A South African cabinet minister vowed Sunday that welfare grants to 17 million beneficiaries would continue to be paid despite confusion over a new payment process.

At least 11 soldiers were killed in Mali on Sunday in an attack on an army base near the border with Burkina Faso, as rival armed factions surrounded the flashpoint city of Timbuktu. The jihadist attack on the border village of Boulekessi killed 11 troops and wounded five more, according to an official toll from […]

Nigerian center Festus Ezeli, who has yet to play for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, will miss the full campaign after undergoing left knee surgery in the next few days.

Legendary actor and producer of the popular sitcom, New Masquerade, that ruled the Nigerian airwaves in the 80s and mid 90s, Chika Okpala, a.k.a Chief Zebrudaya and rising actress, Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama emerged the big winners at this year’s edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award, AMVCAs, which held weekend, with each walking away with a brand new Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV.

THE death has been announced of the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Omatek Venture Plc, Engr. Florence Seriki, MFR.
Seriki, who died Saturday at the Lagos State University Hospital, LUTH, after a brief illness was one of Nigeria’s pioneer and foremost indigenous Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), with her Omatek Ventures Plc that specializes in the manufacturing of computers and other ICT devices.