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An 87-year-old man from Busia, Kenya has bought a new coffin for his “future” burial ceremony. The man, identified as Aloise Otieng’ Ng’ombe, is said to have bought a coffin worth Ksh58,000 (GHS 3,900) for his burial. K2TV reported that Aloise had also bought coffins in 2009 and 2012. The …

The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has hired lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, over allegations of organ harvesting, the Nation has learned. This was disclosed by Senate President Ahmad Lawan after a …

Crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has taken to social media to react after a blogger called him out for refusing to pay for his housewarming cake. A housewarming party was held on June 19, to celebrate Bobrisky’s new house. However, a blogger named Gistlover has disclosed that the …

Video of Jackie Appiah’s mansion causes a stir Prince Osei, others fight Jackie’s critics Beverly Afaglo says Ghanaian actresses invest their earnings It seems actress Beverly Afaglo has had enough with Ghanaians who are fond of associating the achievements of her female colleagues with the assistance from ‘big men’ who …

Nigeria to the world! A new set of Nigerian filmmakers are set to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy on Tuesday unveiled 397 potential members including actress and director Funke Akindele-Bello who was invited in the acting category for her record-breaking ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ …

A photo has been making rounds on social media of a man in full suit holding a slender glass with champagne speaking to a lawyer in a court room. It has provoked humour as well as lamentation for different reasons. The man in question is Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o, a …

Ana zargin dakarun Rasha da sace alkamar Ukraine da manoma suka yi wahalar nomawa a yankunan da ta mamaye da kuma wasu kayan amfanin gona irinsu iri, da taki da kayayyakin noma. BBC ta tattauna da manoma, da nazari kan hotunan taurarin dan adam da kuma bibiyar bayanai, domin tattaro …

At least two people were killed and several others injured when elements of the Murle and Anyuak communities sheltering at the Mahad displaced peoples’ camp in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, clashed on Sunday evening, officials said. Mayen Kur Kuer, the camp’s chairperson, told Radio Tamazuj that the fighting …

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) lost the move to regain freedom. Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court rejected Kanu’s application seeking to grant him bail. The IPOB leader sought the court’s permission to discharge the earlier order revoking his bail. Justice …

Some fishing communities in Ghana used to traffic drugs, McMahon Britain has invested over GH¢ 3 million towards Ghana’s drug trafficking efforts, McMahon Ghana commemorates International Day against Drugs and Illicit Trafficking Deputy Head of Missions at the British High Commission, Keith McMahon, has indicated that Ghana has made a …