AFRICA NEWS

Five members of a single family died in a stampede, as thousands of people paid their respects to Tanzania’s late President John Magufuli at Uhuru stadium in the main city Dar es Salaam on Sunday.       Dennis Mtuwa lost his wife, two children, a nephew and a niece. …

Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, one of the main contenders in Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential race, died on Sunday after becoming seriously ill with Covid-19. His campaign director told the AFP news agency that Mr Kolelas “died in the medical aircraft which came to get him from Brazzaville on Sunday afternoon”. The 61-year-old …

Africa on Wednesday woke up to one of the shocking developments from the Eastern part of the continent. The death of Tanzanian first gentleman, President John Pombe Magufuli broke as an electric shock bringing the whole country to a spontaneous standstill. President Magufuli died at age 61 after a terminal …

John Pombe Magufuli, President of Tanzania has died. The announcement was made by the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on state TV. According to her, Magufuli died of heart complications while being treated at Mzena Hospital in the port city of Dar es Salaam. Magufuli’s death followed more than …

We Wouldn’t Accept Fuel Increment!, Engr.Okey AGAP Part   The National Chairman of All Grand Alliance Party AGAP Engr. Okey Chikwendu has voiced Out! (He said Capital NO) to the New Petroleum Fuel Pump Price Increment at this time when we are just recovering from Covid 19 and the Endsars …

South African billionaire, Patrice Motsepe has emerged unopposed at the 43rd Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. The new president replaces outgoing Ahmad Ahmad who was suspended in November by FIFA over accusations of nepotism, corruption, and embezzlement. 59-year-old Motsepe, the …

Alleged Gay Rapist Nabbed At A University In Nigeri A video circulating on social media has is that an alleged gay rapist is nabbed at Crescent University in Abeokuta, Ogun state-Nigeria. The suspect was accused of drugging students before carrying out the act. In the videos which have gone viral, …

    The chairman of All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP) of Lagos State Prince Adewale Samson has sent a congratulatory message to the newly elected Chairman OF Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos Information Chapel Mr. Debo Adeniji, on his success at the polls.     Samson while responding to …

Black Satellites have clinched their fourth U-20 Africa Cup of Nations trophy following a 2-0 victory over Uganda at the Stade Olympique de Nouakchott in Mauritania on Saturday. Ghana’s U-20 team lost on penalties to Egypt in their previous final appearance (2013) and aimed to avoid a repeat. They managed …

Authorities in Nigeria’s Zamfara state have declared a curfew and shut market activities after violence marred the return of hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls to their families, a state spokesman said. Late on Wednesday, gunshots and chaos erupted during what should have been the joyous return of 279 schoolgirls abducted by …