Africa

A Ghanaian man who was accused of killing his girlfriend's 10-year-old stepson by setting fire to a house in Meduma at the Ashanti Region has pleaded guilty in court. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the 35-year-old suspect identified as Kwaku…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has elected a Ghanaian professor, Ato Essuman as its 20th chairman. The election took place during the 69th meeting of Council held virtually from March 22-26. A statement by the Head of…

Heavy gunfire was heard near Niger’s presidential palace in the early hours of Wednesday, two days ahead of the swearing-in of president-elect Mohamed Bazoum. According to Reuters, the heavy gunfire started around around 3 a.m. local…

A 38-year-old man, Gali Galo, has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife, Beatrice Logosu, 34, to death over suspicion of infidelity in Ghana. The police arrested the suspect, said to be a fisherman in Denu, the capital of Ketu…

At least 15 people have been confirmed dead after an overcrowded dugout canoe sank off the north coast of the West African state of Guinea. A naval officer stationed in Boke, a city some 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the east said the…

Following a deadly ambush by Islamist militants in northern Mozambique, atleast 60 people mostly foreign citizens have gone missing. Recall that Islamist militants believed to be affiliated with the terrorist group, ISIS reportedly…

Grief as a yet-to-be identified Ghanaian woman reportedly died in a fatal accident. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the woman died while allegedly speeding to catch her "cheating" husband. Reports disclosed that the deceased had been…

Sarah Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died aged 99 in western Kenya, her daughter told AFP Monday. “It is true she has gone to be with the Lord, she passed on this morning,” said an emotional Marsat…

Chadian President, Idriss Deby has stated that consistency in the operations of the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) can bring an end to Boko Haram insurgency. MNJTF is a combined multinational formation, comprising units, mostly…

A Kenyan woman identified as Lucy Njeri has been charged at the Makadara Law Court for allegedly pouring acid on her partner, whom she claims she was no longer married to at the time. According to the evidence provided in court by the…

The incumbent president of the Republic of Congo identified as Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected into office. Provincial election results announced on Tuesday that Nguesso won 88.57 percent of the votes. The 77-year-old has…

16 smugglers have been arrested and 85 African migrants held incaptivity were freed by Libyan Army after human smuggling dens in Nessma town were raided on Sunday, March 21. According to Brigade 444, its forces had neutralized the hideouts…

A woman identified as Asifa Nakagolo has reportedly bit her husband, Bashir Mukaire's penis off while accusing him of cheating. The biting off of her husband's penis was done by the 38-year-old woman as an act of revenge after she…

Congolese opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas died of Covid-19 as he was being transferred to France for treatment, his campaign director said Monday, the day after presidential elections in which he was the main challenger.…

Former Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who died from a heart condition on Wednesday, will be buried on March 25 in his native town Chato in Geita region, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced. Speaking for the first time after…

Police in South Africa have arrested a man over the murder of his ex-girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter, Samogelo Mokhele. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Samogelo’s mother had left her daughter sleeping around 11.30am on March 11, 2021, when…

Nineteen people, nine of them children, have died from food poisoning in Madagascar after eating a turtle, sources said Thursday. Thirty-four people were hospitalised on Monday in Vatomandry, in the east of the island, after eating the…

Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. Hassan, 61, a soft-spoken Muslim woman from the island of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Republic of Tanzania over the passing of President John Pombe Magufuli. Mr Magufuli died on Thursday at the age of 61. In a condolence message by his Senior…

Samia Suluhu Hassan is a soft-spoken, Muslim woman thrust from the obscure role of vice president to become Tanzania's first female leader after John Magufuli's sudden death. Under the constitution Hassan, the country's 61-year-old vice…

The female warder who was caught having sex with a male inmate in an office in a prison in South Africa, has been suspended. This is coming after National correctional services spokesperson, Singabakho Nxumalo disclosed that a…

Suspected burglars have reportedly stolen a wheelchair belonging to a 32-year-old physically disabled Ugandan woman on Tuesday night, March 16. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that a resident of Namunsi, Afya suburb along Kabogoza Musoke road in…

Department of Correctional Services in South Africa has stated that it is embarassed with viral videos of a female warder who was caught having sex with an inmate in one of the offices at the prison in KwaZulu-Natal. Inside the video…

A farm worker simply identified as Paulo has reportedly sustained degrees of injuries after he was tortured with hot charcoal for stealing four guinea fowl eggs in Zimbabwe. According to iHarare report, 34-year-old Personal Paulo's feet…

The President, African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said the debts owed by African countries, including Nigeria is  not sustainable. Adesina stated on Friday while speaking at the virtual launch of the African Economic Outlook…