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Beauty pageant contestant withdraws from race over old tweets

One Bianca Schoombee has pulled her entry for the 2020 Miss South Africa (SA) pageant after offensive tweets she posted over six years ago...

Woman called ‘4:30 Eyes’ because of her crossed eyes shows her transformation

A woman has shared before and now photos as she narrated how she was bullied mercilessly for having crossed eyes, until she resorted to...

339 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria, total now 7,019

A whopping 339 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday, May 21, 2020.  According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, 139...

Lockdown Diaries: 17-year-old impregnates his two sisters

Facebook user, Abuchi Onwumelu, has taken to the platform to narrate how a teenage boy allegedly impregnated his two younger sisters during lockdown. He wrote: A...

Pregnant woman in labour dies after being delayed by policemen for not wearing face mask

A pregnant woman, who was in labour, died today after she was allegedly delayed by police officers for not wearing a face mask in the...

Pregnant women in Madagascar get free transport to hospitals during coronavirus pandemic

Raholimalala Avotiana is rocking her newborn baby boy to sleep. It's her fourth day at the Maternity Hospital of Befelatanana in Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital. "I...

Kenyan landlady ‘removes roof over rent arrears’

A Kenyan woman, who failed to pay her rent last month, has had the front door and part of her home’s roof removed by...

Comedian detained ‘for bullying the president’

Popular Tanzanian comedian and former Big Brother Africa winner Idris Sultan is being held by police for allegedly bullying President John Magufuli. According to his...

Actor arrested over alleged murder of neighbour over electricity bill

A 30-year-old Nollywood actor, Temitayo Ogunbusola, has allegedly stabbed his neighbour, Oladotun Osho, to death following a disagreement over the payment of electricity bill. The...

Man who super-glued wife’s genitals arrested in witch doctor’s house

Police have arrested a man from Tharaka-Nithi county who went into hiding after allegedly assaulting his wife and sealing her private parts with superglue,...

Man who sealed wife’s private part with super glue arrested

The 30-year-old man who sealed his wife's private part with super glue has been arrested, days after security operatives launched a manhunt for him..  LIB reported...

Two-day-old baby dies from coronavirus

A two-day-old baby born became the youngest victim of coronavirus in South Africa after being born prematurely to a coronavirus positive mother. It is the...

WHO lists African countries with less coronavirus cases

The World Health Organisation on Tuesday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa increased to about 86,000 on Tuesday. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville,...

Covid-19: Govt halts marriages after being overwhelmed by many people getting married

The government has temporarily halted marriage services days after reopening the services as Kenyans flocked Sheria House to seek to tie the knot. The department...

Moment husband caught wife, lover in hotel room [Watch]

A man, who caught his wife red-handed in an unidentified hotel room, has threatened to take the lover's life. Though the identities of the people...

Covid-19: Six workers test positive in same company

Six workers of iSON Xperiences in Ibadan, Nigeria have reportedly tested positive for the infectious coronavirus disease. iSON Xperiences is a leading customer experience provider that...

Covid-19 patients’ fun time in isolation centre [Video]

A group of Covid-19 patients in an unidentified isolation centre in Nigeria has been captured in a merry-making mood and positive vibes. The patients, numbering...

Every little headache scared me – Actor recounts COVID-19 near death experience

One of Nigeria’s leading actors, Femi Adebayo, has revealed how Covid-19 forced him to cancel shows in the United States and run into isolation...

Rwanda is using Robots to attend to coronavirus patients [photos]

Rwanda on Tuesday said the country will put five high-tech robots into use to fight COVID-19 in its treatment centres. “The use of robots in...

Africa’s Covid-19 cases rise to 88,172, disease agency says

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases across Africa rose from 84,634 Monday afternoon to 88,172 by Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control...

Coronavirus: Pastor with ‘cure’ dies of virus

A pastor who lay his hands on dozens of confirmed and suspected cases of Covid-19 in Cameroon has died of the illness on Saturday. Frankline...

Watch: Mother ties 10-year-old son in sack for this shocking reason

A woman is trending online for tying her son in sack for four days over allegation of being possessed with evil spirits. In the now...

Man invokes millipedes on wife’s family

A man, who reportedly paid 1.8 million naira as bride price, has invoked millipede to the family house of his bride after she ran...

Coronavirus: Buhari orders lockdown of states as virus rapidly increases

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that precision lockdowns be implemented in areas recording high rates of coronavirus infections in the country. The chairman of the...

European countries set to further ease lockdowns

Italy and Spain are among a number of European countries that are set to further ease their coronavirus lockdown restrictions from Monday. Most businesses in...

Coronavirus: Bishop Oyedepo ‘heals’ church members

According to Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, the church received 62 testimonies of persons healed of...

Man seals wife’s genitals with superglue

Residents of Tharaka Nithi are still in shock after a man sealed his wife’s genitals with super glue. Police officers started a search for...

Covid-19: Couple, guests run as task force storms wedding [Video]

Members of the Cross River state Covid-19 taskforce disrupted a wedding that was in session at the Christ Apostolic Church in Calabar, the state capital...

Madagascar registers its first Covid-19 death, but has not quit World Health Organisation

Madagascar has not quit the World Health Organisation, neither has it asked other African countries to follow suit. The President of the island nation off the...

Coronavirus: This is why President Buhari does not wear face masks

The Nigerian presidency has denied that the country's leader, Muhammadu Buhari, is breaking any safety rules by not wearing face masks. The denial was...

Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines

Here are the 9 top contenders for coronavirus vaccines Even as countries toy with the idea of relaxing lockdown and restarting life in the COVID...

Miss Rwanda Plus-Size on her coronavirus recovery [photo]

Vivine Uwizeye, also known as "Miss Vivy", is the only coronavirus patient to have been publicly identified in Rwanda. It happened when a photo of...

Man charged for disclosing patient’s coronavirus status

A Zimbabwean man has appeared in a court in the capital, Harare, for allegedly disclosing the status of a Covid-19 patient on a WhatsApp...

‘Dear Mr President, please give my cigarettes back’

A desperate South African has reportedly addressed a letter to the president himself, asking that the national ban on the sale of cigarettes during...

Woman hangs herself after poisoning her children, leaves suicide note

A tragic incident occurred on Wednesday night in Kenya, Nairobi County, as a 33-year-old woman, identified as Jane Mwende, committed suicide by hanging herself. The woman, who hanged...

3 female politicians ‘beaten and dumped’ on road

Three opposition politicians in Zimbabwe have been found badly beaten and dumped by a road. The politicians from the Movement for Democratic Change were reported...

Man allegedly kills cousin over mangoes [Photos]

The Abia state police command has arrested a middle-aged man, identified as Chinedu Omeonu, for killing his cousin, Solomon Monday Orji. The incident, according to...

Video: Two grown men fight over a woman

Two grown men took to the streets to fight each other over a woman. In a video shared online, both men are seen throwing punches...

Five million antibody kits ready to be shipped out to UK as second test approved

A major pharmaceutical firm is ready to begin shipping five million antibody kits to Britain a month after its test became the second given...

Comoros thanks Madagascar for supply of COVID-Organics

The Comorian president Azali Assoumani thanked the people of Madagascar and President Rajoelina for donation of COVID-Organics, the purported virus preventative and curative mixture. Also...