Africa

A patient who was said to have been abandoned at the National Hospital, Abuja, has been identified by his relative, the hospital’s officials confirmed. The hospital had earlier tweeted that the man was brought to the hospital unconscious by a good Samaritan on September 25, 2022. After the tweet, people …

A security guard has allegedly punched a man during an altercation as he accommodated him in security post after the latter agreed to pay him rent, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria. The victim who worked as a motor boy in a pure water company, failed to pay the agreed sum, this …

Police in Nigeria’s Ondo State have opened an investigation into a case where a man collapsed and died after a marathon sexual intercourse with a woman in a hotel, Punch website reported. According to the website citing a source, “the woman raised the alarm after realizing that the man collapsed …

The United States on Thursday ordered the departure of non-essential diplomatic personnel and their families from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, because of the “increased risk of terrorist attacks”, according to a State Department statement. On Tuesday, Washington had already authorized these people to leave the city if they wished. Several Western …

A majority of the NPP’s members of parliament in Ghana have suspended demands that finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta be sacked from from the government. The lawmakers said they suspend the request until a support package is negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) said …

An alarm was raised in the National Hospital, Abuja, seeking to locate the relatives of a yet-to-be-identified man currently receiving treatment at the facility since he was brought September 25,2022, Nigeria. In a post on its Twitter account, National Hospital Abuja called on people who know the man to come …

Armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State organization have massacred hundreds of villagers since the start of the year in northeastern Mali in an apparently systematic way, and the authorities are not doing enough to protect civilians, warns Human Rights Watch (HRW) this Thursday. Tens of thousands of villagers have …

A family tackles police in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria over the missing organs of their newborn baby in hospital as they accuse the State Police Command of compromising the case. The baby was brought to the hospital, but died after being on oxygen. The family said when they came to …

At least three people have died and several others injured after a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle slammed into a market fence in Alapere in the Ketu region of Lagos State, Nigeria. The incident happened around 7 a.m. due to brake failure. The driver reportedly lost control and rammed into …

A publication on TikTok of a video of a seller of whitening products for babies caused a big controversy in Ivory Coast. Banned by a law dating back to 2015, skin whitening products are nevertheless selling like hotcakes in Ivory Coast. The Tiktoker in question praises the benefits of her …