[Vanguard] The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has been declared winner of the Osun governorship held on Saturday, July 16, 2022.

[Daily Maverick] Yasmin 'Jessie' Duarte, the ANC's long-serving Deputy Secretary-General, died early on Sunday morning after a battle with cancer. Duarte was known for being outspoken and for not shying away from the official line. Tributes on social...

[Daily News] AHEAD of World Youth Skills Day, UNICEF and the Education Commission is calling for urgent investment to address the global learning and skills crisis Nearly three-quarters of young people aged between 15 to 24 years in 92 countries are ...

[Vanguard] Unidentified gunmen have robbed and kidnapped passengers going from Calabar to Oron not long ago.

[Vanguard] A Nigerian man, Olamilekan Idowu Fatade has been extradited to the United States of America on Thursday, to face prosecution on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that his near-death experience following food poisoning at a rally in Gwanda back in 2017 inspired him to upgrade the health service delivery in Zimbabwe.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister and President-Designate of COP27 Sameh Shoukry has made a phone call with Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, to review Egypt's vision and goals on the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Cli...

[Premium Times] The priests were kidnapped at the rectory of Christ the King Catholic Church, Yadin Garu in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State after they arrived there on an assignment, at 5:15 p.m.

[Nile Post] President Yoweri Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief of the UPDF has assured the army that the issue of salary enhancement will be handled gradually as the economy improves.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala's chaotic World Championships journey ended in the semi-finals, just like his maiden Olympic Games did last year, after finishing fifth in the 100m semis early Sunday morning.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala's chaotic World Championships journey ended in the semi-finals, just like his maiden Olympic Games did last year, after finishing fifth in the 100m semis early Sunday morning.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The European Union Election Observation Mission to Kenya is set to deploy 180 monitors in 39 counties, the Missions Chief Observer Ivan Stefánek has said.

[New Zimbabwe] The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has denied naming a shadow cabinet, clarifying that the team made public Saturday was merely for parliamentary spokespersons.

[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigeria's Female Football team, the Super Falcons, for qualifying for the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 after their emphatic quarter-final victory at the ongoing Women...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Africa must diversify economically and become more resilient to realise its full potential, the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said Thursday.

[allAfrica] Harare -- Barbra Banda, a top player on Zambia's national women's team, was subjected to what is called a gender verification procedure to determine whether her testosterone levels are above those allowed to compete as a woman, in what Hu...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A six-year study conducted by the Baby GERMS-SA team, led by experts from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, has found that newborn mortality rates r...

[allAfrica] The Stop TB Partnership has launched a detailed strategy to finally put an end to the world's oldest pandemic.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has failed to condemn threats of political violence that were issued by members of Zanu PF against Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa and his family.

[Vanguard] Heavy casualties were reportedly recorded on Wednesday evening when Ansaru terrorists engaged bandits in a gun duel in Birni-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

[Nile Post] Moments after being announced as the sixth signing for Vipers Sports Club this season, pacy winger Abdu Lumala has set the bar so high by seeking to deliver his new team to the CAF Champions League group stages.

[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- In a global industry estimated to generate U.S.$1.38 billion by the end of 2022, according to Newzoo's 2022 Global eSports and Live Streaming Marketing Report, competitive video gaming, or eSports, continues to rise in value ...

[New Zimbabwe] Norton Town Secretary and 12 MDC-T councillors were Friday brought before the Harare magistrates courts answering charges of criminal abuse of duty for allegedly buying residential stands for just ZW$30 per square metre.

[Nile Post] A police officer and five of his family members with whom he was travelling in a vehicle have perished in a Saturday morning accident along Masaka road involving a Toyota Wish and a Fuso truck.

[Nile Post] Disabled people living with HIV/AIDs in Kampala have decried the heavy centralisation of HIV care services in urban areas, stigma and lack of jobs which have made life for them unbearable.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and Somalia on Friday agreed to convene Joint Commission for Co-operation (JCC) talks in Mogadishu after the leaders of the two nations ordered the immediate reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border.

[Premium Times] Naira fell to a new six-month low against the dollar at the Nafex window on Friday.

[Premium Times] The new rate is 0.84 per cent points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2021, which was 17.75 per cent.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A league of ten local human rights groups has expressed concerns over "political posturing" by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi and his Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho to advance the agenda of one of the top conten...