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Santander: Bank hands out £130m in Christmas blunder

Tens of thousands of people awoke on Christmas morning to a surprise from an unexpected benefactor – Santander. The bank mistakenly deposited £130m into...

Emirates cancels flights to Ghana indefinitely

Emirates Airlines has extended the initial 48-hours ban for flights from Accra to Dubai indefinitely. “Emirates flight suspension from Accra to Dubai effective December...

Egyptian pharaoh’s mummy digitally unwrapped for first time

The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been studied for the first time in millennia after being digitally “unwrapped”. The mummy of...

South Africa court blocks Shell’s oil exploration

A South African court has halted oil giant Shell’s seismic testing for oil and gas along the country’s eastern coastline, pending a final ruling. The...

MPs engage in fistfight during debate over female nouns

Jordan's Parliament descended into chaos when male MPs began fighting over female nouns. The scuffle broke out between deputies and parliament speaker Abdelkarim al-Daghmi...

Woman, 29, ‘battered to death’ on Boxing Day

The grieving family of a woman who was 'beaten to death' on Boxing Day has said they are "broken." Kirsty Louise Ashley died after...

Fact check: An ex-CIA agent did not confess to infecting Bob Marley with fatal cancer

The claim is several years old, but a 2019 post to the Instagram page Submit Conspiracy Theories recently gained renewed attention. The page is a place for followers...

Italy gives safe port to 558 migrants rescued at sea [Photos]

Italy on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, allowed a charity boat carrying hundreds of migrants rescued at sea to dock in the Sicilian port of...

If you think fighting Nigerians is the way to go then… – Kwaw Kese tells Shatta Wale

Rapper Kwaw Kese has slammed Shatta Wale after the latter dissed Nigerians during his performance at his recently-organised stadium concert dubbed Freedom Wave Concert....

Covid-19: Ghana experiencing a fourth wave of pandemic – GHS

Ghana has chalked another grim milestone as afar as the Covid-19 virus is concerned. The country, according to experts, is experiencing its fourth wave...

Win AFCON or vomit money invested in you – Guinea leader warns squad

Guinea Interim President, Mamadi Doumbouya, has strongly cautioned his national football team to return home with the trophy or refund their investment ahead of...

Shatta Wale blasts Nigerians on social media

Dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, has been venting his spleen against Nigerians on social media. The whole point triggered during his recently-held Freedom Wave Concert at...

Footballer collapses to death on pitch

An Algerian footballer has died on the pitch after collapsing while captaining Mouloudia Saida in a second division match on Saturday. Sofiane Lokar was...

Man to serve one year jail term for stealing panties

An Embu court has fined a man Sh80,000 or serve one year in prison for stealing a woman’s underwear. The accused, Pius Mugendi, had...

Deadly bombing at restaurant packed for Christmas

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say at least six people have died in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded restaurant in...

Queen’s safety ‘under threat’

The Queen’s safety is “under threat” after a crossbow-wielding intruder allegedly broke into the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day, ex-royal bodyguards said. Security...

Mahama pays glowing tribute to South Africa’s Desmond Tutu

Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid a glowing tribute to the late South African Archbishop, Desmond Tutu. Mr Mahama has eulogised the deceased...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu passes on aged 90

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died. Tutu was 90 years. South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa,...

Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message pays tribute to ‘beloved’ Philip

Queen Elizabeth II has paid tribute to her husband in her first annual Christmas message since his death. “Christmas can be hard for those...

First injectable HIV prevention drug approved by US FDA

The Food and Drugs Administration has approved the first long-acting injectable medication for use as pre-exposure prevention, or PrEP, against HIV, the agency announced Monday.  Apretude,...

Top veteran Nollywood actor passes on

It’s another sad moment for Nollywood. The industry has lost one of its veteran actors, Samuel Obiago. The talented actor died in the early hours...

Perfectly preserved baby dinosaur discovered curled up inside its egg

Scientists have announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from...

10-year-old girl dies after deadly suffocation challenge on TikTok

A heartbroken mum has issued a warning of the dangers of a viral TikTok challenge after her 10-year-old daughter died attempting to complete the...

Singer Adaramati recruits Yung Willi for new single ‘Money Too Useful’

Inspired by the growing Amapiano sound, fast-rising Nigerian Afrobeats star, Adesewa Adaramati, has released the highly anticipated single titled 'Money Too Useful.' Mixed and mastered...

Pope Francis accepts Cardinal Turkson’s resignation

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent African cardinal who was a key adviser on climate change and social justice as part...

Omicron wave appears milder, but concern remains

The wave of Omicron appears to be milder according to preliminary studies published in the UK and South Africa. Early evidence suggests fewer people are...

Photos of 83-year-old monarch exercising go viral

An 83-year-old Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has been spotted exercising in his palace. The photos making the round on Facebook show the monarch wearing...

Woman gets 4,500 missed calls after number is mistaken for a helpline in blunder

A woman was bombarded with more than 4,500 phone calls after a blunder saw her phone number mistaken for a helpline. Helen McMahon was...

Ghana wins case in Norway

The Oslo District Court, presided over by Justice Dagfinn Gronvik, has dismissed an action instituted by Messrs Jongsbru AS, sellers of a property identified...

Female soldier arrested for accepting marriage proposal

A Nigerian female soldier has been arrested for accepting a marriage proposal while on duty, an army spokesman has said. She had breached the military's...

Clinic shuts down as ‘spirits’ sexually assault nurses

A clinic in Zimbabwe has temporarily shut down after nurses complained of being sexually assaulted by invisible creatures at the institution. The clinic was commissioned...

COVID-19: An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled – WHO on Christmas

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called for the suspension of all events, in order to avert a...

Pastor launches anointed bra, panties for ladies looking for husbands [Photos]

A Nigerian pastor, Dr J.S. Yusuf, has introduced anointed underwear with a print of his face to attract men for single ladies seeking life...

Missing student, 19, found naked as man is arrested for ‘kidnap and rape’

A missing college student was found in the basement of a man's home almost a week after she was last seen on surveillance footage...

Lady recounts how her friend was deceived into renting an isolation centre

A Twitter user, Teefah Hassan, has shared the story of how her friend who was in dire need of accommodation was conned into renting...

COVID-19: Omicron spreading fast, now in 89 countries

The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and COVID-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3...

Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content

Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported...

Police arrest 6 armed robbers who forced passengers to strip naked in bus

Six suspected armed robbers who stripped naked and robbed a bus crew and its passengers of over US$20 000, among other valuables have been...

Tears as bride dies on wedding day [Photos]

A bride, identified as Wezzie Msiska, reportedly died in a ghastly road accident while she was on her way to the church to exchange...

Drama as clinic closes down after nurses complain of being raped by spirits

In what seems to be stranger than fiction encounter, a Zimbabwe clinic was closed after nurses fled, complaining that invisible creatures were raping them....