Funke Akindele’s The Four Sells Out Leicester Square Before Release
Funke Akindele's new film The Four: No One Fights Alone has sold out its London premiere. The distributor, FilmOne Entertainment, announced on Thursday, November 5, that every...
Toyin Abraham Sends Bloggers a Legal Warning
Nollywood actress and producer Toyin Abraham has issued a cease-and-desist notice to bloggers, social media users, content creators and influencers over what her lawyers call...
Flamingos in the Final: Nigeria’s Girls Make U-17 World Cup History
Nigeria's Flamingos beat Brazil 3-1 in Rabat on Wednesday, November 4, to become the first African team to reach the final of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. They face Japan in...
Tanzania’s Lissu Cleared of Treason but Found Guilty of Incitement
Tanzania's High Court in Dar es Salaam acquitted opposition leader Tundu Lissu of treason on Friday, November 6, but found him guilty of the lesser offence of incitement....
Africa Makes Olympic History! Dakar 2026 Opening Ceremony Stuns the World in Historic First
A Landmark Moment for the African Continent The world’s eyes are on Dakar, Senegal, as the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games officially kicked off over the weekend in a...
Fight Week: Can Cameroon’s “Solide” Dethrone Canelo in Riyadh?
After a postponement, a training camp delayed by personal matters, and months of anticipation, it's finally fight week. On October 31 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, WBC super...
Francis Duru Dies at 57: Remembering Nollywood’s Ahanna
Veteran Nollywood actor Francis Duru has died at 57 after a brief illness. His family announced the news on his verified Instagram page in the early hours of Friday, October 23....
Burna Boy and Davido Reportedly Make Peace at Zlatan’s Bachelor Party
Reports on October 23 say Burna Boy and Davido settled their long-running feud at Zlatan Ibile's bachelor party in Lagos on Thursday night. According to blogger accounts, the two...
Wiliete Knock Out Sundowns: Angola’s Debutants Stun the Champions
Angola's Wiliete SC eliminated defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns from the CAF Champions League on Friday, October 23, in one of the competition's biggest upsets. The tie...
Nairobi Eastleigh Building Collapse: What We Know So Far
A building under construction collapsed in Nairobi's Eastleigh area on Friday, October 23, at about 1:40 pm, according to the Kenya Red Cross. Rescuers worked through the night...
Ebola Reaches Nigeria: What We Know About the First Case
Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade. Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate announced the imported case on October 20. Swiss officials confirmed on...
Ayra Starr’s NFL London Halftime Show and Starrgirl World Tour Explained
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Flamingos Lose U-17 Women’s World Cup Opener to Poland: What Next?
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Peller and Jarvis Announce Pregnancy: From Denials to Baby Bump
Peller and Jarvis Confirm Pregnancy After Weeks of Denials TikTok stars Peller and Jarvis announced on October 8 that they are expecting their first child, sharing maternity...
Headies Row: Do2dtun and Ayo Animashaun Clash Over Toronto Ceremony
Do2dtun and Headies Founder Ayo Animashaun Trade Accusations Over the Toronto Ceremony A public argument over where Nigerian music should be celebrated has turned personal....
Kenya Ebola Cases Rise to Seven, Including Three Health Workers
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Morocco’s First Woman-Led Government: Who’s in the Cabinet
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Banyana Banyana 4-0 Madagascar: Donnelly Hat-Trick in Olympic Qualifier
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Phyna Knocks Out Nkechi Blessing: Chaos in the Ring Result and Fallout
Phyna Knocks Out Nkechi Blessing in Nigeria's First Female Celebrity Boxing Bout The online feud we flagged before the fight has an official winner. BBNaija Season 7 winner Phyna...
Wicknell Chivayo Funeral: Zimbabwe Says Goodbye to a Divisive Tycoon
Zimbabwe Buries Tycoon Wicknell Chivayo and His Wife as Questions Over the Crash Linger Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy "Lulu" Muteke, were laid to...
South Africa Withdraws Asylum Directive After Durban and Soweto Violence
South Africa Scraps Its Asylum Directive After Violent Protests in Durban and Soweto South Africa's Department of Home Affairs withdrew a directive on the intake of asylum...
Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize: What It Means
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Davido’s ORIADÉ Residency: Dates, Details and Why It’s a First
Davido Announces Three-Night "ORIADÉ" Residency at Lagos's National Theatre SEO title: Focus keyphrase: Slug: Meta description: Davido has announced "ORIADÉ: The Residency," a...
Liz Anjorin Court Order: Iyabo Ojo Feud Takes Legal Turn
Lagos Court Restricts Liz Anjorin's Social Media Posts in Long-Running Iyabo Ojo Feud The years-long feud between Nollywood actresses Iyabo Ojo and Liz Anjorin has taken a formal...
Bafana Bafana 5-0 Eritrea: Mofokeng Brace Sends SA Top of Group D
Bafana Bafana Crush Eritrea 5-0 to Make It Two Wins From Two Under Mosimane Four days after Pitso Mosimane's winning return against Guinea, Bafana Bafana delivered an even more...
AfCRA Launch: Africa’s New Credit Rating Agency, Explained
African Union to Launch Its Own Credit Rating Agency Next Week The African Union is set to launch the African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) in Port Louis, Mauritius, in the first...
Nigeria-US Mining Deal: Inside the $700bn Minerals Framework
Nigeria and US Sign $700 Billion Mining Investment Framework SEO title: Focus keyphrase: Slug: Meta description: Nigeria and the United States signed a framework agreement on...
Mundubile Sedition Charges: Zambia’s Opposition Case, Explained
Zambia's Mundubile and Zulu Face New Sedition Charges as Treason Case Drags On Zambia's political and legal drama around opposition leader Brian Mundubile deepened further this...
Rubio’s South Africa Visa Restrictions: What Was Announced and Why
US Announces Visa Restrictions on South African Officials Over "Race-Based Discrimination" US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a new visa-restriction policy targeting...
Apostle John Chi Boat Accident: 5 Dead in Mudeka Canoe Tragedy
Tragedy Ahead of Celebration: Five Die in Canoe Accident Linked to Apostle John Chi's Church What should have been final preparations for a milestone celebration turned into...
Poco Lee’s UK Court Case: What’s Confirmed So Far
Poco Lee UK Court Case: Charges, Timeline and What's Confirmed Nigerian dancer and singer Poco Lee, real name Iweh Pascal Odinaka, is facing a confirmed criminal case in the UK,...
Angélique Kidjo Makes History as First African Musician on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Angélique Kidjo's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star: A Historic First Beninese icon Angélique Kidjo made history on August 18, becoming the first African musician — and the first Black...
African Stars Light Up Champions League Matchday 1 – Led by Guirassy’s Brace
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Uber Exits Nigeria After 12 Years, Ending an Era for Lagos Ride-Hailing
Uber Exits Nigeria After 12 Years — What Happened and Why Uber has officially wound down its operations in Nigeria, ending 12 years of business in Africa's largest ride-hailing...
Viral Video Falsely Claims to Show Kenyans Protesting Xenophobia — Fact-Checkers Step In
A video circulating widely across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X — racking up more than 75,000 views — falsely claims to show Kenyans protesting against xenophobia in 2026....
Tyla Drops Highly Anticipated New Album “A*POP” With Exclusive TikTok Experience
**Focus keyphrase:** Tyla A*POP album **Slug:** `` **Meta description:** South African superstar Tyla has released her much-anticipated new album, A*POP, with TikTok rolling out...
Edo State Bans Davido From Performing, Warns of Hostile Reception at Airport
The Edo State government has moved to bar Afrobeats star Davido from performing within the state, going so far as to warn he may face a hostile reception should he attempt to...
Pastor Fufeyin’s “Miracle Products” Spark Backlash and a Public Feud With VeryDarkMan
A controversy over "miracle products" sold by Nigerian pastor Fufeyin has escalated into one of the country's biggest religion-versus-social-media flashpoints this year, after...
A Nigerian Pastor Fills London’s Twickenham Stadium — And Flips the Old Missionary Map
Nigerian pastor Jerry Eze is returning to lead another prayer conference at Twickenham Stadium in London, two years after filling the 82,000-seat rugby arena with worshippers in...
Salah vs. Osimhen: Africa’s Biggest Football Rivalry Is Now Playing Out in Turkey
The Turkish Süper Lig has unexpectedly become the stage for African football's most compelling individual duel. Victor Osimhen has ruled Istanbul with Galatasaray for over a...
