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Nigeria’s Calabar carnival: 14 killed at annual bikers’ event

At least 14 people have been killed and 24 others injured after a vehicle ploughed into crowds watching bikers at a popular carnival in...

WhatsApp to end support for nearly 49 android and IPhone models January 1

Meta’s messaging service application, WhatsApp, will be ringing in the New Year by ending support for some older smartphones from Sunday, 1 January, including...

Bible didn’t instruct you to starve your husband of sex while fasting – Actress tells married women

Actress Anita Joseph says married women who are in the habit of depriving their husbands of sex, while undergoing a spiritual fast, should change...

Russian critic of Putin dies after falling out of a hotel window in India

Pavel Antov, a Russian politician who criticised president Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine, has been found dead in India’s eastern state of...

Russian tycoon dies in hotel fall

Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead at an Indian hotel, two days after a friend died during the same trip. They were...

Fuel tanker explosion kills 15 near hospital

At least 15 people have been killed, and about 40 injured, by a huge fuel tanker explosion near a hospital east of Johannesburg. The tanker...

Pele’s family gather at his hospital for Christmas

Members of Pele’s family have gathered at the hospital where the footballing great is being treated over Christmas. The 82-year-old was hospitalised on November 29...

The Holyland: JoyNews visits Bethlehem, Jesus’ birthplace [Video]

As Christians mark the birth of Christ, thousands from all walks of life are on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Israel to spend time...

Shell to pay $16m to Nigerian farmers over oil damage

Shell has agreed to pay $16m (£13m) to four Nigerian farmers and their communities to compensate for damage allegedly caused by pollution coming from...

Ukraine war: Drone attack on Russian bomber base leaves 3 dead 

A Ukrainian drone attack on Engels bomber base in south Russia has left three people dead, Moscow says.  Air defences reportedly shot down the drone...

American couple could face death penalty for allegedly torturing foster child in Uganda

An American couple living in Uganda accused of torturing their 10-year-old foster child could face the death penalty if convicted of their latest charge, prosecutors said. Nicholas...

Eight teenage girls charged with deadly stabbing

Eight teenage girls have been charged with murder in the Saturday night stabbing of a 59-year-old man in downtown Toronto, authorities said. Police said...

How Aliko Dangote turned a $3,000 loan into a $19 billion empire

In the last decade and counting, Aliko Dangote has emerged as the richest businessman in Africa and the wealthiest Black man in the world,...

Yul Edochie publicly apologises to first wife

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has rendered an unqualified apology to his first wife, May, over his decision to marry a second wife. The actor says...

Ukraine is alive and kicking – Zelensky urges US to help it defeat Russia

Ukraine is “alive and kicking” and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first...

Ukraine war: What’s happening now is a tragedy, not our fault – Putin

Vladimir Putin believes Russia is not to blame for the war in Ukraine, adding both countries are “sharing a tragedy”. During a televised address with...

Priest accused of inviting two nuns for ‘Holy Trinity’ threesome

A Jesuit priest has been accused of inviting two nuns to partake in a “Holy Trinity” threesome — and is now facing allegations of...

Elon Musk to quit as Twitter CEO when replacement found

Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter’s chief executive officer when he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job”. The billionaire promised...

African, Arab or Amazigh? Morocco’s identity crisis

It is fair to say that the World Cup in Qatar this year has been defined by controversy like no other tournament before. From the...

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from universities amid condemnation

The Taliban has banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in the country. The higher education minister made...

First pictures of King Charles banknotes revealed

The new look of banknotes featuring the image of King Charles has been unveiled by the Bank of England. The portrait will be the only...

Custody of sick business mogul Asuma Banda causes huge family fight

Several videos on social media have exposed a big misunderstanding within the family of one of Ghana’s wealthiest businessmen, Alhaji Asuma Banda. The frail and...

Nigeria election: Peter Obi’s campaign chief convicted for money laundering

A Nigerian High Court in the capital, Abuja, has found the campaign leader for high-profile presidential candidate Peter Obi guilty of money laundering. Doyin Okupe...

Elon Musk: Twitter users vote in favour of boss resigning

Twitter users have voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down as the platform’s chief executive after the billionaire ran a poll on his...

Ukraine: Russia to deploy musicians to front to boost morale

Russia says it will deploy musicians to the front lines of its war in Ukraine in a bid to boost morale. The defence ministry announced...

China COVID: Health expert predicts three winter waves

A top Chinese health official says he believes China is experiencing the first of three expected waves of Covid infections this winter. The country is...

Burkina Faso summons Ghana’s envoy over Akufo-Addo’s allegations

The government of Burkina Faso has summoned Ghana’s ambassador, that country’s state information agency has said. Boniface Gambilla was summoned by the government of Apollinaire...

Horror: Couple drills nail into 10-year-old maid’s head

An employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jude Ozuogu and his wife, Ifeoma Ozuogu, have been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for child...

Nigerian tech company introduces menstrual leave

A Nigerian tech company, Klasha, has brought in a new policy which will allow its employees to take time off when they are in...

Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew...

Sad scenes as popular gospel musician is laid to rest [Video]

Popular Nigerian gospel musician, Sammie Okposo, has been buried. The final funeral rites came off on Thursday, December 15, 2022, in Lagos Nigeria. The 51-year-old...

Sudanese woman jailed 6 months for kissing man

A Sudanese woman charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead spend six months behind bars after she admitted to kissing...

4 in critical condition after fans break into Asake concert in London

Some persons have been reported injured after a crowd disrupted the concert of the Nigerian Afrobeats artiste, Asake, in Brixton, London. Emergency services rushed to...

Ghana concerned about activities of Russian mercenaries at Burkina border – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed concerns about Russian mercenaries' activities on Ghana's northern border with Burkina Faso. President-Akufo-Addo, who is in Washington for the US-Africa...

Twitter suspends reporters from WashPost, NYT, others who wrote about Elon Musk

Twitter suddenly suspended a host of the nation’s preeminent tech journalists on Thursday, many of whom have reported about billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic leadership at...

Nigerian sheikh sentenced to death for blasphemy

A Sharia court in the northern Nigerian state of Kano has sentenced a prominent Islamic cleric to death by hanging, after finding him guilty...

New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation

New Zealand has introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those aged 14 and under from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes...

Elon Musk taking legal action over Twitter account that tracks his private jet

Elon Musk says he is taking legal action against the holder of a Twitter account that tracks his private jet, arguing it put his...

Boy run over and killed after France World Cup win

A 14-year-old boy has been run over and killed in the southern French city of Montpellier shortly after France's World Cup semi-final victory over...

Scientists find clitorises on female snakes

Scientists have discovered that snakes do have clitorises, shattering a long-held assumption that the females didn't have a sexual organ. Research published Wednesday provides the...