Failed interdict unearths ‘State Capture on steroids’, Nigeria is ‘disappearing’ its people, Fans deride empty stadium at Cricket World Cup opener, and Trevor Noah becomes 1st comedian to sell out at Dubai arena.
When a Nigerian passport holder shared on Twitter recently that they had purportedly been denied entry to Seychelles, a discussion began about why travellers from the African country are banned from visiting the paradise islands.
South African billionaire, Johann Rupert, has taken over as the number one on Africa’s richest list.
According to the doctor, the man didn’t really appear to have any understanding of what it was he was signing up for.
Finally, an African country has been added to that Elon Musk’s SpaceX list.
‘Bandit Warlords of Zamfara’ delves into the violent workings of the dangerous gangs which operate in Nigeria’s northwestern regions.
A Nigerian minister claims that there are some rich people in his country who use British Airways to have pizza delivered from England.
Later this year, the New York Stock Exchange will welcome the first listing of an African technology company valued at more than $1 billion.
Losing a loved one is never easy, so this chap decided to lay his his departed dad to rest in the best way possible: in a new luxury car.
Making history as the first African team to be entered into the Winter Olympics for bobsledding, the Nigerian outfit sat down with Ellen DeGeneres.
Nigeria has lessened the amount MTN Nigeria needs to pay the country by the end of the year, but it’s still a pretty big sum.
We know Sandton is not only larney as hell, but those who live there have a few secrets up their sleeves that have a hazardous effect on society.
No one likes to see visitors to our shores falling victim to crime, but the irony is strong with this one coming out of Jozi.
Every football fan has dreamt of doing it, but sometimes the funds necessary to buy an English Premier League team are hard to come by. Not if you’re this guy.
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I know it’s hard to believe but two public figures were dishonest in an attempt to drum up some publicity. We’re sorry you had to find out this way.
Footage of a badly burnt woman being berated by a crowd in Nigeria has been watched hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube.
Nigeria’s prophet TB Joshua’s television channel has released a new video clip showing the collapse of the four-storey building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan).
Gone are the days of humble pastors sitting in the confession booth with you as you pour out your sins. Now they’re flying in private jets and raking in millions.
A strange, unidentified flying object has been seen flying near a building that, minutes later, collapsed… Is it a bird? Is it a plane? …
It’s been revealed that Nigerian church workers prevented medical, emergency workers and journalists from accessing the collapsed church site, resulting in further casualties.
Following the bust which saw millions of dollars confiscated from two Nigerians and an Israeli, some new details have emerged about the case.
Nigerian conman “Fizzy” loved champagne as much as he did scamming pensioners out of their life savings with fake lottery.
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On Tuesday, more than a 100 girls were kidnapped from a secondary school in Nigeria’s Borno state. No one has since come forward to claim responsibility for the kidnappings but the militant group Boko Haram is suspected to be behind the events.
Monday served as a rude awakening to South Africans. South Africa is no longer the largest economy on the continent. Nigeria’s newly calculated GDP sits at $510 billion, way larger than South Africa’s $384 billion. Rather than feeling sorry about our deflated ego, take a look at how the two economies compare.
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Despite a frenzied crowd at the Green Point Stadium on Sunday, Bafana could only muster a single goal in reply to the attacking onslaught that saw Nigeria thump three goals past a lacklustre South African defence. While dejected fans filed out of the stadium, some were vocal about their disappointment – but none were quite as loud as sports minister Fikile Mbalula, who called Bafana’s performance “a disgrace.”
Controversial Zuma painting back on display. Militants slaughter sleeping students in Nigeria. Amanda Knox retrial begins. Google unveils major search engine overhaul. Plane skids off runway in Rome. Simon Cowell gives homeless man $100. Prince George gets his first coin.
Nigeria has the second-highest gross domestic profit of any African nation. A fountain of oil produces 2,5 million barrels of oil every day, and the nation’s wealthy have more money than you can fathom. And it stands to reason that there is a healthy sprinkling of extrovert personalities within the ranks of the country’s elite. And when they get married, they get married, hard.