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‘I’ve spent over £73k on plastic surgery and nearly died – but I want more’

A self-proclaimed "plastic surgery fanatic" who has spent over £73,000 ($100,000) on surgeries to date and once nearly died on the operating table has...

The story of Amha Selassie, who is regarded as the last emperor of Ethiopia

Historians say he was proclaimed ruler of Ethiopia three times. The first was in 1960, the second in 1975, and the third in 1989...

Google moves to make Android apps more private

Google’s plan to limit data tracking on its Chrome browser has been extended to cover apps on its Android-based smartphones. Its so-called Privacy Sandbox project...

Woman, 53, dies after suspected botched butt enlargement surgery

A Connecticut woman has died after she was dumped outside a Bronx hospital, unconscious and partially naked, after she reportedly received botched butt injections. Maxine Messam, of...

Heads of public institutions sacked in Akufo-Addo’s tenure

The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa, was dismissed from his job. Journalists broke his dismissal to him while...

Mourners flee after relative of the deceased dropped beehive at funeral service

A dramatic scene was recorded at a burial ceremony in Gatanga, Kenya as mourners flee for their lives after a relative of the deceased dropped...

Migrants sew mouths shut in quest for Mexico passage to US border

A dozen undocumented migrants on Mexico's southern border sewed their mouths shut on Tuesday in a bid to convince the country's immigration authority to...

Outrage as female Minister advises husbands to beat their ‘stubborn’ wives ‘gently’

A Malaysian female minister has sparked outrage after she advised husbands to beat their 'stubborn' wives 'gently' to discipline them for 'unruly' behaviour. Siti Zailah...

Algeria to give monthly pay to unemployed people

Algeria’s president says the government will introduce unemployment benefits for young adults as the country struggles with high rates of joblessness. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told...

Drama as wife, 4 side chicks shock husband with arranged lunch

A 36-year-old Ugandan man is undergoing medical examination after collapsing at a restaurant where he was being treated for lunch. Kelvin Waweru got the shock...

Kenya minister wants gay students to be day scholars

Kenya’s education minister says gay students infringing on the rights of other learners should not be allowed to attend boarding schools. Prof George Magoha advised...

Woman gives birth to baby girl inside courtroom

A Harare woman is reported to have given birth to a healthy bouncing baby girl at Harare Magistrate Court. According to Zimmorningpost, 39-year-old Patience Mubaiwa went...

Man kills neighbour over bucket of water

A 29-year-old tailor, Gado Yahaya, is in court for allegedly killing his neighbour during an argument over a bucket of water. The incident occurred at Rigasa...

‘I make £10K selling my breast milk to bodybuilders – it’s like liquid gold’

A woman has revealed how she made thousands after having her first child - as she sold her breast milk to bodybuilders. TikTok star Mila De'brito, @debrito_bunch, uploaded a video...

Liberia marks 200-year anniversary amid economic challenges

Year-long celebrations have begun in Liberia to commemorate the time when freed slaves from the US first arrived there two centuries ago. They then went...

Priest quits over baptism rules

A Catholic priest has resigned after the Vatican ruled he bungled thousands of baptisms over 25 years as he used the wrong words. Between 1995 and 2021,...

Naomi Campbell, 51, poses with first born on British Vogue cover

Naomi Campbell’s baby has made her magazine debut. The supermodel, 51, posed on the March cover of British Vogue, holding the baby girl she secretly welcomed in May...

Journalist rents a billboard to appreciate her husband on Valentine’s Day

Tanzanian media personality, Zamaradi Mketema, started off an online conversation after putting up a huge billboard with her husband’s face, as one of her Valentine’s Day...

Man finds love with rich woman with a growth disorder [Photos]

A South African couple is going viral on Facebook after the two met on a platform. Sharon Ndlovu, 34, the daughter of Property Investor millionaire,...

Man sleeping with his own sister kills her after she had sex with another man

A Texas man, who had been sleeping with his own sister, beat her to death with a baseball bat after he found out she...

Nursery teacher flogs 19-month-old to death for playing with water

A school teacher has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly flogging a 19-month-old pupil to death, police say. The teacher at a nursery and primary...

Singer Muno drops visuals for ‘Killer Vibe’ off his latest EP

Nigerian singer and songwriter Oviemuno Oriero, popularly known as Muno, has dropped heartening visuals for his ‘Killer Vibe’ song off his “4 + 1”...

Bizarre: Tenant given list of items to contribute towards landlord’s funeral

A tenant has shared a list of the items his landlord's son expects him to contribute towards the burial of the late landlord. In a letter...

90% of the things on women’s body are artificial – Priest says [Video]

An Anglican priest has tackled women for being "artificial". Speaking in Igbo from the pulpit, Right Reverend E.O. Ikeakor,  said: "Of all the things on women's...

CNN’s Anderson Cooper announces birth of second son

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper announced the birth of his second son on Thursday's "AC360" broadcast. Cooper said his newborn son's name is Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper." "He...

Mother jailed after boyfriend killed her son

A US woman, whose boyfriend killed her son while she was at work, has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Rebecca Hogue, 29,...

Drama as man discovers wife’s romantic affair with his father

A man got the shock of his life when he discovered that his wife was engaged in a long-running adulterous affair with his own...

17 celebrity first date stories that range from ‘cute’ to ‘girl, ghost him’

A year after meeting on the set of Green Lantern, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds went on a double date…with other people. 2. When Charlize Theron was in her 20s, she...

Man hammers nail into pregnant woman’s head to ‘enable her birth baby boy’

A woman pregnant with a girl in Pakistan had a nail hammered into her head by a "faith healer" who claimed it would help her...

Women in Kenya celebrate as govt legalizes polygamy

A new law that went into effect in Kenya makes it legal for a man to marry as many women as he wants. And...

Tanzanian MPs decry rise of emergency contraceptives

Tanzanian MPs say the use of emergency contraceptives, known as P2, is on the rise to prevent pregnancies among girls and women aged between...

Dangote adds $950m to his personal worth as shares of his cement company rises

Aliko Dangote got off to a great start in 2022, adding about $950 million to his fortune since the year began. The Nigerian billionaire’s wealth...

Mosquitoes are attracted to specific colours, new study shows

Mosquitoes track odours, locate hosts, and find mates visually. The color of a food resource, such as a flower or warm-blooded host, can be dominated...

Ukraine tensions: Joe Biden says US citizens should leave Ukraine now

US President Joe Biden has called on all American citizens remaining in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, citing increased threats of Russian military...

Update: West Ham defender fined £250k and faces possible four year jail term

West Ham has fined defender, Kurt Zouma two weeks wages after he was filmed kicking and hitting his pet cat. The club initially condemned the...

4 million bottles of beer destroyed in Nigeria

Religious Police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol. The bottles were crushed into the ground by...

Ghana lifts travel restrictions on South Korea

Ghana has lifted the restriction on all travellers from South Korea, effective 4 February, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The government...

Blows fly in as tenant impregnates landlord’s wife and daughter

A landlord rocked his tenant with a fist fight after he discovered he had impregnated his wife and daughter right under his watch. Information received...

Rare photos of goat born with eyes in the middle of forehead

A mutant goat with eyes in the middle of its forehead has been found on a Turkish farm. Ahmet Kartal, 40, a livestock farmer, said he...

Czech millionaire investigated over alleged 417km/h motorway drive with his Bugatti Chiron [Video]

Germany is famous for having no speed limits on stretches of its motorways, but a Czech millionaire appearing to do 417km/h (260 mph) may...