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Man eats from the same plate with a hen [Video]

A man was filmed sharing a plate of rice with a hen. In the video, the man is seen eating from the plate with a spoon while...

Nurse shares horror encounter with patient

A nurse has narrated an unusual encounter with a patient whose skin could not be penetrated with a needle. She explained that several attempts to...

Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes

For 12 years Didier Ndabahariye has been ferrying passengers around the streets of Kigali – one of the thousands of motorbike taxi drivers, known...

Couple arrested for sharing ‘nude photo’ of President freed

A Court has finally set free the couple from Beitbridge who got arrested last year in June for sharing a photoshopped nude picture of...

Malawi Parliament welcomes country’s first ever Albino MP

Malawi’s Parliament on Monday welcomed the country’s first ever elected albino lawmaker when it reconvened after months of recess. The presence of Overstone Kondowe...

Mother calls out school as 3-year-old daughter is left with cane marks

A mother has called out a school after her daughter, 3, was flogged by a teacher.  The three-year-old returned from school with multiple cane marks...

I regret giving birth to him – Mother of Boko Haram leader speaks

Falmata Shekau, mother of former Boko Haram leader, late Abubakar Shekau, has said she regretted giving birth to him because he was a tragedy...

Police officer stabs colleague to death

A police officer has allegedly stabbed his colleague, Sergeant Yerin Sapele, to death in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. It was gathered that the two...

Prayerful man who killed wife, children slumps and dies in court

A 38-year old-Gweru man, who grabbed headlines on Tuesday after he brutally murdered his wife and their two minor children, collapsed and died at...

Boxer dies after collapsing in ring after knockdown [Video]

Zimbabwean boxer, Taurai Zimunya, has reportedly died shortly after he collapsed following a knockout on Sunday evening. Zimunya, 24, a licensed professional boxer, collapsed in...

Bizarre moment as SHS students are reportedly attacked by spirits [Video]

Classes have been stopped at Mbungu Secondary School in Zimbabwe after suspected goblins attacked female learners at the school premises. In a video that has...

University bars graduands without first class from convocation hall

The University of Ibadan has barred graduands without first-class honors from attending the 2021 convocation ceremonies physically. Instead, they were asked to join the convocation...

LGBTQ: Drama as celeb is blocked from attending red carpet event

Churches in Zimbabwe have mobilised to block SA media personality Somizi Mhlongo from coming to Zimbabwe because of his sexual orientation. Somizi was expected to...

DR Congo announces new Ebola cases

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed eight new Ebola virus cases in North Kivu province, the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Minister jumps through office window to escape arrest as police chase him over corruption

Police officers who stormed Kenya’s Nairobi City Hall to arrest the county’s acting secretary Dr Jairus Musumba over alleged corruption missed him by an...

Man kills daughter’s boyfriend, claims he sold her to a sex-trafficking ring

A Washington man killed his daughter’s teenage boyfriend after he believed he sold his child to sex traffickers in Seattle, police said.  John Eisenman, 60,...

Photoshoot ends badly as man slips on footbridge

A photoshoot ended badly for a Harare man after he slipped and fell while posing for some photographs at Julius Nyerere Way footbridge. Vincent was...

Conjoined twins survive 27-hour intense surgery

One of Cameroon's rare conjoined twins have survived an intense operation lasting 27 hours to separate them. The adorable nine-month-old sisters, named Elizabeth and Mary,...

Couple, two daughters die in accident on their way to funeral

Four family members on Monday perished in a road accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, Kenya while heading for the burial of their kin in...

Gunmen kidnap lecturers from Nigerian university

Gunmen have kidnapped six people including four lecturers from the University of Abuja in Nigeria’s capital. The attackers invaded the living quarters of the university...

Lecturer set to marry his former student [Photos]

A lecturer with the Taraba State University, Francis Collins Somorija and his former student, Mercy Momboya, will be getting married on November 6, 2021,...

15-year-old dies during fight over boyfriend

The fight over a male lover has left one dead and another in police cells in Gwelutshena, a suburb of Zimbabwe. A 15-year-old pupil, whose...

Popular footballer loses cars, kicked out of his home after divorce

Flamboyant former Chicken Inn striker, Tendai Ndoro, was reportedly taken to the cleaners by his South African wife who kicked him out of their...

Eight prophets drown while competing for ‘holy stick’ inside river

Eight self-proclaimed prophets from Vadzidzi VaJeso Apostolic sect drowned while competing to retrieve a “holy stick” in Mazowe River. The incident which claimed the life...

Miss Tourism loses position over nudes two days after being crowned

Another beauty queen has found herself in the midst of a scandal after her nudes were leaked on social media. 21-year-old model Chipo Mandiudza...

22-year-old man hangs himself over alleged impotence

A 22-year-old man, identified as Idris Shuaib, has allegedly committed suicide after he hung himself on a tree on his father’s farm at Gwanara...

Police officer allegedly shoots his girlfriend for refusing to marry him [Photos]

A police officer, identified as Bishop Eno, has been accused of shooting a woman in Delta State after she allegedly turned down his marriage...

Two ‘okada’ riders burnt to death for allegedly snatching phone

Two motor riders were on Thursday, October 28, burnt to death by irate residents of Nairobi’s Buruburu estate after they allegedly grabbed a phone...

Man ties two wives to a tree, flogs them for ‘cheating’

A Chinhoyi man has been declared wanted by the Zimbabwe police for assaulting his two wives over suspicion of infidelity. The 33-year-old John Musani is...

Kenya: Six including mother and two daughters die in gory accident

Six people perished in a road accident at Rombo area of Loitoktok, Kenya on Wednesday evening. The six, including a mother and her two daughters,...

Benin Bronzes: ‘My great-grandfather sculpted the looted treasures’

On the bustling streets of Nigeria’s Benin City, residents cannot wait to get their Bronzes back – for them their return symbolises reparations for...

16-year-old expelled for having sex with school’s security guard

Parents of a 16-year-old Form Three student have cried out after their daughter was expelled from a High School in Zimbabwe, for allegedly having...

Man waits till wedding day to confess to bride that he has no legs

She is the best woman - This is the reaction of a man identified as Ndayisenga when his bride-to-be gave a nod to their...

Archbishop of Canterbury opposes Ghana’s anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

Several leaders from UK-based churches have expressed worry over the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill presently before Parliament...

Man jailed for damaging his mother’s TV sets [Photo]

A Kenyan man, who vandalised his mother’s two TV sets while throwing tantrums, has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty...

Charles Taylor sues Liberian govt

Former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, has filed a suit before the Community Court of Justice, alleging the violation of his right to property...

Man now a billionaire after death of his 73-year-old wife

A Kenyan man has become a billionaire following the death of his 73-year-old wife, who passed away three days after their wedding. Her marriage to...

Man battling for his life after policemen allegedly whip his manhood

A 22-year-old man from Mumoni, Kitui County, Kenya is nursing injuries around his private part after police officers from Ngungani police officers allegedly beat...

Schoolboys ‘burn dormitory over Liverpool match’

Four Kenyan schoolboys are in police custody over the burning of a dormitory after reportedly being denied permission to watch the match between Liverpool...

South Sudan to understudy Ghana’s National Service Scheme [Photos]

A delegation from South Sudan, led by the Minister for Youth and Sports, Peter BaptistAbakar, has called on the Executive Director of the National...