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Nigerian Billionaire’s son weds model girlfriend in £5m bash in a UK palace with a 12ft cake, one million roses and a Robin Thicke performance
Son of the world’s richest black woman takes over Blenheim Palace to marry model girlfriend in stunning £5 million bash with one million roses, a 12ft cake and a surprise… Read more
One South African man, four wives: The new hit reality TV show [VIDEO]
A new hit reality TV show has restarted a debate over the traditional practice of polygamy in South Africa. Musa Mseleku says he wants to change people’s perceptions of polygamy…. Read more
Ex-hedge fund manager founds school in Somaliland [VIDEO]
Jonathan Starr tells 60 Minutes that when he founded a school in struggling Somaliland, he gave students a “chance to win” and that’s exactly what they did In 2008, a… Read more
SA Police arrest Nigerian pastor accused of sexual abuse on many SA young girls [VIDEO]
Controversial Nigerian pastor Tim Omotoso of the Jesus Dominion International Church in Durban, is being sought by the Hawks for allegedly abusing young girls at his Umhlanga house. According… Read more
Nigerian Man Who Worked Near United Nations Arrested in String of Manhattan Bank Robberies during lunch break
Abdullahi Shuaibu, 53 is a Nigerian national with a valid work visa but no diplomatic immunity, sources said. A UN worker-turned-journalist found a way to make his lunch breaks pay… Read more
Kenyan and Liberian teen jailed in Sweden for Brutally Raping a girl and Leaving Male Friend with Brain Damage
Two migrants have been given sentences of three and two-and-a-half years for beating a young man almost to death before violently raping his female friend. The government will try to… Read more
Africa’s Most Promising Entrepreneurs: Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30
You may not know many of their names now, but in 20 years’ time, they could be on the cover of FORBES AFRICA. Peruse them, argue over them and follow… Read more
Nigerian couple sentenced to federal prison for sneaking a Nigerian woman into the U.S. to become their “slave”
Parents ‘snuck a homeless Nigerian woman into the US by pretending she was their children’s grandmother then employed her as a nanny at less than minimum wage’ John Ibechem of… Read more
Johns Hopkins Welcomes Its First Black Female Neurosurgeon Resident Ghanian Born Nancy Abu-Bonsrah
Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is making history by being placed at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s neurology department. Johns Hopkins University is making history with the residency of Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, their first black female… Read more
Ethiopian Man Who Mutilated 2-Year-Old Daughter’s Genitals in Atlanta is Deported after serving 10 years in prison
A citizen and national of Ethiopia was removed Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) to his native country after serving 10 years in… Read more
Is this Africa’s most beautiful new holiday home? Inside Arijiju, Kenya’s unique new exclusive-use villa
Travellers seeking a more private and tailored alternative to Africa’s innumerable safari lodges can now visit what may well be the continent’s most beautiful holiday home in Kenya. Found on… Read more
Nigerian farmer kills his girlfriend and has sex with her corpse because ‘she wouldn’t sleep with me when she was alive’
Farmer claims he murdered his girlfriend because it was the only way he could have sex with her.Sunday Ushie, 35, reportedly slayed the mother-of-two with a knife before having sex… Read more
ON THE EDGE : Somalia’s new president inherits a country on the brink of disaster and famine
In the weeks after a historic transfer of power, there is hope in the streets of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu as the new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, begins his term. Civil… Read more
17yr-old Cameroonian teen google coding champion whose hometown is cut off from the internet
The first African winner in Google’s annual coding competition is 370km (230 miles) from home, sitting outside his cousins’ house in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, because the government has cut… Read more
Kenya to appeal court block on closure of world’s largest refugee camp
The Kenyan government says it will appeal a court ruling Thursday thwarting its plan to close the Dadaab refugee camp, the largest in the world. In a statement posted on… Read more
