The emergency doctor who was pitchside when Cameroonian Patrick Ekeng died while playing in Romania in 2016 has been handed an 18-month suspended jail sentence for negligence.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Adeyeye Oluwatosin, a Botany student of Lagos State University (LASU) seen kissing a minor in a viral video.

Ghana legend Osei Kofi has made a declaration that he was a better player than Abedi Ayew Pele, describing himself as the country’s greatest footballer of all-time.

The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) board on Thursday said it stood by an internal investigation that had cleared its president of improper conduct, but it would carry out an independent review of the report in the interest of due process.

The African Union (AU) has started an ambitious initiative to increase testing for Coronavirus across the continent.

Madagascar’s education minister was sacked over a plan to order $2.2m (£1.7) worth of sweets was revealed.

The Lebanese Government on Thursday said it has suspended issuing working visas to Nigerians seeking to work in Lebanon, particularly for domestic work.

Mr Koku Anyidoho has bemoaned the insults rained on former President Jerry John Rawlings and himself by their own party members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on social media.

Zambian musician Brian Bwembya and popular photographer Tukuta Chellah have refused to apologise for condemning President Edgar Lungu and his government on social media.