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Dozen die in Ramadan crush in Yemen

At least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during a distribution of charity for...

Woman sues ex-husband for failing to take her to Saudi Arabia

A 45-year-old woman, Karima Nuhu, has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband, Musa Falalu, for allegedly failing to take her to Saudi Arabia. The lawsuit...

Sudan: Student shot and buried in University campus

A student has been killed at the University of Khartoum after being hit by a stray bullet amid continuing deadly clashes in Sudan’s capital...

Two MPs fall in love, set to marry

Two elected MPs are to marry in what is believed to be a first for Kenya’s Parliament. Eric wa Mumbi, MP for Mathira, and Betty...

Stowaway found dead in plane’s wheel well

A dead stowaway was on Monday, April 17, discovered in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777. The aircraft (registered...

GNPC boss addresses challenge with Africa’s energy strategy; calls for greater synergy

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) CEO has called for concerted action by African states for the development of an African strategy to meet...

4 dead after pastor asks disciples to ‘starve to get to heaven’

Kenyan police are investigating the deaths of four people suspected to have starved to death on the orders of the leader of a controversial...

US Ambassador, Embassy staff in Sudan take shelter as fighting breaks out between militia troops and army

The US Ambassador and Embassy staff in Sudan have been forced to take shelter as the country's army and a powerful paramilitary group exchange...

Four die while ‘fasting to meet to Jesus’

Four people were on Thursday found dead and nearly a dozen others were hospitalised in Kenya's coastal Kilifi county, after being rescued while waiting...

Top Nigerian internet fraudster ‘Woodberry’ pleads guilty in USA; agrees to pay victims

Notorious internet fraudster, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, alias Mr Woodberry, has entered a plea of guilt with the U.S. authorities, agreeing to surrender $8 million...

‘Facebook rapist’ repatriated after SA prison escape

A South African rapist and murderer who escaped prison was flown back to his home country in the early hours of Thursday following his arrest...

Uber driver caught on camera attempting to rape young drunk female passenger

A new disturbing video shared online shows a male driver trying to rape a young drunk female passenger. But his efforts were thwarted by a...

Woman married to 3 husbands shares her experience

Nellie, a mother of two has left people astonished after sharing a story of how she is happily married to her three husbands Jimmy,...

Man dies at airport while waiting to board plane

Police in Nairobi have launched investigations after the death of a passenger at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. The body of the...

Hundreds tie the knot in Easter mass wedding

More than 800 couples walked down the aisle on Easter Sunday in one of the biggest mass wedding ceremonies in South Africa since the...

‘Facebook rapist’ who faked death arrested in Tanzania

A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania. Thabo Bester was at large...

I paid outrageous amount to kidnappers for my father’s release – Mikel Obi

Former Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has explained that in 2018, he spent a “crazy amount of money” to gain the release of...

Cock loses court battle over noise pollution

A Nigerian court has ordered the slaughter of a rooster on Friday after a noise pollution complaint by neighbours, local media report. The court in...

Zimbabwe to criminalise foreign recruitment of medics

Zimbabwe plans to enact a law criminalising the recruitment of its health personnel by other countries, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has said. Mr Chiwenga, who...

Khosi wins Big Brother Titans, takes home $100,000 cash prize

Khosi, the 25-year-old South African journalist emerged the winner of the Big Brother Titans reality show, which ended on Sunday night. The show brought together...

The wasted 31 years of NDC and NPP: Lessons from Kagame’s RPF in Rwanda

To fix a country you must first fix its political parties. That is one of the biggest takeaways I am returning to Ghana with...

Rwanda: Kagame re-elected as head of the ruling party

Rwanda President Paul Kagame has been overwhelmingly re-elected the chairman of the ruling party, Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) at the party’s 16th congress which...

Teachers charged with girl’s manslaughter

Staff at a secondary school in Nigeria has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a 12-year-old girl, with a trial expected to...

Police to probe death of Yul Edochie’s son

The Lagos state police command has said it will investigate the death of Kambilichukwu, the first son of Yul Edochie, and May, his first...

Family rejects husband’s casket for mother-in-law’s burial

A family at Tombo Mbatie of Benue State in Nigeria has reportedly rejected a casket a husband brought for the burial of his mother-in-law. The...

I’ve been given the greatest gift – Tinubu as he celebrates 71st birthday

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has said that his victory at the February 25 presidential election is the greatest gift he could receive as he...

Man saves trapped gold miners with bare hands [Video]

Following heavy rain, a tragedy was narrowly averted at a collapsed gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo after nine miners emerged from...

Nigeria: Women go on naked demonstration over election results [Photos]

Angry women of a Nigerian state, Nasarawa have taken to the street in protest of the election results. Viral videos shared online show women protesting...

Cheating ends in joy as two men peacefully exchange wives

Two Kenyan men have taken advantage of a rare marital exchange culture to trade their wives peacefully after they were found guilty of infidelity. The...

Businessman drags ex-fiancé to court; demands refund of money and gifts

A popular Gambian socialite, Aisha Fatty's former fiancé, Senegalese-Gambian business tycoon, Abdoulaye Thiam, has dragged her to court to refund all the money and...

Pastor closes down church after winning bet

A pastor in a local church in Uganda has abandoned his church members by closing down the church after winning 100 Million Ugandan Shillings...

Peter Obi officially challenges Nigeria’s Presidential election results in court

Nigeria's opposition Labour Party candidate Peter Obi has filed a court petition challenging the outcome of last month's disputed presidential election that was won...

Ghana drops in World Happiness ranking

Ghana's position on the latest World Happiness Report, a United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network publication, has dropped to 111th in 2022 from 95th...

Protests in South Africa: Ghanaians urged to restrict movements

The Ghana High Commission in South Africa has asked Ghanaians in the country to be vigilant and cautious in movements. The Mission has also advised...

Pastor who died in 2021 finally buried after failing to resurrect in 579 days

After nearly 600 days of waiting for a resurrection that never came, South African Pastor Siva Moodley was finally buried in a dignified manner...

Top South African corruption investigator shot dead

A South African accountant who was investigating high-level corruption cases has been shot dead along with his son. Cloete Murray, 50, was the liquidator for...

Kenya to introduce one town, one pub to fight alcohol abuse

Kenya’s deputy president has tried to take a radical step to reduce alcohol abuse in the country’s central region by saying that county governments...

I’m a genius – Man, 63, with 8 wives, 7 side chicks and 107 children says

A 63-year-old Kenyan man with eight wives and seven mistresses has said he is too smart to be managed by one woman. David Zakayo Kalukhana,...

What husband did to man he caught in bed with his wife will shock you

In a shocking and somewhat crazy development, a 28-year-old Zim man is facing court to answer for his despicable actions against his co-tenant, Tendai...

Robbers stab Nigerian music manager to death only to realise his luxury watch is fake

A Nigerian-born music manager in the United Kingdom, Emmanuel Odunlami, was stabbed to death for a fake luxury watch worth £300,000 after he left...