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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...

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...