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Nigeria’s slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want

In a tragedy reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, a couple in Nigeria killed themselves earlier this month after their parents had forbidden them from...

Heads of States arrive for ECOWAS meeting [Photos]

Heads of the various West African Countries have arrived for the scheduled September 15 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meeting in the...

Top politician’s fully furnished air-conditioned burial ground causes uproar (Video+photos)

Nigerian senator and former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, was one of the high-profile casualties of the coronavirus pandemic which was raging...

Pastor Chris predicts when rapture will happen

Founder of Loveworld Ministries, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has spoken about rapture and when it will happen. According to the Church...

Businessman to pay 10 cows, 3 goats reparation to family, after confessing to killing their son [photos+video]

Ugandan businessman, Mathew Kanyamunyu, on Saturday afternoon, September 12, 2020, admitted to killing a child rights activist, Kenneth Akena Watson and agreed to pay 10 cows...

Popular porn star in trouble for allegedly shooting movie inside shrine

A popular porn star in Nigeria is in deep trouble for allegedly shooting a porn movie inside the Osun Osogbo shrine. The actor, known as...

Bride breaks down in tears over wedding gift (video)

The viral video of a Nigerian bride, who broke down in tears when her mother presented her with a car on her wedding day,...

READ: Why killer pastor’s wife did not report death threat to police

A friend to the woman murdered by his husband in the United States of America (USA) has revealed why the deceased refused to report...

Woman assaulted after surprise car gift from her husband turns out to be a stolen car

A South African woman was beaten up after her husband innocently surprised her with a Toyota Yaris that turned out to be a stolen...

Liberia declares rape a national emergency

Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases...

Gate-crasher kills birthday celebrant

A birthday party ended in tragedy as a guest, Sunday Phillip allegedly stabbed the celebrant, Omeika Josiah to death at Amini Awo village in...

‘Killer pastor’s church members still in shock

Members of the Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries are “devastated” after their Ghanaian pastor was charged with fatally shooting his wife outside her job...

Angry farmer threatens to shoot Buhari (Video)

The 26-second video was uploaded on the micro-blogging platform on Friday by a Twitter user @RomanusEke1 who wrote, “Mr President, this hardworking farmer has a...

Fowl thief forced to eat bird alive [Video]

A viral video on social media has captured moments a suspected thief was forced to eat a fowl he stole. Reports indicate the incident...

Nigerian state approves castration of convicted rapists

The state assembly in Kaduna, in north-western Nigeria, has approved full surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. State commissioner for women’s affairs...

Man dies in car accident three days after his wedding [Photos]

A Nigerian man, Rex Ebube Amatu, has died in a fatal accident, just three days after his wedding in Delta State. According to reports, Rex,...

WHO and Africa CDC launch Covid-19 laboratories network

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have launched a new laboratory network that will reinforce genome sequencing...

Wife divorces husband for allegedly stealing her pant for rituals

A Nigerian woman, identified as Sadia Abass, has divorced her husband over alleged claims that he stole her pant for rituals. Sadia, who is...

Man defiles daughters including 9 months old baby

A 28-year-old man has allegedly defiled his three daughters including a nine months old baby. The suspect, according to reports, was arrested following a report...

Woman banished for allegedly sleeping with neighbours’ teenage sons

A 35-year-old woman from Kenyoni One Village in Kitutu Chache North in Kisii County has been banished from her in-laws’ community after she allegedly...

Liberia’s Charles Taylor ‘bid to move prison rejected’

A special court in Sierra Leone has rejected a bid by convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor to be moved from a British prison...

Footballer slumps and dies during match(photo)

A football player in Osun State simply identified as Damilola, has died after he reportedly slumped during a football match in the Ido area of the...

READ: Trump’s shocking question to Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed what happened when he visited United States President, Donald Trump at the White House in April 2018. According to him, President...

Meet the first Nigerien scientist to work for Nasa

Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). The 29-year-old hydrologist earned her PhD...

Lady slips to her death while posing for photos during an outing with her fiancé

A woman has died after she slipped and fell while posing for photos during a date with her fiancé. The 31-year-old Dorcas Jepkemoi Chumba drowned when...

Zambia’s president mourns death of good-luck fish

Zambia’s President, Edgar Lungu, has joined the nation in mourning the death of a fish that lived in a pond at the country’s second-biggest...

Nigerian men arrested over German PPE ‘scam’

Two Nigerian men have been arrested for allegedly scamming a German state that tried to buy 2.3m euros (£2m) of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Nigerian...

Drunk security man dies with face mask on

A security guard, identified as Solomon Ede, has died after he allegedly slept wearing his face mask in his place of work in Alako area...

Check out how much Nigeria has spent on COVID-19 fight

The Accountant-General of the Federation of Nigeria, Ahmed Idris, has revealed the total amount spent on Covid-19 represents 84 per cent of the N36.3bn...

Meet Nigeria’s tallest man [Photos]

Afeez Agoro Oladimeji was just like any other child while growing up until the age of 19 when he fell ill and soon started...

Checkout unbelievable photos of curvy-plus-sized model with dwarf boyfriend

Ivory coast born plus-sized model, Eudoxie Yao has opened up about her relationship with small sized Guinean musician Grand P. Yao, dubbed “African Kim Kardashian”...

Namibia trains dogs to sniff out coronavirus

The University of Namibia’s School of Veterinary Medicine is training dogs to detect Coronavirus. The plan is to deploy the dogs at airports and borders,...

South African soldier charged with attempted murder for ‘knowingly’ infecting girlfriend with HIV

A soldier in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly infecting his partner with HIV intentionally.  The 44-year-old staff sergeant stationed...

Girl, 9, dies after mother sprays pesticide on hair to kill lice

A nine-year-old girl has reportedly lost her life after her mother sprayed a pesticide called sniper, on her hair to kill lice.  The incident...

Pastor blames God for killing a fetish priest [photo]

The police in Anambra state have arrested a clergyman, identified as Uchenna Chukwuma, 21, for allegedly killing a 60-year-old native doctor, Oliver Chukwudi Ugwu,...

Man beaten for trying to sleep with boss’ wife (video)

A Zimbabwean man was subjected to reproachful assault after being caught red-handed trying to sleep with his boss’ wife.  While the visibly angry men proceeded to beat...

9, 246 Nigerian teachers fail qualification exam

Some 9,246 Nigerian teachers, who sat for the Batch A professional qualifying exam held in July 2020, reportedly failed.  The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said...

Uganda’s ugliest man marries a second wife [photos]

Is this love or not? A Ugandan comedian named Ssebabi recently got married to his second wife in a grand style. The bride and...

Coronavirus in Africa: Overcrowding might explain mystery of low death rate

Is there a link between poverty, crowded accommodation, and Africa's bafflingly low infection and death rates from the pandemic? As the number of infections dips...

Church members jubilate as pastor buys new helicopter [photos]

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has just taken delivery of a brand new helicopter, registered...