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A Nigerian tech company on Friday unveiled Africa’s first humanoid robot dubbed ‘Omeife’, which can speak eight languages including English, French, Arabic, Kiswahili, Pidgin, Wazobia, Afrikaans, and Igbo. The six-foot-tall human-like robot built as a female Igbo character was developed at the…

Three migrants who survived an 11-day journey from Nigeria to the Canary Islands on the rudder of a fuel tanker have asked for asylum in Spain, officials have said. AFP reports that the three Nigerian men were found when the Alithini II fuel ship docked in Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria…

Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has been re-elected for a sixth term, extending his 43-year rule and cementing his place as the world's longest-serving ruler, according to reports. Obiang, 80, won the November 20th election with 95 percent of the vote and his party bagged all…

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima was on Friday arrested and detained by the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau on allegations of corruption-related offenses. Chilima is alleged to have received more than $280,000 in cash and other gifts between March and October last year to help two companies…

Nigerian Instagram influencer Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, was on Friday sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in the US. Hushpuppi will only serve nine years in prison since he has been in detention at the Metropolitan Correctional…

Rishi Sunak, a politician with Kenyan roots, will become the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, replacing the country’s shortest-serving leader Liz Truss. Sunak, who was the only person formally nominated to become the Conservative Party leader, will take over at Downing Street after outgoing Prime…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday promoted his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to the rank of full General a day after he caused a storm on social media by claiming that his army would only take less than two weeks to capture Kenya’s capital Nairobi. The Daily Monitor reports that despite his…

47 people in the U.S state of Minnesota have been charged for their alleged roles in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota said the defendants exploited a…

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon, The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow," Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Queen…

Ethiopian Airlines has suspended the crew of a flight whose two pilots reportedly fell asleep and missed their landing window in Addis Ababa on Monday. The Aviation Herald reported that the two pilots were flying a Boeing 737 plane from Sudan’s capital Khartoum to Addis Ababa.  “After…