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Gunmen kidnap lecturers from Nigerian university

Gunmen have kidnapped six people including four lecturers from the University of Abuja in Nigeria’s capital. The attackers invaded the living quarters of the university...

Lecturer set to marry his former student [Photos]

A lecturer with the Taraba State University, Francis Collins Somorija and his former student, Mercy Momboya, will be getting married on November 6, 2021,...

15-year-old dies during fight over boyfriend

The fight over a male lover has left one dead and another in police cells in Gwelutshena, a suburb of Zimbabwe. A 15-year-old pupil, whose...

Woman’s body ‘found dumped in suitcase four days after her wedding’

 A newlywed mum's body was found dumped in a suitcase just four days after her wedding. The woman, named locally as Dawn Walker, was found...

Popular footballer loses cars, kicked out of his home after divorce

Flamboyant former Chicken Inn striker, Tendai Ndoro, was reportedly taken to the cleaners by his South African wife who kicked him out of their...

Hospital worker in court for sexually abusing bodies in mortuaries

A hospital electrician on trial for the murder of two young women in 1987 allegedly went on to abuse female corpses in two hospital mortuaries, a...

21-storey building collapses in Lagos

A 21-storey building under construction in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos, has collapsed. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that several people are believed to be trapped inside...

I found out I was pregnant in prison, gave birth chained to my bed

A woman has revealed how she was forced to give birth to her daughter while chained to her bed in prison. Mum Jessica Kent ended...

Meet bride who broke her ribs, lost her ring and missed honeymoon flight on her wedding day

A couple has been dubbed Britain's unluckiest newlyweds after their wedding involved serious injury, lost rings and missed honeymoon flights. Amelia Desmond, 41, and Jim, 40, had...

Tonga records first coronavirus case since start of pandemic

Tongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday.  The infection was detected in...

Medical student in trouble for participating in twerking competition

A medical student of the University of Nigeria is risking expulsion after a video from her twerking competition went viral. The first-year student who is...

Eight prophets drown while competing for ‘holy stick’ inside river

Eight self-proclaimed prophets from Vadzidzi VaJeso Apostolic sect drowned while competing to retrieve a “holy stick” in Mazowe River. The incident which claimed the life...

Miss Tourism loses position over nudes two days after being crowned

Another beauty queen has found herself in the midst of a scandal after her nudes were leaked on social media. 21-year-old model Chipo Mandiudza...

Death row inmate who killed police officer found dead in prison

A death row inmate who killed a police officer at a Texas Walmart store nearly a decade ago has been found dead in his...

22-year-old man hangs himself over alleged impotence

A 22-year-old man, identified as Idris Shuaib, has allegedly committed suicide after he hung himself on a tree on his father’s farm at Gwanara...

Actor breaks silence after mistakenly shooting woman on movie set

Alec Baldwin told the paparazzi he is not allowed to talk about the details of the shooting that occurred on the set of his...

Bill Gates’ daughter pens emotional note to father on 66th birthday

Jennifer Gates, daughter to American billionaire, Bill Gates, penned an emotional note to her father as the latter clocks 66 years. The 25-year-old took her...

Young lady sets record for being declared Vice Chancellor of her University

A young Nigerian lady, Kaitlin Gee- Akwada, has been appointed the Vice-Chancellor-for-one-day of her University, Godfrey Okoye University Enugu for completing with a perfect...

Inside Mike Tyson’s cannabis empire that makes £500k a month

Mike Tyson earned a mint as a boxer, film star and most recently a public speaker, but it's his latest transformation as a drug...

Police officer allegedly shoots his girlfriend for refusing to marry him [Photos]

A police officer, identified as Bishop Eno, has been accused of shooting a woman in Delta State after she allegedly turned down his marriage...

Two ‘okada’ riders burnt to death for allegedly snatching phone

Two motor riders were on Thursday, October 28, burnt to death by irate residents of Nairobi’s Buruburu estate after they allegedly grabbed a phone...

Man caught on CCTV camera filming himself sexually assaulting woman

CCTV footage caught the moment a young man assaulted a woman as she walks alone down a residential street. In a video shared online, a...

Man ties two wives to a tree, flogs them for ‘cheating’

A Chinhoyi man has been declared wanted by the Zimbabwe police for assaulting his two wives over suspicion of infidelity. The 33-year-old John Musani is...

How rapper’s wife fed husband’s body to rats and put his organs in washing machine

A rapper's widow is accused of murdering and dismembering him before drinking his blood. Marina Kokhal has been released from custody and put under house arrest despite...

Kenya: Six including mother and two daughters die in gory accident

Six people perished in a road accident at Rombo area of Loitoktok, Kenya on Wednesday evening. The six, including a mother and her two daughters,...

Entrepreneur who quit university to start business now employs his own dad

A businessman, who struggled during school and dropped out of university to follow his dream, is now operating a global trainer business so successful...

Headteacher ‘gets lap dance from pupils’ at school event [Photos]

A headteacher is being investigated after images appeared to show him getting lap dances from students in a school assembly. Images from the event at Hazard...

Benin Bronzes: ‘My great-grandfather sculpted the looted treasures’

On the bustling streets of Nigeria’s Benin City, residents cannot wait to get their Bronzes back – for them their return symbolises reparations for...

Terrified mum abused by ex had to ask permission before going to the toilet

A terrified mum abused by her ex has told how she even had to ask permission before going to the toilet as part of...

Man in court for telling woman ‘Ok, I raped you’ on WhatsApp

A man, who denies raping a woman while she was asleep, admitted the attack in a message to her on WhatsApp, a court heard. Bryan...

Tailor arrested for trying to sell himself

A tailor, who put himself up for sale, has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board. Aliyu Na Idris had last week taken to the...

Two suspected ritualists arrested with freshly dismembered head, body parts of woman

Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspected ritualists, Ismaila Wasiu and Mutairu Shittu who allegedly murdered a woman identified simply as Mujidat. Spokesperson of...

16-year-old expelled for having sex with school’s security guard

Parents of a 16-year-old Form Three student have cried out after their daughter was expelled from a High School in Zimbabwe, for allegedly having...

Mum dies after going through ‘absolute hell’ of losing her daughter

A family has suffered another heartbreak after a mum who lost her eight-year-old daughter died. Alice Holton, 31, who has been described as "positive...

Man waits till wedding day to confess to bride that he has no legs

She is the best woman - This is the reaction of a man identified as Ndayisenga when his bride-to-be gave a nod to their...

Archbishop of Canterbury opposes Ghana’s anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

Several leaders from UK-based churches have expressed worry over the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill presently before Parliament...

LGBTQI+ activities are illegal in 69 UN member states – Report

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) World says consensual same-sex activity is still illegal in 69 UN member states. ILGA World...

Man jailed for damaging his mother’s TV sets [Photo]

A Kenyan man, who vandalised his mother’s two TV sets while throwing tantrums, has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty...

A woman pope? Meet the feminists trying to save the Catholic Church

Ulrike Knobbe, a 65-year-old lifelong churchgoer, had never thought of herself as a feminist. “I was even against feminists for a long time,” she...

Charles Taylor sues Liberian govt

Former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, has filed a suit before the Community Court of Justice, alleging the violation of his right to property...