South Africa Pushes for a Permanent African Seat on the UN Security Council
Speaking at the 81st UN General Assembly, South Africa's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, used the platform to renew the African Union's...
A Month Later, Hundreds Remain Captive After Nigeria’s Borgu Mass Kidnapping
Residents of Nigeria's Borgu district took to the streets this week demanding the release of an estimated 600 to 700 people still believed held captive, a month after gunmen...
Nigeria Grieves as 37 Detainees Die in Overcrowded Minna Security Cell
Nigeria is reeling after 37 people held by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps died in an overcrowded detention cell in Minna, Niger...
Priscilla Ojo Speaks Out
Priscilla Ojo Speaks Out After Luxury Jewelry Allegedly Stolen by Trusted Inner-Circle Member Nigerian influencer Priscilla Ojo-Mkambala has gone public with claims that a set of...
One Killed as Clash Erupts
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Mexico Against the World: What’s Really at Stake for Christian Mbilli
When Christian Mbilli steps into the ring in Riyadh on October 31, he won't just be defending a world title — he'll be carrying the weight of an entire narrative shift in...
Davido Denies Sliding Into a South African Woman’s DMs
Davido Denies Sliding Into a South African Woman's DMs While Married to Chioma Afrobeats star Davido is once again at the centre of a cheating allegation, this time from a South...
Solide’s Road to the Crown: Inside Christian Mbilli’s Unbeaten Run
Twenty-nine wins. One draw. Zero losses. Before a single punch is thrown against Canelo Álvarez, Christian Mbilli's record already tells a story most boxers only dream of...
AFCON 2027 Qualifiers Kick Off Next Month
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From Yaoundé to the World Stage: The Christian Mbilli Story
Long before he was "Solide," the undefeated WBC super middleweight champion set to headline one of the biggest fights of the year, Christian Mbilli was just a boy from Yaoundé...
Somali Referee Omar Artan Made History
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DRC Confronts Its Deadliest Ebola Outbreak
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Liberia’s Former Vice President Charged
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Questions Mount After Ex-Zambian Minister Killed in Post-Election Raid
Former Zambian minister Mutotwe Kafwaya was killed in a raid following the country's disputed general election, and the circumstances of his death are now facing growing public...
Don Jazzy Steps In
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Gold Mine Collapse Near Cameroon Border Kills More Than 100 in Central African Republic
A gold mine collapse in Zamboye, Central African Republic, near the border with Cameroon, has killed more than 100 people after a landslide struck the artisanal mining site....
Dolly Parton, Country Music Icon and Global Philanthropist, Dies at 80
Country music legend Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her family confirmed that she passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee, following a brief...
US Rapper Vic Mensa Wades Into South Africa’s Xenophobia Debate
American rapper Vic Mensa has publicly questioned the alleged "attacks" on immigrants in South Africa, adding an international celebrity voice to an already tense domestic...
Sanwo-Olu’s Resurfaced Grenada Birthday Video Reignites Chatter Amid Businesswoman’s Legal Troubles
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Davido Opens Up About His First Bad Brush With Fame — in Ghana
Afrobeats superstar Davido has reflected publicly on his first-ever negative experience with fame, revealing it happened not in Nigeria, but across the border in Ghana. The...
Threats and Heavy Police Deployment Overshadow Nigeria’s Osun Governorship Election
Nigeria's Osun State is bracing for a tense governorship election this Saturday after a threat to kill members of the opposition Accord party triggered a police investigation...
Kenya’s High Court Throws the 2027 Election Date Into Chaos
Kenya's High Court has ruled that the country's planned 2027 election date is unconstitutional, finding that the poll was legally due in 2026 instead. The ruling has thrown...
The Team That Almost Didn’t Get Invited Just Won the Whole Tournament
Here's the detail that makes Cameroon's WAFCON 2026 triumph genuinely remarkable: the Indomitable Lionesses didn't even qualify for this tournament on merit. They only made it to...
Banyana Banyana Book Quarter-Final Spot
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Remembering Dikembe Mutombo
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Cameroon vs. Malawi – A Clash Nobody Saw Coming
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Super Falcons Stunned by Cameroon in WAFCON Quarter-Final Shocker
Nigeria's Super Falcons, ten-time African champions, suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Cameroon in the WAFCON 2026 quarter-finals, ending their bid for an eleventh continental title...
