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Mugabe’s Daughter in $80m divorce battle

The divorce case between the daughter of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe and her husband has given a glimpse of the staggering wealth allegedly...

King Charles’ coronation: How would it happen in Ghana?

In our series of letters from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene considers how the coronation of King Charles III would go if it were in...

Nigeria launches probe into popular noodles brand

Nigeria’s Food and Drug Control Agency (NAFDAC) says it is taking “swift action” to investigate a popular brand of noodles over alleged presence of...

Tonto Dike’s third liposuction triggers reactions

Actress Tonto Dikeh has again undergone liposuction surgery for the third time. Tonto made this revelation while sharing the video of her arrival at the...

Banana artwork eaten by “hungry” student who visited museum

A South Korean art student ate a banana that was part of an installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan, saying he was “hungry” after skipping...

Missing Australian fisherman’s body found in crocodile

The remains of an Australian man who vanished while fishing with friends have been found inside a crocodile. Kevin Darmody was last seen at Kennedy’s...

Bride dies, groom injured in accident while leaving wedding reception

Just five hours after walking down the aisle, a 34-year-old bride has tragically died after she was hit by an alleged drunken driver in...

How Nigerian ‘President-Elect’ Tinubu’s son bought $11 million London mansion linked to fraud, received Buhari in same property

A firm belonging to the son of Nigeria’s president-elect bought an $11 million London mansion that his predecessor’s government was seeking to confiscate as...

Ugandan Minister shot dead by his bodyguard

A Ugandan national army soldier has shot and killed a government Minister whom he was guarding. Retired Colonel Charles Okello Engola, the deputy Minister for...

Ghanaian who wore 7 clothes to avoid excess luggage fee caught at Heathrow Airport [Video]

To avoid paying for excess luggage charge for overweight items, this Ghanaian passenger who was traveling through the Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom...

Cuba cancels May Day parade because of fuel shortages

Cuba’s communist government has cancelled Monday’s traditional May Day parade because of acute fuel shortages. Every year hundreds of thousands of people are bussed in...

Tiwa Savage, other famous artistes billed to perform at Coronation Concert

The BBC has announced that singer-songwriters Paloma Faith and Tiwa Savage, rock ‘n’ roll legend Steve Winwood, internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang and pop...

Otumfuo, wife to attend King Charles III’s coronation

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and his wife Lady Julia, will grace the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The...

Sperm donor who fathered 550 children ordered to stop

A Dutch man suspected of fathering more than 550 children worldwide through sperm donations has been ordered to stop. The man named Jonathan aged 41,...

Fetish priest inflicts cutlass wounds on 2 children for killing his sheep

A fetish priest has fled his community after inflicting machete wounds on two children. The suspect, identified as Emea Ibe, was accused by the community...

Student scores zero for using Chat GPT for answers

A Nigerian lady has stirred up social media after sharing a video of her marked exam script, showing a zero score. The lecturer who graded...

Two Chibok girls escape from Boko Haram captivity

Two of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have escaped after spending nine years in Boko Haram captivity.  Sources told Daily Trust that the girls escaped from...

Ukraine’s Zelensky holds first war phone call with China’s Xi

Ukraine’s Volodymr Zelensky says he has had a “long and meaningful” phone call with China’s Xi Jinping, their first contact since Russia’s war began. He...

Pope Francis gives women historic rights to vote at meeting

The Pope will for the first time allow women to vote at an influential global meeting of bishops in October – a move that...

Twitter’s blue tick restored to high-profile accounts

Some Twitter accounts with more than one million followers have had their blue tick badges re-instated by Twitter without paying to subscribe. Beyoncé, Harry Kane,...

I quit – Teacher who went viral for fighting student breaks silence

Xaviera Steele, a North Carolina teacher who has been charged with simple assault for fighting against a high school student, is telling her side of the story. A...

82 Ghanaians evacuated from Sudan

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has successfully evacuated 82 Ghanaians from Sudan. The Ministry had earlier announced a collaboration with its Missions in Cairo, Addis Ababa,...

How to link your WhatsApp on four devices (Android and iOS)

You can now use WhatsApp on up to four linked devices at once without the need to keep your primary phone connected. You’ll need to...

The pilot who survived after being sucked out of window

On June 20, 1990, pilot Captain Tim Lancaster boarded a flight that would see him defy death in a horrific incident at 17,300 ft...

WhatsApp now allows users to use accounts on multiple devices simultaneously

WhatsApp users can now access their accounts on multiple devices without having to sign out and in again. The feature, which has been in...

Accident victim caught with over 100 used children diapers

A victim was found with 100 used children's diapers and a huge sum of money after three persons were rescued in an accident in...

Mob burns 13 suspected gang members to death

A group of 13 suspected gang members has been beaten and burned to death by a mob in Haiti’s capital after being seized while...

Man to be executed over cannabis charge

Singapore is set to hang a man for trafficking cannabis, in the city-state’s latest controversial execution. Activists say Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted on weak evidence....

Woman allegedly kills husband after he discovered their houseboy is her biological son

A 36-year-old lawyer, identified as Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak, has been arrested along with five others for allegedly killing her 41-year-old husband, Barrister Godwin Ikoiwak. According to the...

Check out photos of woman declared 2023 World’s Sexiest Woman

Ashley Graham is Maxim’s 2023 Hot 100 cover star and the world’s sexiest woman. No one is more deserving. The brand announced the news on April 17...

Malian president’s chief of staff, three others killed in ambush

The chief of staff for Mali’s interim president, Oumar Traore, and three others have been killed in an ambush, the government said on Thursday. The...

24-year-old final year student gives birth to quintuplets

Oluomachi Nwoye, a 24-year-old student in her final year at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUAU) in Abia state, has delivered quintuplets at...

Kenyan police exhume bodies from suspected cult graves

Kenyan police have begun marking out the locations of more than a dozen suspected graves in the east of the country thought to contain...

US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access

The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues. In...

42 soldiers and soldiers’ aides killed in 2 more attacks in Burkina Faso

“Ten soldiers and 32 civilian auxiliaries of Burkina Faso’s army were killed on Saturday and Sunday in two attacks in the north of the...

Beyoncé and Ronaldo among those to lose Twitter blue check in purge

What do Beyoncé and Cristiano Ronaldo have in common? As of Thursday, they are no longer verified on Twitter. The social media giant began removing...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after launch

Elon Musk's SpaceX company's mammoth new rocket, Starship, has exploded on its maiden flight. No-one was hurt in the uncrewed test that lifted off from...

‘My pregnancy saw me vomit 40 times a day with same illness as Kate Middleton’

A mum has spoken about the trauma of her pregnancy, as she vomited 40 times a day while suffering from the same illness as Kate Middleton. Jessica...

She refuses to do family planning – Man cries

One Chama Paul Mulenga is not a happy man at the moment because he suspects his wife is pregnant eight months after the birth...

Couple banned from flight after being caught having indecent sexual activity

A Durban businessman had a stroke of bad luck when he found himself seated next to a couple shamelessly engaging in indecent behavior. The man,...