In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. We break down the facts.

The FBI is set to arrest a Nigerian fraudster by name Ehiremen Aigbokhan who scammed Donald Trump of 250,000 dollars,” reads ...

Nigeria's contentious tax reforms are expected to come into effect at the start of 2026 and could change Nigeria’s tax system ...

A TikTok user has posted a video in which they claim that the Iranian president warned Nigeria against getting involved in ...

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari died in a London hospital on 13 July 2025 and was given a state burial two days later. Buhari ...

Kenyan governor James Orengo has resigned. That’s according to posts doing the rounds on social media in Kenya. Orengo is the governor of Siaya county, located about 420 kilometres west of the capital ...

IN SHORT: Some social media users have posted a photo they claim shows Obasanjo bowing down to former governor Rashidi Ladoja, who is set to become the next olubadan of Ibadan. But the image has been ...

IN SHORT: A graphic claiming that Kenyan opposition-affiliated politician Junet Mohamed wants president William Ruto to drop his 2027 presidential ambitions in favour of opposition leader Raila Odinga ...

IN SHORT: This video shows Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta supposedly advising opposition politicians Rigathi Gachagua, Kalonzo Musyoka and Fred Matiang’i to unite against president William ...

A graphic that started circulating on social media on 4 July 2025 attributed a controversial quote to Erastus Edung Ethekon, who it claimed was the new chair of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and ...

Uganda hosted about 1.74 million refugees and asylum seekers. Most came from South Sudan (55%) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (29%).