Ghana’s Amerado Finally Addresses Deloris Frimpong Manso Dating Rumours
Ghanaian rapper Amerado has broken his silence on persistent rumours linking him romantically to media personality Deloris Frimpong Manso, better known as Delay, the longtime...
Kenyan Content Creator King Kalala Sparks Marriage Debate With Bold Comments
Controversial Kenyan content creator King Kalala has once again found himself at the centre of online debate, this time over a bold take on marriage and modern relationships. The...
Uthando Nes’thembu’s MaNgwabe Gets Real About Life in a Polygamous Marriage
South African reality TV continues to deliver its most talked-about moments through Uthando Nes'thembu, and this season it's Mbali "MaNgwabe" Mseleku stealing the spotlight with...
Reality TV’s Happy Simelane Seeks Justice in Ongoing Fraud Court Case
South African reality TV personality Happy Simelane is pushing for accountability as the court case against Peet Viljoen continues to unfold. Viljoen made a brief appearance...
Shatta Wale’s UK Festival Cancelled by Police After “Serious Incident”
Ghanaian dancehall icon Shatta Wale has had his Shattafest 2026 concert in the UK cancelled outright by police, following a serious incident outside the venue. The cancellation...
Jarvis Threatens Carter Efe With Lawsuit Over Alleged Cyberbullying
The saga around Nigerian TikTok star Peller's wedding to Jarvis just took a legal turn. Jarvis is now threatening a lawsuit against fellow content creator Carter Efe, accusing...
Nigerians Push to Boycott Tyla’s Lagos Concert Over South Africa Xenophobia
South African pop sensation Tyla is facing an unexpected backlash ahead of her planned Lagos concert, as calls grow online for Nigerians to boycott the show entirely. The...
Ebola Outbreak Deepens in Eastern DRC as Peacekeepers Step In
An Ebola outbreak in Djugu Territory, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, is drawing an escalating international response, with UN peacekeepers now directly...
Ghana and South Africa in a Very Public Diplomatic Spat
A killing in Cape Town has spiralled into one of the tensest diplomatic standoffs in recent memory between two of Africa's closest allies. Ghana says 40-year-old national Bashiru...
Zambia Heads to the Polls. 14 Candidates, One Very Petty Campaign Trail
Zambia is gearing up for a high-stakes general election on August 13, with the Electoral Commission confirming 14 presidential candidates cleared to contest. Incumbent President...
Namibians Are Fleeing South Africa Over Rising Xenophobia Fears
More than 100 Namibians living in South Africa — some legally, some not — have requested voluntary repatriation home, as tensions around anti-immigrant sentiment continue to...
WAFCON 2026 Kicks Off in Morocco
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Tension at the Afterparty: Somizi’s Awkward Moment at Metro FM Awards
The 2026 Metro FM Music Awards delivered plenty of winning moments on stage, but it was an offstage encounter that had South African tongues wagging. At the official afterparty,...
Backlash Grows for South African Stars Booking Gigs Across the Continent
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DJ Fresh’s Mystery Woman Steals the Show at Durban July
South African radio personality DJ Fresh turned heads at the glamorous Hollywoodbets Durban July 2026 — not for his outfit, but for his company. The DJ arrived at Mzansi's...
Cubana Chiefpriest’s Political Gamble Doesn’t Pay Off
Nightlife entrepreneur and celebrity socialite Cubana Chiefpriest, known for his lavish parties and close ties to Nigeria's music elite, tried his hand at politics this year —...
Love Triangle Drama: Chike, Frank Edoho and the Rumour That Won’t Die
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South Africa Mourns as World Cup Star Jayden Adams Dies at 25
South African football is in mourning after the sudden death of Jayden Adams, the Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana midfielder who represented his country at the...
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The World Cup Daily Briefing
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Mexico Secures Opening Victory Against South Africa in World Cup 2026
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💔 Final Farewell: Nollywood Stars Gather in Tears as Alexx Ekubo is Laid to Rest in Abia State
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Dr Emelda Ntinglet
Dr. Emelda Ntinglet is a Cameroonian-American educator, author, information technology professional, and humanitarian entrepreneur based in Maryland, United States. She holds a Doctor of Education (EdD) in Organizational Leadership, with a concentration in Instructional Technologies and Higher Education Leadership, from Nova Southeastern University, which she completed in 2013.