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SHS student fakes own kidnap to extort money from ‘stingy’ mum

A Senior High School 3 (SHS) student in Abia State, identified as Obinna Nwatu, has been arrested by the police for faking his kidnap to...

Suspected thief electrocuted in attempt to steal transformer cables

A suspected thief met his death on Tuesday while allegedly vandalising an electric cable on Eric Moore Road, in the Surulere area of Lagos...

Man allegedly kills neighbour for mocking him over wife

Police in Yala, Siaya County, Kenya are in pursuit of a 28-year-old man who clobbered his 30-year-old neighbour to death.According to the police,...

Mahama mourns as ‘true friend’ passes on

Former President John Dramani Mahama is mourning the death of Kenyan legal practitioner, Evans Monari.Mr Monari reportedly passed on on Monday night at the Nairobi Hospital's...

Mountain Gorilla in famous selfie dies aged 14

Ndakasi, the Gorilla who photobombed a Selfie, has died in the arms of her caretaker.She died at age 14 in the Democratic...

Rapist teacher ignores judge, reads Bible while being sentenced

A primary school teacher caused drama at the Milimani law courts in Nairobi moments where he was slapped with a 20-year jail term for defiling...

Guinea junta leader appoints civilian prime minister

Guinea’s military leader has named former civil servant Mohamed Beavogui as prime minister to oversee the transition to civilian rule following last month’s coup.Mr...

Three inmates who escaped from prison killed in gun battle with police

Three death row inmates who escaped from the Oko Maximum Correctional Center in Benin, Edo State during the #EndSARS jailbreak have been killed in...

Man in court for biting police officer at fuel station

A city motorist who was arrested for being in an altercation with a petrol station security guard before biting a police officer has denied...

Four dead as wall collapses during marriage ceremony

Four people have been killed with eleven seriously injured after a wall collapsed on them in Limpopo, South Africa.The incident happened on Saturday during...

Two women escape death in attempted dawn robbery

Two women who were headed to work on Tuesday morning are lucky to be alive after they survived an attack by three gun-toting thugs,...

4 die as wall collapses during engagement ceremony

Four people have been confirmed dead after a wall collapsed on guests during payment of bride price ceremony (lobola) in GaChuene Thokgwaneng, South Africa...

Tears as journalist dies 2 days after wedding [Photos]

A renowned Malawi journalist, business and development communication practitioner, identified as Russell Chimbayo, has passed away two days after his wedding. Russell and Jacqueline Joana...

Two security personnel killed, patrol vehicles burnt as gunmen attack office [Photos]

Yet-to-be-identified armed hoodlums have attacked the office of a neighbourhood watch group in the Enugu State of Nigeria.Two security personnel including a vigilante commander identified...

Popular singer removes pants on stage to receive ‘fresh air’

Popular South African Singer, Zodwa Wabantu, is on the lips of netizens again after she created a scene during her latest performance.As the atmosphere...

Woman allegedly commits suicide; cites harassment from son in note

A 55-year-old woman in Kakamega took her own life and left a suicide note behind.Elimina Khati Makongo is said to have hanged herself in her...

Bizarre: Bride and groom walk on the back of their guests at wedding reception [Video]

A scene from a Southern Tanzanian wedding has set tongues wagging as netizens are yet to phantom the incident.The bride and groom were captured...

Ghana to lead Africa in the next 20 years – Man of God declares

"In the next 20 years, Ghana will transform and will lead Africa," says the Founder of Pottersville Church International, Bishop Sam Owusu.He made...

Woman invites press as she ruins hubby’s wedding with mistress [Video]

It was a sight to behold in a Rwandan Apostolic church when a woman stormed the premises with media men to disrupt her husband's...

Prominent Nigerian shot dead in the face

A prominent Nigerian doctor has been gunned down when he returning from a commemorative lecture in honour of his late wife – a government...

Student allegedly killed by roommate’s boyfriend

A first-year female student at Laikipia University's main campus, in Kenya, has been killed by a man alleged to be her roommate's boyfriend. ...

Popular actor loses father

Nollywood star, Francis Duru, has been thrown into a state of mourning over the death of his father.With the cause of death...

Police arrest physically challenged kidnapper [Video]

Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested a kidnapper-turned crippled, Buhari Haruna, while attempting to pick up a ransom for a kidnap...

Man allegedly beats 2-year-old son to death

A man, identified simply as Vwede, has absconded after beating his two-year-old son to death in Bayelsa State.The incident happened along Imiringi road in...

Woman tells husband her pastor is sweeter, powerful in bed than him

A father of two, identified as Stanley Mwasya, has made a shocking revelation about his wife and her pastor.According to Mr Mwasya, the...

Fmr Police Director punches lawyer in court for asking him ‘too many questions’

There was drama at the Milimani Law Courts after the former Director of Operations at the Kenya Police Service John Edward Njeru punched a city...

Jealous woman poisons ex-lover, his girlfriend and dog 3 days to their wedding

A jealous ex-girlfriend has been arrested for poisoning her former partner and his new fiancee with a 'tampered box of chocolates' just days before...

The tribe in Nigeria where women wear leaves instead of clothes out of fear [Photos]

In Adamawa State there is a particular tribe identified as the Koma tribe. They are part of the seven districts of Ganye Local Government area.The...

Last words of lady who died shortly after graduation will break your heart

A Nigerian lawmaker has brought to light the final words of a university student who died shortly after her graduation.The deceased, Rukayat Rukayat Umar, reportedly passed...

Couple’s fight ends life of 8-year-old daughter

A domestic brawl between a couple in Majengo, Kilgoris, turned fatal after the man in an attempt to hit his wife with a wooden...

Man dies after being thrown out of night club for breaking beer mug

Police in Ruaka, Kiambu County, Kenya on Sunday evening nabbed three club workers in connection with the murder of a civilian.The body of Brian...

Car-exhaust drug craze on the rise in Congo

A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is rattling authorities in Kinshasa, triggering a campaign to stamp out the...

Form 3 pupil, 16, beaten to death for allegedly having 6 boyfriends

Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Maxwell Takuva, has sentenced a 27-year-old man from Gweru in Zimbabwe to eight years in prison for beating his 16-year-old sister...

Police officer wakes up from 9-month coma to find out he was sacked

A Kenyan police officer has woken up from a nine-month coma to find he had been sacked for desertion.Neither the family nor the police...

Someone I fed and clothed arranged my kidnap – Man weeps

A Rivers state-based businessman, Alex Arthur, has narrated how a boy he fed and clothed contracted a gang to kidnap him in Port Harcourt...

Siblings kill brother who allegedly assaulted mum over food

Police have arrested two brothers for assaulting their elder brother to the point of death. The duo attacked the deceased after a distress call...

High Court judge rules for housewife to be a full-time payable job

A Kenyan High Court judge, Teresia Matheka, has declared being a housewife a full-time job that should attract some form of compensation.The judge, who was presiding over a matrimonial...

Woman with court case caught sprinkling substance outside Magistrate’s office

A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday 22, 2021 captured on CCTV camera sprinkling an unknown white substance outside the door of Shanzu law courts...

Five arrested over alleged kidnap, murder of lawyer

The Edo State Police Command has arrested five more persons allegedly involved in the abduction and gruesome murder of a lawyer, Osobase Omo Iyoha...

Christening of Tonto Dikeh’s ex-husband, Churchill’s new baby [Photos]

The controversial ex-husband of Tonto Dikeh, Olakunle Churchill, and his wife, actress Rosy Meurer have christened their son, King Andre.The all-white ceremony came off...