‘Cool Temper’ hit maker J Martins is in Ghana to work on a song with one of Ghana’s biggest rap artistes, Okyeame Kwame.

The Vatican’s envoy to the Dominican Republic has been sacked amid an investigation in Rome into accusations he had sex with children, a spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pledged on Wednesday to unite Mali and end endemic corruption as he was sworn in to lead the deeply-divided west African nation’s emergence from months of political crisis and conflict.

The former US bus driver jailed for life for kidnapping and raping three young women he held as sex slaves for a decade was found hanged late Tuesday in “an apparent case of suicide” in his closely monitored cell, authorities said.

Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he said Wednesday.

The Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, says his players are not under any pressure in their final Group F African qualifier for Brazil 2014 World Cup match in Calabar on Saturday.

A lady, Blessing Sunday, 22, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ojokoro Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly biting and cutting off her landlady’s finger.

The report on the State of African Agriculture launched  by Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)  has revealed that only 0.25% of bank lending goes to smallholder farmers in Africa though the sector represents as much as 40% of GDP in some African countries.

Blazing rap artist Jude MI Abaga has been made Lagos State’s new Energy Ambassador.

Award winning artistes Ice Prince, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage have all landed hot spots in the just released Best African acts nominations at the Music of Black Origin MOBO Awards 2013.