Africa

Nigeria: A pregnant woman, Basirat Anifowose, her mother-in-law, Rasidat Mufutau and a nine-month-old baby died in a hospital at Ofatedo, Osogbo, Ogun State, as confirmed by the Osun State Police Command.

Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court in the Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria, has sentenced Olamilekan Olukayode, an Internet fraudster, to two years of jail period for cybercrime.

Top Nigerian singer and performing artist Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, continues to stay on the rise to the top of African music royalty.

Nigeria: The family and friends of the 51 victims who were kidnapped during their Abuja-Kaduna train journey and are still in captivity have vowed to occupy major government facilities over what they called the government's insensitivity towards the protection of its citizens.

The Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband Abdulrasheed Bello, aka JJC Skillz, announced their separation on Thursday, 30 June.

Police officers of the Ogun State Police Command have captured two suspected armed thieves in the Mowe area of the state after launching a robbery operation.

A landlord is presently on the run in the Anambra State of Nigeria after beating a young girl so severely that she went into a coma.

Over 6600 small-holder farmers in the State of Nasarawa will get benefited from a ten-year agricultural project.

Several of intending pilgrims in Kano have initiated a protest over the non-inclusion in the number of people going for the 2022 Hajj exercise.