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Pirates on rampage in Gulf of Guinea – Abducts Ghanaian fishing vessel crew

Pirates have abducted nine crew members of Ghanaian-registered fishing vessels in separate attacks off the Gulf of Guinea. Five abductees in the first attack have...

TB Joshua’s successor: Synagogue Church sets records straight

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) is asking the general public to disregard reports making rounds on social media about an alleged 'succession...

‘Virginity-repair’ surgery set to be banned

Virginity testing, where women are examined to see if their hymen is intact, and repair surgery are set to be outlawed in England and...

Haiti First lady breaks silence, gives details of assassination

The wife of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise has spoken for the first time since gunmen stormed the couple’s home in Port-au-Prince, saying the attack that...

South Africa Zuma riot: Top politician apologises for punching looter

The leader of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province has apologised for punching a looter who was attempting to make off with goods stolen from a...

Meet the woman running to become Somali president

When Somalia’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam, announced her candidacy for president in the next elections, the reaction in Mogadishu was...

No-stress scripture: Nigerian Christians embrace Pidgin Bible

At the Heavenly Citizen's Church in Lagos, the pastor and congregation have adopted a new tool to help them understand Christian scripture: the first...

‘Vampire’ gives chilling confession of killing over 10 children, drinking their blood

A Kenyan man described by authorities as a “bloodthirsty vampire” has confessed to the grisly slayings of 10 children — in some cases, sucking...

At least 33 killed as heavy rains batter western Germany [Photos]

At least 33 people have died and dozens are missing, according to regional officials, after heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Germany,...

Covid in Namibia: ‘Fifteen of my relatives have died’

Former Namibian football star Marley Ngarizemo has lost 15 relatives including his father, brother, sister-in-law and an aunt since the third wave of Covid...

Pastor arrested for conniving with choirmaster to allegedly rape church member

A Port Harcourt-based pastor, Tony Daniel, is in a police cage for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman. The pastor of Jesus Alive Word Refiners International...

Rapper shot in his car while doing Instagram live stream

Los Angeles-based rapper, Indian Red Boy, was ambushed and shot dead in front of horrified viewers while doing an Instagram Live chat. The rapper, whose...

‘My husband was an angel; then he raped me’

Women in Egypt are breaking down the walls of silence surrounding sexual abuse. Now one of the latest fightbacks is against marital rape, an...

Three-headed baby hailed as incarnation of God [Photos]

A baby born with three heads has attracted pilgrims who refer to the child as an incarnation of God. Strangers in India have reportedly been making pilgrimages...

Pastor arrested for allegedly diverting church funds for his PhD

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, arraigned a pastor for allegedly diverting church funds for his private gain. Pastor Omosebi Fred Adeola was...

Pope Francis leaves hospital after undergoing surgery

Pope Francis was discharged from Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery for colon diverticulitis. In response to questions from journalists,...

Influencer, 32, dies after falling off waterfall while taking selfie

Instagram influencer, Sofia Cheung, username @hike.sofi, recently died after falling 16 feet off a cliff in Hong Kong on July 10th. Her latest Instagram post...

Man dies two days after wedding, wife in serious condition

A Nigerian man, Jamilu Abdulhamid, has died in a motor accident two days after his wedding in Kano State.  It was gathered that Mr Abdulhamid and...

Buhari to get US$11.6M for monitoring of WhatsApp, phone calls

The Nigerian Senate has approved N4.8 billion (equivalent to US$11.6 million) to be allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for the monitoring of...

Papa Owusu-Ankomah presents letters of credence to Queen Elizabeth II [Photos]

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Papa Owusu Ankomah, has formally presented his Letters of Credence to Queen Elizabeth II. This was in...

At least 45 dead in South Africa riots after jailing of ex-president

At least 45 people have now died in the violence that has been engulfing parts of South Africa since the jailing of former President...

I can’t be friends with every pastor – Oyedepo on TB Joshua’s funeral snub

Bishop David Oyedepo, the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, also known as, Winners Chapel, has said he couldn't be friends with every...

Cheating ends in joy as two men peacefully exchange wives

Two middle-aged men from Busia County in Western Kenya have mutually agreed to exchange their wives to settle their differences. Josh Odour and Sakis...

Six dead as pro-Jacob Zuma protests intensify in South Africa

Six people have so far been confirmed dead amid #FreeZuma protests in South Africa, where the army has been deployed to quell tension. The protests...

Rare photos reveal what the interior of aeroplane looked like in 1930

Only the rich and famous flew in the 1930s, but while it looked glamorous the planes were cold, loud and often dropped hundreds of...

Photos of late T.B. Joshua’s Mausoleum

Popular Nigerian Televangelist, Prophet T.B. Joshua, was laid to rest in his church premises on Friday, July 9. Here are photos of his Mausoleum:

Man slumps and dies after reading DNA results

Anger has trailed the death of a man who slumped allegedly after reading the result of a DNA test conducted on his son. According to...

Nigeria stun US basketball team after winning pre-Olympic friendly game [Video]

Nigeria has pulled off one of the greatest upsets in international basketball history by stunning the United States in an Olympic exhibition game in...

Popular footballer marries for third time

The captain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa, got married over the weekend for the third time. According to the Nation, Musa got married in...

Haiti President’s widow speaks for first time

The injured widow of Haiti's president has described the moment assassins "riddled" her husband with bullets after bursting into their home in the middle...

Lightning strike kills 16 selfie-taking people

Some 16 people have reportedly been killed by lightning strike in India. Many others have reportedly been injured in the lightning strike in Jaipur in...

Popular actor passes on [Photo]

The Nigerian entertainment industry is in great mourning as another of its members passes on. The death of popular comic actor John Lee was announced...

Father-of-two caught red-handed defiling boy, 16, in a hotel

A 34-year-old businessman, Obinna Obidiugwu, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old boy in a hotel in Umuogu, Okija, Anambra State.It was gathered...

Why sisters lived with mother’s decomposing body for 9 days will shock you

The decomposing body of a 78-year-old woman has been discovered in an apartment in Benin, Edo state. Reports state that the daughters of the deceased...

5 friends perish in accident while returning from club

Residents at Mgbuoba in Rivers State, Nigeria, woke up Saturday morning to a wrecked car and the lifeless bodies of five persons. It was gathered...

Check out dignitaries who attended TB Joshua’s burial ceremony [Video]

Videos and photos are emerging from the burial ceremony of Prophet T.B. Joshua which happened at the Ikotun area of Lagos state. Many dignitaries...

Checkout TB Joshua’s final resting place [Photos]

Popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua has been buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites. He was buried at the church’s premises after an...

COVID-19: Nigeria records first confirmed case of deadly Delta variant

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2. A statement released...

New York train station flooded

Heavy rains continued to spill through New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Friday as Tropical Storm Elsa made its way up the Northeast...

Waitress loses job after being sent home for ‘ugly and inappropriate’ top

A waitress claims she was sent home for wearing an "ugly and inappropriate" top to work - and then lost her job when she...