A new portrait of Aina an enslaved Yoruba girl who became a gift to the Queen of England is on display

Before becoming known as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria, Sarah Forbes Bonetta had a royal life of her own. She was the daughter of an African chief before being captured and presented to the Queen of England as a gift in 1850.

Why the Back-to-Africa movement failed three times, and what Ghana’s 2019 “Year of Return” can learn from it

The desire to return to Africa has been recurring in the social and political imagination of African-Americans and other descendants of former slaves who were uprooted from the continent during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Africa’s highest mountain Kilimanjaro is on fire

Firefighters and hundreds of volunteers in Tanzania are battling to contain a reported fire outbreak on Africa’s tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro, the country’s National Parks Service (TANAPA) confirmed in a statement on Monday.

Michael Ibru introduced frozen fish to Nigeria and became a millionaire

When Michael Ibru began the production and the marketing of frozen fish in Nigeria in 1957, many thought it was a ridiculous business idea. There was no appetite for the product then, and even earlier attempts by Europeans to introduce a similar venture had failed. But a daring Ibru, who had then just entered the world of commerce and only in his mid-20s, presented frozen fish before Nigerians even while they mockingly labeled his product ‘mortuary fish’.

Man rushed to hospital after sticking beer glass up his butthole

A 53-year-old man was rushed into surgery after he inserted a beer glass into his butt hole and couldn't get it out.

What is #EndSARS? – How hundreds of thousands of Nigeria’s youth brought gov’t to a standstill over rogue police unit

On Sunday, the Nigerian government folded under the pressure of more than three million tweets and hundreds of thousands of young Nigerians who matched in the country’s most influential states to force an end to a notorious police unit accused of state-sanctioned violence against citizens.

Why the North may rule Nigeria forever: some lessons for the other tribes - Dr. Bamgbose

More annoying for many is the erroneous belief that the Northerners are the least educated and sophisticated in the country.

Conjoined twins discharged from hospital after successful separation

A pair of formerly conjoined twins were discharged from HCMC Children's Hospital in Vietnam on Wednesday morning, 7 October, 85 days after their separation.16 months old Hoang Truc Nhi and Hoang Dieu Nhi were decked in matching pink alongside their parents during the farewell ceremony held in the hospital.

Derek Chauvin, the officer charged in George Floyd's death, has been released from prison

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, has been released from prison after posting a $1 million bond. The 44-year-old is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death after he was captured in a video with his knee on Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes.

Woman's ‘heart explodes’ after having cosmetic treatment for stretch marks

A mother-of-three has died after her heart exploded after she underwent a treatment to remove stretch marks.