andersson then flew to Milan to meet with...

Comedienne Emanuella has won the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2021 in the Favourite African Social Media Star category.  The comedienne shared her win in a post on Instagram on Tuesday with the caption: “Congratulations to me as I won the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2021.” The awards ceremony was hosted by Kenan Thompson in...

Barry Jhay has been declared innocent in the death of his record label boss Kashy Godson by the Ghanaian Police after CCTV footage of the apartment emerged. According to the timestamp on the CCTV, the singer was not at the apartment when the sad incident happened. Kashy fell to his death some minutes after the singer left the apartment Taking to...

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Burnaboy and Wizkid for emerging victorious at the just concluded Grammy awards. Recall that the Nigerian Stars won their first Grammy on Sunday. Burnaboy won the “Best Global Music Album” category in the 2021 Grammy awards, while Wizkid won the Best music video for ‘Brown Skin Girl’, which Beyonce featured him in. Reacting, Jonathan...

World football governing body FIFA has joined in celebrating Super Eagles star forward Kelechi Iheanacho for his hat-trick against Sheffield United in Sunday’s Premier League clash.  Iheanacho bagged his first ever hat-trick for Leicester City who thrashed Sheffield United 5-0 to strengthen their push for a top-four finish. He joined the likes of Nwankwo Kanu, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Efan Ekoku and Osaze...

A 38-year-old woman, Ruka Tayo and her friend, Jimoh Abiola, 35, were arraigned before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court on Friday, March 12, for beating up her former husband's new wife. Tayo and her co-defendant allegedly beat up the complainant at the residence of her former husband in Ikorodu, five years after their divorce. The two defendants are standing trial on a...

Grammy award winner, Burna Boy has thrown a subtle shade at singer, Davido, after bagging his first Grammy Awards.  The singer’s album ”Twice As Tall” was deemed befitting by the recording academy as he won in the Best Global Music Album category. However, Burna during an Instagram Live session with celebrity dancer, Poco Lee, changed a slang coined by Davido, ”E...

Many Nigerians illegally staying in Germany will leave Frankfurt for Lagos on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, as part of massive deportation plans by the German government, the Network for Critical Migration Consciousness (NfCMC) has announced. The upcoming charter deportation operation will be the first for this year since the initial plan for January 18 was cancelled owing to the Coronavirus...

The fossilised remains of a dinosaur sitting on a nest of eggs, complete with embryos preserved inside, have been unearthed from China, a study has reported. The find — a world first — is an oviraptorosaur, one of a group of bird-like, theropod dinosaurs that thrived from 130–66 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period. According to the experts, the specimen...

Zimbabwean Woman Caught Breastfeeding A Snake. It is a sacred bond between a mother and her young one. However, it becomes scary when a woman in menopause breastfeeds a snake. This is the case of a Chimanimani woman who has sent tongues wagging after being spotted at her friend’s house breastfeeding the giant reptile. The hard to believe incident is now before Chief...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has congratulated music stars Burna Boy and Whizkid over their Grammy Award victories.  In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday 15th March 2021, the Minister described the much-deserved awards as fitting rewards for the persistent hardwork of the duo. He said the awards also represented a global endorsement for the Afrobeat...