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Safari Tour members to receive financial aid
By Agencies,
1139, June 12, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya Open Golf Limited has today announced that it will give financial aid to the members of the Safari Tour 2019-2020 season. This move is ai...
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Nigeria reopens churches, mosques and hotels amid rising cases of COVID-19
By CNN,
1705, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
The Nigerian government has lifted restrictions placed on religious gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. The previous ban on religious and s...
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Coronavirus fears spark xenophobia in China
By CNN,
1048, April 12, 2020 (EAT)
The African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as China'...
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Actress who fronted ‘Stay Home’ campaign arrested after hosting a party during lockdown
By CNN,
941, April 7, 2020 (EAT)
Nigerian actress Funke Akindele-Bello has been arrested after hosting a birthday party for her husband during a lockdown in the country -- despite fro...
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‘We don’t work, we don’t eat’: Informal workers face stark choices as Nigeria shuts down over coronavirus
By CNN,
2048, March 31, 2020 (EAT)
Many countries in Africa are imposing lockdowns on their citizens as they race to curb the spread of coronavirus. But it has further highlighted th...
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Nigeria records chloroquine poisoning after Trump endorses it for coronavirus treatment
By CNN,
1355, March 24, 2020 (EAT)
Health officials in Nigeria have issued a warning over chloroquine after they said three people in the country overdosed on the drug, in the wake of P...
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Coronavirus in Africa: Over 100 cases in 10 countries
By CNN,
1615, March 10, 2020 (EAT)
Cases of coronavirus in Africa have so far been few and spread across the continent but the numbers are rising rapidly as Nigeria and South Africa on ...
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Exuberant Musa predicts a good show in Dakar
By Chege Amaria,
1512, February 17, 2020 (EAT)
A confident Hit Squad head coach Benjamin Musa expects a bumper harvest once his boxers take to the ring for the Olympics qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal...
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OPINION: Undeterred: Kenya’s tourism faces 2020 confidently
By Joseph Bonyo,
1747, January 16, 2020 (EAT)
Last weekend I was in Diani, Ukunda. Famed for its white sandy beaches and hospitable facilities, it was a welcome relief to Nairobi’s hustles. T...
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Nigerian conjoined twins Mercy & Goodness Ede successfully separated by 78-member team
By CNN,
938, January 9, 2020 (EAT)
Nigerian conjoined twins have been successfully separated in a surgery by a 78-member team in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Mercy and Goodness Ede who ...
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Gov’t speaks out over Nigerian national Michael Ernest saga at JKIA
By Citizen Reporter,
1217, January 1, 2020 (EAT)
The Immigration Department has released a statement over the Michael Ernest saga at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). According to th...
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Nigeria’s Burna Boy to headline South Africa concert after blasting gov’t over xenophobic attacks
By Duncan Mutwiri,
1538, November 12, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian artiste Burna Boy will be performing at the Africa Unite concert in South Africa despite vowing never to visit the country again following th...
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South Africa shuts down Nigeria embassy as xenophobic attacks persist
By Agencies,
2140, September 5, 2019 (EAT)
The South African Government has shut down its embassy in Lagos, Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continued to have ripple effects on the continent. A...
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77 suspected Nigerian fraudsters charged over Ksh.460M internet scam
By Philip Mwaniki,
1316, August 23, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. Federal prosecutors say 80 suspects, most of them Nigerians, have been charged over a widespread conspiracy scamming elderly individuals and bu...
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In Nigeria, your genetic makeup can decide if you get a second date
By CNN,
1016, August 9, 2019 (EAT)
First date questions in many parts of the world usually revolve around hobbies or favorite TV shows. But in Nigeria, the first date conversation is mo...
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West African slavery lives on, 400 years after transatlantic trade began
By Reuters,
1130, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the prom...
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US imposes Visa restrictions on Nigerians involved in ‘undermining democracy’
By VOA,
1103, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians it said were involved in trying to undermine democracy in pres...
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School where parents pay fees with plastic bottles
By CNN,
935, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
Oriola Oluwaseyi, 32, makes her way through the busy streets of Ajegunle, a low-income community in Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos. The Nigeria...
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Triple suicide attack kills at least 30 in northeast Nigeria
By Reuters,
1927, June 17, 2019 (EAT)
At least 30 people were killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, state emergency officials said on Monday, in the bigge...
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Nigeria’s Buhari signals 4 more years much like last
By Reuters,
1750, June 13, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday to repeat in his second term successes from his first four years including an improved econo...
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