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You are blatant failures – Bishop Oyedepo on why he sacked 40 pastors

Founder and Leader of Living Faith Church, Bishop Oyedepo, has responded to naysayers who criticised him for sacking 40 pastors. One of the pastors, who...

Meet the man whose saliva burns like fire

Having to be born different is one of the most challenging aspects of human existence, and especially, having to face judgmental lot in society. This...

JSS 2 student stabs School Prefect [Photo]

Senior Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Education, Mr Castro Ezama has decried high level of moral decadence and increasing cultism in Secondary and...

Man killed during struggle with teen who climbed window to see his 14-year-old daughter

A Louisiana father was killed in a shooting battle with a teenage boy, who sneaked into his house to meet his 14-year-old daughter. Police said...

Former DJ in court for inciting South Africa unrest

A well-known former radio DJ in South Africa has been denied bail after appearing in court on charges of inciting violence that followed the...

Girl, 15, allegedly commits suicide over grades, lists names of mates who mocked her

A 15-year-old girl, who sat for her Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at Bwikya Muslim Primary School in Hoima City in western Uganda last year,...

Covid-19: China rejects WHO proposal to return to Wuhan

China has rejected a proposal from the World Health Organization (WHO) that the expert team investigating the origins of Covid-19 should return to the...

Tunisia Health Minister sacked as Covid-19 spirals

Tunisia's Health Minister, Faouzi Mehdi has been sacked as the country struggles to cope with surging numbers of coronavirus cases. He faced criticism for organizing...

Fraudsters inject 800 Ugandans with water instead of Covid shots

At least 800 people in Uganda received fake Covid-19 vaccines in June from “unscrupulous people” as employers rush to inoculate workers amid a spike...

Robbers allegedly drop letter to notify residents of an upcoming operation [Video]

Everyday in Abuja comes with its own drama, and that which was witnessed on Wednesday morning is an unusual letter in a building complex. Per...

Pastor dies as his uncompleted church building collapses

The pastor of Divine Light Prophetic Mission in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Pastor Daniel Obasi, has died after his two-storey building under construction...

Séléka: The history of a Central African armed group

Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, a former Séléka leader, is facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the crimes he committed in the...

Covid: The Mexican villages refusing to vaccinate

In November Pascuala Vázquez Aguilar had a strange dream about her village Coquilteel, nestled among the trees in the mountains of southern Mexico. A...

Eid-ul-Adha: History remade as Catholic priest storms mosque for prayers

History was recorded in a Mosque in Ogun State, Nigeria when a Catholic Priest showed up for prayers, one of its kind. Marking this year's...

Watch world’s richest man Jeff Bezos go to space and back in 11 minutes [Video]

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, went to space and back Tuesday morning on an 11-minute, supersonic joy ride aboard the rocket and capsule...

13 Nigerian policemen killed in ambush

The authorities in Nigeria say 13 policemen were killed in an ambush by suspected armed gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara on Sunday. Seven...

Domestic abuse: ‘I went to prison three times – I’m so ashamed’

Mike acknowledges many people would be able to cope better than him with grief, the stresses of work and financial pressure. Throw in "a toxic...

Woman dies 4 days after her wedding [Photos]

A 31-year-old woman, Ate Joy Veronica, who died four days after her wedding, has been buried in Benue state.  Veronica and her husband, Irabor Samuel,...

Mali interim President survives assassination attempt

Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita has been targeted in an attempted stabbing attack after Eid al-Adha prayers at the Grand Mosque in the capital,...

Watch how brave mother rescues her son from broad daylight kidnapping

A CCTV footage released by police has captured the scary moment a five-year-old was almost kidnapped in broad daylight in Queens, New York. According to...

Church sacks 40 pastors for not meeting targets for ‘tithes and offerings’

A man, who identified himself as a former pastor of a church in Nigeria, has claimed he and other pastors were sacked by the church for...

The MP who was slapped but not beaten

When Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur hit global headlines for becoming the first North African woman to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, another Tunisian woman...

Nigerian pilot escapes as another military jet crashes

The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) on Monday confirmed the crash of an Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara. The aircraft was returning from air interdiction between the...

Oil producing nations agree deal to control prices

Oil producing nations have agreed to increase their output, with the aim of reducing prices and easing pressure on the world economy. The Opec cartel...

Mysterious sheep with five horns spotted in market [Video]

An unusual sheep specie is getting tons of attention from Lagos residents after it was spotted in a market. Bypassers have trooped to a wet...

Meet Nigeria’s first female military pilot [Photos]

The military is an occupation that has been dominated by men, however, many females have been venturing into it, giving their male folks a...

Fuel tanker explodes; at least 13 killed

At least 13 people were killed when a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in western Kenya over the weekend. The truck collided with another...

Jacob Zuma appears in virtual corruption trial from jail

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has appeared on a video link from prison to attend a corruption trial. Mr Zuma faces charges of fraud...

Man plays ‘football’ with bundles of cash at mother’s funeral [Video]

Nigerian businessman, Obi Cubana, has been trending over the weekend on social media after his friends presented 246 cows to him during his mother's...

Man sentenced to death for killing boss’ wife in revenge

A High Court sitting in Oyo State, Nigeria, has sentenced a man to death for killing his boss' wife in revenge. The 37-year-old Adeyemi Morenikeji...

Newly-married man dies while saving lady from drowning

A Nigerian man, Eluemunor Richard Okasia, exchanged his life for a drowning lady at a beach in Kaliningrad, Russia.  The unfortunate incident is said to...

Amputee hawker buys house, owns pure water factory [Photo]

Mary Daniel, the sachet water hawker who went viral because she's an amputee, has acquired a 17.5 million Naira apartment in Lagos. The 27-year-old Kogi indigene...

Groom abducted at wedding ceremony by men yet to be identified

There was chaos at a wedding ceremony after unknown men stormed a wedding venue and kidnapped the groom. The incident reportedly occurred inside the New...

Bizarre: Kidnapped 12-year-old boy found inside coffin

Security operatives in Kwara State have rescued a 12-year-old boy suspected to be a kidnapped victim.  The boy was rescued by the joint border patrol...

Nigerian army general shot dead in attack

A senior Nigerian army officer has been shot dead by gunmen while travelling from the central city of Lokoja to the capital Abuja. Maj-Gen Hassan...

Reporters Without Borders calls for prosecution of Kennedy Agyapong

Reporters Without Borders has urged Ghanaian authorities to prosecute Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, for threatening a journalist with The Multimedia...

WhatsApp to let users message without their phones

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time. At present, WhatsApp is linked to...

Man gifted 246 cows for mother’s funeral

The backyard of Nigerian entrepreneur, Obi Cubana, has been turned into a cattle ranch ahead of his mother’s burial ceremony. This became so as Cubana...

How cooking oil helped shop employees to stop looters during South Africa riots [Videos]

Shop workers in a South African town hit by ongoing riots foiled looters by pouring cooking oil on the floor outside the entrance to...

Cocaine disguised as charcoal worth up to $41 million seized by police

Cocaine disguised as charcoal with a potential street value of up to 35 million euros ($41.4 million) has been seized in a joint operation...