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South African rapper Costa Tsobanoglou, better known by his stage name Costa Titch, has passed away. The well-known performer was 28 years old. According to reports, Costa Titch collapsed while performing at the Ultra Music Festival at the Expo Centre, in Johannesburg on Saturday night – he was later reported dead. In some viral videos on social media, Costa Titch ...

President Akufo-Addo has advised all stakeholders in the just-ended Nigerian Presidential elections to find an amicable settlement to all elections. He said that is the best way and not to take to the streets with violence. That, he said was because anything that happens in Nigeria has direct implications for the West Africa sub-region and the entire African continent. This ...

Odianosen Okojie, husband of famous Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the 2023 elections in Esan North East/ South East federal constituency of Edo State. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: Mr Okojie won the primaries held in Ubiaja, Esan South East LGA., Edo State on Saturday. The 48-year-old politician picked ...

Opposition parties have walked out of the venue where results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential elections are being announced. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have claimed there is a lack of transparency with the new electronic voter system. This is the first national election where an electronic device has been used to accredit voters. ...

Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare some of the results of Saturday’s elections null and void and hold fresh elections on March 4. He said some of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices and the servers introduced for the elections have ...

A Nigerian senatorial candidate was on Wednesday shot dead and his body burnt by attackers while on his way from a campaign rally in the southern state of Enugu. The death of Oyibo Chukwu of the Labour Party happened three days before Saturday’s general elections – which are being described as the country’s most competitive polls in 24 years. LEARN ...

A tropical storm followed by heavy rainfall has killed at least 16 people in Madagascar, emergency services say. Seventeen prople remain missing after Tropical Storm Cheneso hit, according to the Office for Risk and Disaster Management. More than 60,000 people have been displaced since the storm reached the island just over a week ago. Some 47,000 people are affected, while ...

South Africa says it has signed an agreement to introduce dozens of African cheetahs to India over the next decade. The South African environment department said the first batch of 12 cheetahs would be moved next month. It plans to send a similar number annually for the next eight to 10 years. India received eight cheetahs from Namibia last year ...

Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has said his political coalition does not recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya and declared the new Kenyan government as “illegitimate”. Mr Ruto beat him in last August’s poll, but Mr Odinga – who appeared at Nairobi’s Kamukunji Stadium along with his running mate Martha Karua, and other allies – repeated claims that ...

One of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s key aides has resigned ahead of an expected government reshuffle. Kyrylo Tymoshenko was the president’s deputy head of office and thanked Mr Zelensky for “the opportunity to do good deeds every day and every minute”. He had been implicated in scandals linked to his use of expensive cars – though he denies wrongdoing. Mr ...