Man stabbed to death while filming a music video [Photos]
A man was fatally stabbed while filming a music video near Brixton Tube station in south London. The victim, Shane Jerome, in his early 20s,...
Firm fined £2.6m for claiming clothes prevent Covid
An Australian activewear firm has been fined £2.6m (5m Australian dollars) for claiming its clothing “eliminated” and stopped the spread of Covid.Lorna Jane had...
Madagascar ‘foils plot to kill President’
Madagascar says it has thwarted an attempt to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina.The chief prosecutor's office said several Malagasy citizens and foreigners had been arrested...
100,000 will die of Covid-19 globally between now and end of Olympics – WHO
More than 100,000 people will die from COVID-19 around the world between now and the end of the Olympic Games, the head of the...
Man killed during struggle with teen who climbed window to see his 14-year-old daughter
A Louisiana father was killed in a shooting battle with a teenage boy, who sneaked into his house to meet his 14-year-old daughter.Police said...
Former DJ in court for inciting South Africa unrest
A well-known former radio DJ in South Africa has been denied bail after appearing in court on charges of inciting violence that followed the...
Tunisia Health Minister sacked as Covid-19 spirals
Tunisia's Health Minister, Faouzi Mehdi has been sacked as the country struggles to cope with surging numbers of coronavirus cases.He faced criticism for organizing...
Covid: The Mexican villages refusing to vaccinate
In November Pascuala Vázquez Aguilar had a strange dream about her village Coquilteel, nestled among the trees in the mountains of southern Mexico. A...
Watch world’s richest man Jeff Bezos go to space and back in 11 minutes [Video]
Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, went to space and back Tuesday morning on an 11-minute, supersonic joy ride aboard the rocket and capsule...
Domestic abuse: ‘I went to prison three times – I’m so ashamed’
Mike acknowledges many people would be able to cope better than him with grief, the stresses of work and financial pressure.Throw in "a toxic...
Watch how brave mother rescues her son from broad daylight kidnapping
A CCTV footage released by police has captured the scary moment a five-year-old was almost kidnapped in broad daylight in Queens, New York.According to...
The MP who was slapped but not beaten
When Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur hit global headlines for becoming the first North African woman to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, another Tunisian woman...
Oil producing nations agree deal to control prices
Oil producing nations have agreed to increase their output, with the aim of reducing prices and easing pressure on the world economy.The Opec cartel...
Fuel tanker explodes; at least 13 killed
At least 13 people were killed when a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in western Kenya over the weekend.The truck collided with another...
Man plays ‘football’ with bundles of cash at mother’s funeral [Video]
Nigerian businessman, Obi Cubana, has been trending over the weekend on social media after his friends presented 246 cows to him during his mother's...
Reporters Without Borders calls for prosecution of Kennedy Agyapong
Reporters Without Borders has urged Ghanaian authorities to prosecute Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, for threatening a journalist with The Multimedia...
WhatsApp to let users message without their phones
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time.At present, WhatsApp is linked to...
Cocaine disguised as charcoal worth up to $41 million seized by police
Cocaine disguised as charcoal with a potential street value of up to 35 million euros ($41.4 million) has been seized in a joint operation...
Pirates on rampage in Gulf of Guinea – Abducts Ghanaian fishing vessel crew
Pirates have abducted nine crew members of Ghanaian-registered fishing vessels in separate attacks off the Gulf of Guinea.Five abductees in the first attack have...
‘Virginity-repair’ surgery set to be banned
Virginity testing, where women are examined to see if their hymen is intact, and repair surgery are set to be outlawed in England and...
Haiti First lady breaks silence, gives details of assassination
The wife of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise has spoken for the first time since gunmen stormed the couple’s home in Port-au-Prince, saying the attack that...
No-stress scripture: Nigerian Christians embrace Pidgin Bible
At the Heavenly Citizen's Church in Lagos, the pastor and congregation have adopted a new tool to help them understand Christian scripture: the first...
At least 33 killed as heavy rains batter western Germany [Photos]
At least 33 people have died and dozens are missing, according to regional officials, after heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Germany,...
Covid in Namibia: ‘Fifteen of my relatives have died’
Former Namibian football star Marley Ngarizemo has lost 15 relatives including his father, brother, sister-in-law and an aunt since the third wave of Covid...
Rapper shot in his car while doing Instagram live stream
Los Angeles-based rapper, Indian Red Boy, was ambushed and shot dead in front of horrified viewers while doing an Instagram Live chat.The rapper, whose...
Three-headed baby hailed as incarnation of God [Photos]
A baby born with three heads has attracted pilgrims who refer to the child as an incarnation of God.Strangers in India have reportedly been making pilgrimages...
Pope Francis leaves hospital after undergoing surgery
Pope Francis was discharged from Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery for colon diverticulitis.In response to questions from journalists,...
Influencer, 32, dies after falling off waterfall while taking selfie
Instagram influencer, Sofia Cheung, username @hike.sofi, recently died after falling 16 feet off a cliff in Hong Kong on July 10th.Her latest Instagram post...
Buhari to get US$11.6M for monitoring of WhatsApp, phone calls
The Nigerian Senate has approved N4.8 billion (equivalent to US$11.6 million) to be allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for the monitoring of...
At least 45 dead in South Africa riots after jailing of ex-president
At least 45 people have now died in the violence that has been engulfing parts of South Africa since the jailing of former President...
Six dead as pro-Jacob Zuma protests intensify in South Africa
Six people have so far been confirmed dead amid #FreeZuma protests in South Africa, where the army has been deployed to quell tension.The protests...
Rare photos reveal what the interior of aeroplane looked like in 1930
Only the rich and famous flew in the 1930s, but while it looked glamorous the planes were cold, loud and often dropped hundreds of...
Nigeria stun US basketball team after winning pre-Olympic friendly game [Video]
Nigeria has pulled off one of the greatest upsets in international basketball history by stunning the United States in an Olympic exhibition game in...
Haiti President’s widow speaks for first time
The injured widow of Haiti's president has described the moment assassins "riddled" her husband with bullets after bursting into their home in the middle...
Lightning strike kills 16 selfie-taking people
Some 16 people have reportedly been killed by lightning strike in India.Many others have reportedly been injured in the lightning strike in Jaipur in...
Checkout TB Joshua’s final resting place [Photos]
Popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua has been buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites.He was buried at the church’s premises after an...
COVID-19: Nigeria records first confirmed case of deadly Delta variant
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2.A statement released...
New York train station flooded
Heavy rains continued to spill through New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Friday as Tropical Storm Elsa made its way up the Northeast...
Waitress loses job after being sent home for ‘ugly and inappropriate’ top
A waitress claims she was sent home for wearing an "ugly and inappropriate" top to work - and then lost her job when she...
2 US citizens among group held over killing of Haiti President
Two US citizens are among 28 people detained over the assassination of Haiti’s president, the chief of national police has said.Jovenel Moise, 53, was shot...