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Pastor, wife confess to killing 4-year-old girl for ritual

Ugandan police have arrested a pastor and his wife for the alleged ritual murder of a 4-year-old girl named Trinity Nakisuyi Nabirye Zabeela. Prophet Joseph...

Mum’s body left in the mortuary freezer because staff forgot about her

A mum's body was left in a mortuary freezer for six weeks because staff forgot about her. Police ordered toxicology tests which found...

TB Joshua church holds first church service after 21 weeks of closure

Crowds gathered on Sunday at the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) for the first Sunday service after 21 weeks of closure. The church’s late...

Girl, 14, jailed for escaping arranged marriage

A 14-year-old girl was jailed last week after running away to escape the wedding ceremony for which she had been sold. The girl, who has been identified...

COVID-19: ECOWAS takes steps to reopen all land borders

The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) is organising a Sectoral Ministers virtual meeting on the reopening of land...

Two hippos test positive for COVID-19

A Belgian zoo has said that its two hippopotamuses have been taken into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus. It is unclear how Imani, aged...

Nursing Director charged with making fake COVID-19 vaccination cards

A nursing director in Columbia, South Carolina, was charged with making fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, according to federal authorities. Tammy McDonald, 53, allegedly made...

Groom loses parents, siblings in accident after attending his wedding

An auto crash that occurred in the Bayelsa state of Nigeria on December 4, has claimed the lives of nine persons who were returning...

Airport officials observe as man excretes 96 pellets of cocaine

A 44-year-old father-of-three, Gabriel Anthony Patrick, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...

Two students reportedly turned into yam; police break silence

The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Abiodun Abdulramah, has refuted claims that two students were turned into tubers of yam in Ibadan area of...

Housewife arrested for allegedly setting husband’s side chick ablaze

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 32-year-old housewife, Kehinde Abdul Wasiu, for allegedly setting her husband’s mistress ablaze.The mum of three allegedly...

Plumber finds hundreds of cash, cheques in toilet wall of popular pastor

A plumber doing repair work at pastor Joel Osteen Lakewood's Church found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall that police think is...

15 family members, others die on their way to parent’s wedding

A rescue mission coordinated by Kenya Navy divers late Saturday night retrieved 23 bodies of members of Mwingi Catholic Church choir who perished after the bus they...

‘Gay’ lawyer charged for sexually attacking male court interpreter

A Zimbabwean Magistrate has faced court for allegedly sodomising a court interpreter. The Magistrate, Simbarashe Gundani, 30, reportedly attempted to sodomize Kudzanai Pesanai, 32, after...

We oppose singling out African countries for Covid-19 travel bans – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has once again decried attempts to single out African countries for the imposition of travel bans as instruments of immigration control. In...

Forbes names Akufo-Addo as ‘2021 African of the Year’

Forbes has named Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo as the 'African Person of the Year 2021.' According to the pan Africa media company, President Akufo-Addo has repositioned the...

Let’s deal with waste in a sustainable, timeous manner – Dr Siaw Agyepong urges world leaders

Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has made a clarion call for waste management to be dealt with...

Covid-19: Televangelist who discouraged vaccinations, dies after being hospitalised

Prominent Christian televangelist and anti-vaccine advocate, Marcus Lamb, died after being hospitalised with Covid-19, his family announced Tuesday. Lamb founded the Christian television network Daystar Television...

Mining giant proposes mandatory Covid-19 jabs for its 95,000 workers

Mining company Anglo American, which employs 95,000 people worldwide, is the latest business to propose making vaccination mandatory. The Daily Telegraph reported that internal documents said...

What are the symptoms of Omicron?

The first cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have now been detected in the United Kingdom (UK). It was highlighted by scientists in...

Crocodile attacks girl, 18, as she dangles leg in river

A teenage British backpacker has been mauled by a crocodile while travelling with friends on a gap year holiday in southern Africa. Amelie Osborn-Smith,...

Evil dad, step mum torture and kill six-year-old son

A dad and step mum accused of cruelly abusing, poisoning and killing their six-year-old son have been found guilty. Emma Tustin, 32, and 29-year-old...

Dad hacks wife and four kids to death over onions for dinner

A Kenyan father allegedly hacked his own wife and four children to death after becoming angry his dinner didn’t have onions in it. Paul...

Betting company greeted with chaos after failing to pay $22m win

There was agitation in Yaoundé, Cameroon after a man won 13 billion CFA Francs ($22 million) yet wasn't paid. It was gathered that the man played a bet...

Robbers storm journalist’s home with POS to withdraw money from his account

A controversial investigative journalist, Fejiro Oliver, has announced how armed robbers who invaded his home used a never-seen tactic. According to the Nigerian pressman, the...

12 women in court for using ‘juju’ to stop road construction

Some 12 women are in court for allegedly plotting to stop the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma road by Bayelsa State Government with juju...

Wife of notorious drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ jailed

The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman begged for “forgiveness” as she was sentenced to prison for three years. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 32, was...

Police save boy who hid inside aeroplane’s engine to travel abroad [Video]

A young boy, who was desperate to travel abroad, managed to hide inside the engine of an aeroplane but the police caught him. A video...

Internet fraudster jailed for posing as a woman

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Gabriel Kingsley to eight months imprisonment for internet fraud. Justice Khobo sentenced Kingsley after he pleaded...

COVID-19: Greece to fine over-60s who refuse vaccine

Greece is to make Covid vaccinations mandatory for people aged 60 and over. Fines of €100 (£85) will be imposed at monthly intervals from mid-January...

Doctor and nurse suspended for having sex, moaning and disturbing patients who’re in pain

Patients who could not withstand the habitual sexual intercourse between a doctor and a nurse amidst loud moaning in the ward have complained to...

Founder of anti-vaccine TV dies of COVID-19

Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster, Marcus Lamb, has died from Covid-19 at the age of 64, his channel announced Tuesday, weeks after contracting the virus. Lamb was...

‘A herbal healer convinced me I was HIV negative’

The last time Paul Thorn saw his parents, decades ago, they threw away the crockery he ate off out of fear of infection. When...

Man in court for stealing Bible from supermarket

A middle-aged man has been arraigned and charged with stealing Bible at Naivas Supermarket worth Ksh1840. Augustine Wanyoni, who was arraigned at Milimani Law...

World’s most expensive city to live in revealed

Tel Aviv has been named as the most expensive city in the world to live in, as soaring inflation and supply-chain problems push up...

Three students killed as 15-year-old opens fire at his school

A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a police...

Mum, friend ‘stab boyfriend to death’ after he takes away their phones at party

A mum and her friend allegedly fatally stabbed her boyfriend on New Year's Eve after he confiscated their mobile phones, a court heard. Hannah Sindrey, 24, and Kelly Blackwell,...

Man arrested for cutting off boss’ manhood and assaulting his wife

A 40-year-old logger, identified as Ogidan Yussuf, has been arrested for allegedly cutting the genital organ of his employer, Oluwo Shakiru, and assaulting his wife...

Wife of Mexican drug boss sentenced on federal drug trafficking charges

The wife of Mexican drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison and four years of supervised release,...

CNN suspends its anchor indefinitely

CNN is suspending prime time anchor Chris Cuomo “indefinitely, pending further evaluation,” after new documents revealed the cozy and improper nature of his relationship...