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Ghana set to participate in 2021 UN Food Systems Summit

Ghana is set to participate in the UN Food Systems Summit to be convened by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on September 23, 2021,...

President Akufo-Addo addresses UN General Assembly today

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today mount the podium at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Hall at the annual gathering of world...

Conjoined twins separated as babies still sleep like they’re joined together

Twin sisters who were born conjoined at the spine say they still sleep as if they were joined together, 20 years on. Eman and Sanchia...

Electricity worker falls from pole while disconnecting community

 An Ikeja Electric worker identified simply as Tunde has been hospitalised after falling from a pole on Palace Way, Abule, Arepo, in the Obafemi...

Physically challenged kidnapper arrested with N2m ransom paid

A physically challenged man, Buhari Haruna, 22, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for attempted kidnapping for ransom.He was paraded at...

Man arrested after failed attempt to behead lover for rituals

A man suspected to be a ‘Yahoo boy’ has been arrested by the police in Bayelsa State over alleged failed attempt to use his...

Couple kidnapped four days to their wedding

Gunmen struck at Ekiti East Local Government Area on Sunday and abducted a would-be couple planning to get married next week, the police said...

Stray bullet kills pastor during morning devotion in his home

A head pastor of the Glorious Gospel Fire Assembly in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has died after he was hit by a stray bullet. It is...

Johnson Sirleaf, Tanzania President, others named 2021 Influential Women in Africa

Former Liberia President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tanzania President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, have been named in the list of top 100 most influential women...

Trigger-happy police officer kills man, 25, hours to sister’s wedding

A 25-year-old man, Moses Adam, has passed on after he was hit by a stray bullet fired by a police officer in Benin City,...

Gunman kills six at Russian University [Video]

A gunman has killed six people at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say. The assailant walked on to the campus on...

Rwandan court finds real-life ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero guilty on terror-related charges

A Rwandan court on Monday found Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide,...

No sign of £4.8m ‘golden toilet’ stolen from Blenheim Palace, two years on

An '18-carat gold toilet' is still missing and no one has been charged with its theft two years after it was stolen. The working toilet...

Rwanda: The mysterious deaths of political opponents

The death of former Rwandan lieutenant Revocant Karemangingo, a critic of President Paul Kagame, is the latest addition to a list DW has compiled...

Stonebwoy announces Anloga Junction UK tour

Award-winning dancehall musician, Stonebwoy, has announced new dates for his Anloga Juntion United Kingdom (UK) tour after the global pandemic disrupted the event last...

CCTV captures man in police uniform breaking into home [Video]

A Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage has exposed a man purported to be a police officer who broke into a resident's home. In the video, which...

Female prayer warrior leaves church to marry fetish priest

Though there is the perception that she is not compatible with her husband, a Nigerian prayer warrior says she does not regret marrying her...

Marry each other – Nigeria’s IGP appeals to police officers

The Inspector-General of Police of Nigeria, Usman Baba Alkali, has called on officers and men of the Force in the country to get married...

Proprietor’s 10 dogs maul 2-year-old pupil to death in school compound

A pupil at Global Growth Academy, Amokpo, Umuanunwa, Nteje in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State has been eaten by 10 dogs...

Boy, 15, gets USB cable stuck in his p3nis after inserting it to measure its length

A 15-year-old boy had to be rushed to the hospital after he inserted a USB cable into his pen*s and it got stuck. The unidentified...

Military junta rejects ECOWAS’ demand to let Conde leave Guinea

Guinea’s military junta said on Friday it would not bow to regional pressure and allow President Alpha Conde, detained since his overthrow on September...

Guinea: Akufo-Addo, Ouattara to confer with coup leader

The chairman of ECOWAS, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday visited Guinea to meet the military leaders in that country, a day after the...

Woman finds human finger in hamburger she bought at eatery

A woman was horrified to discover a severed human finger in a hamburger at a fast food restaurant in Bolivia. Estefany Benitez visited a Hot...

Man seals boss’ mouth with glue during assassination attempt

A Nigerian man is in police grip for allegedly attempting to kill his Ghanaian employee who secured his travel. The police also uncovered a note...

One dead, many injured as festival turns bloody

One person has been killed after violence erupted during a community annual festival in Ughelli Kingdom in Delta State, Nigeria. It was gathered that several...

How shipwrecked mum-of-two drank her own urine so she could breastfeed kids until rescue

A shipwrecked mum-of-two drank her own urine so she could breastfeed her children to keep them alive for four days after their boat was...

Group fighting TB Joshua’s wife over succession faceless – SCOAN

Members and partners of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and Emmanuel TV have said some people in the church are planning to...

Prince Philip’s ‘Will’ to be secret for 90 years

The Duke of Edinburgh’s will is to remain secret for at least 90 years to protect the “dignity and standing” of the Queen, the...

Father files $1m lawsuit against teacher who cut his child’s hair

The father of a seven-year-old girl, whose hair was cut by a teacher without parental permission, is suing the school district and two staff...

Horrifying moment machete thugs attacked rival on busy road

This is the horrifying moment violent thugs wielding machetes and hammers attacked a man at a busy road in Birmingham.  Dashcam footage shared on Twitter shows...

Nigeria: Top govt appointee collapses while delivering a speech

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), slumped at a programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The 41-year-old...

Ghanaian PhD student in top US university drowns in pool

News of the death of a Ghanaian PhD student in the United States of America (USA), Adam Gafaru, has thrown a section of Ghanaians...

BBC’s detailed report on Hushpuppi – the Instagram influencer and international fraudster

Ramon Abbas - known to his 2.5 million Instagram followers as Hushpuppi - is considered by the FBI to be one of the world's...

Two children mauled to death by hyena while asleep

Two children have been killed by hyenas at Baisa village in Kinango, Kwale County, Kenya. The siblings, Lugo Nyale, 2, Mbodze Nyawa, 1, were attacked...

Missing siblings found dead

Lifeless bodies of two sisters, who were reported missing, have been discovered by the Limpopo police, South Africa in a bush on Tuesday evening,...

French storms: Nine drown in choppy Mediterranean sea

At least nine people have drowned in rough Mediterranean seas in the south of France, officials have said. They were swept out to sea while...

Mistress allegedly pours hot water on housewife in her sleep

A married woman, Adeola Moshood, 33, is critically ill at Gbagada General Hospital in Lagos after her husband’s mistress, Precious Ahanonu, attacked and poured...

Footage of how thief tactically stole man’s phone [Video]

An unidentified man committed the almost perfect thievery, but for a hidden camera that captured all his tricks. A video widely in circulation shows the...

Nigerian tech expert dies in his sleep, 7 days after winning $125 million U.S. govt contract

A Nigerian tech expert, David Gbodi Odaibo, has reportedly died in his sleep, seven days after winning a $125 million United States government contract.  His brother and Chief...

Severed manh*od in a jar found in garden

Police in Argentina are investigating after a gardener found a jar containing a severed penis at his mother's garden as he tended to the...