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Scotland to let pupils aged four change gender without their parents’ consent

Schoolchildren as young as four will be allowed to change their gender without their parent's consent under new LGBT inclusivity guidelines drawn up in...

The new trick cyber-criminals are using to evade capture

“Follow the money” – for generations it’s been the mantra of investigators looking for criminals. In the cyber-realm, this battle between criminals and the authorities...

Helicopter trial goes wrong as blades slash creator’s throat to death

A school dropout, who wanted to build a helicopter, died when one of the blades of his prototype slashed his throat while he was...

Ghanaian escapes jail term for role in $4.7m email scam in Australia

A "money mule" for an email scam syndicate that swindled $4.7 million from its victims will walk free from prison after a Sydney judge...

Nurse accused of replacing COVID-19 vaccines with saline solution

Authorities in Northern Germany have appealed to thousands of people to get another shot of the Covid vaccine. This was after a police investigation found...

Court dissolves marriage over husband’s inability to provide for family

A Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna on Thursday dissolved a one-year-old marriage over husband’s inability to provide for wife. Delivering a ruling, the judge, Salisu...

Indonesia’s army stops ‘virginity tests’ on female recruits

Human rights groups welcomed Indonesia's decision to stop abusive “virginity tests” on female army recruits seven years after the World Health Organisation declared they...

Scary moment man was shot dead in the middle of Facebook live [Video]

A 24-year-old man was shot dead by masked gunman who barged into his home in Puerto Rico while he was streaming live on Facebook.   Julio...

Jamaican music star Popcaan to launch new album in Ghana

Jamaican dancehall star, Andre Hugh Sutherland, known professionally as Popcaan, says he is set to launch his upcoming fifth studio album in Africa, Ghana...

Man chokes to death after swallowing his car keys

A Dutch tourist choked to death after swallowing his car keys while on holiday in Barcelona. The 37-year-old, whose identity has not been revealed, swallowed...

A child’s emotional letter to Lionel Messi

A child, identified as Nhyira Asiedu, is beseeching ex-Barcelona player, Lionel Messi, to return to the club. Messi left Barcelona last week – the only...

7-year-old boy sets himself on fire

A young boy tragically died in Utah over the weekend after he was burned while playing with matches, authorities said. The fatal incident unfolded on...

Man with ‘world’s biggest p3nis’ advises men who are not so well endowed

The man with the "world's biggest p3nis" has opened up on what it's like to be that well endowed. Jonah Falcon, whose penis is 13.5 inches...

Nigeria kidnappings: Chibok schoolgirl freed after seven years

One of the Nigerian schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants Boko Haram from the town of Chibok in 2014 has been freed and reunited with...

The teenagers pulled from the sea and accused of terrorism

Lamin squints at the sun as he points across the harbour. “This place reminds me of the worst day of my life,” he says. It...

Woman jailed for leaving baby to starve to death while she travelled for party

A mum, who left her 20-month-old daughter to starve to death while she went away for six days to celebrate her 18th birthday, has...

Mayor beats taxi driver in road-rage fight [Video]

This is the shocking moment a newly elected mayor hurls punches at a taxi driver in a horrifying road-rage fight. In video footage available online,...

‘Horny’ man almost dies after getting stuck in ex’s window [Photos]

A man in Ukraine was crushed and almost suffocated to death when he tried to get into his ex-girlfriend's house through her window to...

Fish with ‘human’ teeth caught in North Carolina

A rare fish with human-like teeth has been caught in the United States. A photo of the fish was shared on Facebook this week by...

Woman in San Francisco pictured waving AK-47 out of car window

The US police have seized a car after a woman was seen hanging out of its window brandishing an AK-47 assault rifle during an...

CNN fires three employees who came to office unvaccinated

News media company CNN has terminated three of its employees for coming to the office unvaccinated against the Covid-19 last week, according to a...

Titanic museum iceberg wall collapses, injuring 3 visitors

A wall of ice collapsed Monday at the Titanic Museum Attraction, injuring three visitors to the popular tourist spot in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains. The Pigeon...

Lightning strike kills 17 at wedding

At least 17 wedding guests were killed after being struck by lightning on their way to the nuptials in Bangladesh. Fourteen others  including the groom...

Police officer shocks woman who stole 5 eggs to feed her children

A starving mother in a quest to feed herself and her hungry children, decided to steal five eggs from a grocery store, but unfortunately,...

Bride cancels wedding as groom fails to recite 2 Times Table

In an unprecedented turn of events, a young man in India had his education background challenged by his fiancée with a simple test: Read...

COVID-19: I should have gotten the damn vaccine – Dad sends heartbreaking text before dying

A Las Vegas dad, who had been battling COVID-19, reportedly sent his fiancée a heartbreaking text, which read: "I should have gotten the damn...

China’s Wuhan to test all 12 million residents as Delta variant spreads

China's Wuhan city will test its 12 million residents for the coronavirus after confirming its first domestic cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant. Wuhan,...

Parents stage daughter’s kidnap to repay bank loan

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly planning the kidnapping of their 21-year-old daughter, Stephine Solomon Oghenevoke. Remember that on July...

Groom shoots his friend on wedding day for sleeping with his wife

A groom, still wearing his Tuxedo, has been arrested by the police for shooting his friend who accompanied them from the wedding grounds. According to...

From selling charcoal to serving in the Air Force

A university graduate in Zambia has found work in the air force after he spent years selling charcoal because jobs were so scarce. Bwalya Katongo...

15-year-old dies after suffering ‘heart attack’ during s3x

A 15-year-old girl from Sao Paolo died of a heart attack while having sex with a 26-year-old man in his car, police say.   Gabrielly Dickson...

Aliko Dangote tops Africa’s billionaires’ list for the tenth time in a row

In Africa—as elsewhere in the world—the wealthiest have come through the pandemic just fine. The continent’s 18 billionaires are worth an average of $4.1...

‘I saw my 2-year-old carried by a man with a gun’

More than 300 children kidnapped from school are still in the hands of criminal gangs in Nigeria, with many now missing for nearly two...

Angolan President in Ghana for 3-day visit

Angolan President, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, arrived in Accra on Sunday for a three-day visit to the country. He is in Ghana at the invitation...

Popular pastor warns couples against s3x-starving

President and Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners Chapel Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has warned married couples on the dangers...

Woman paralysed while waking up husband for s3x [Photos]

A woman was left paralysed after falling off the bed while trying to wake her husband up for sex. Sophie Rodgers, 44, said she was...

Tokyo Olympic: Team Nigeria officials accused of withholding phone gifts for athletes

Officials of Team Nigeria have been accused of withholding Samsung phone gifts given to athletes at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Samsung, which...

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...

Eight-week-old baby stabbed to death

A baby boy who was stabbed to death in a horrific knife attack in Belfast has been pictured for the first time - as...

COVID-19: Restaurant serves food to only unvaccinated customers

A restaurant in California that has been defiant against COVID-19 restrictions for months is now displaying signs encouraging its customers to show "proof of...