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Rapper and actor DMX dies at 50

DMX, one of the most popular and successful rappers to emerge in the 1990s, died on Friday. He was 50. “We are deeply saddened to...

Musician bites husband to death [Photo]

A Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) soldier, Daniel Omollo Onyango, has died after a fight with his wife at their home in Kahawa Wendani, Kiambu...

Another ‘DR UN’ appears in Nigeria, awards Tonto Dikeh in massive ceremony; UN reacts

The United Nations (UN) has reacted to Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh’s UN Noble International Ambassador for the United Nations Rescue Services award. The celebrity recently...

Graduate dies in car crash days after posting about “remedy to death”

A young man who recently graduated from a university in Nigeria, Anambra State University, now called Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, died few days after...

Confusion as soldier dies after wife bit his finger

A Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) soldier Daniel Omollo Onyango, has died after a fight with his wife at their home in Kahawa Wendani, Kiambu...

Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip passes on

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she...

Journalist shot dead in her home

A Kenyan journalist identified as Betty Mutekhele, has been shot dead in her home in Ololua Ngong, Nairobi. Reports indicate the incident occurred on Wednesday,...

Newlyweds spend first night in a stadium for breaking Covid-19 rules [Photos]

A newly wedded couple spent their first night in an open stadium after they were arrested for breaking Covid-19 rules in Rwanda. The couple and their...

Prostitutes go on strike over Covid vaccines

Sex workers in a Brazilian city have gone on strike for a week, demanding to be included in the group of front-line workers receiving...

Musician busted for ‘copying’ Wizkid’s songs and allegedly making about $78k monthly

Social media, especially Twitter was taken by surprise after an alleged impostor with the stage name 'Wisekid' pulled a fast one on unsuspecting Wizkid...

Man in court for allegedly chopping off student’s hand for resisting rape

A 16-year-old Senior High School form two student in Bududa District, Uganda has narrated how she was waylaid and attacked by a machete-wielding man...

Stripper in court for infecting five police officers after ‘squirting in their faces’

A Florida lap dancer is facing 1,036 years in prison after she allegedly assaulted five police officers with her vagina, infecting them with chlamydia,...

Covid curfew breaker dies after doing 300 squats as punishment

A man has died after allegedly being forced to do 300 squats for breaking coronavirus curfew. Darren Manaog Peñaredondo was caught buying a bottle of...

Rapist cut off my hand when I refused to strip – Girl tells court

A 16-year-old senior two student in Uganda's Bududa District has told court that she was waylaid and attacked by a machete-wielding man who left...

Actress left with rotten nose after failed operation

An actress was left with a black rotting nose and lost out on work after botched cosmetic surgery. Gao Liu, 24, has now reached a...

Man beheads grandmother, takes head to police station [Photos]

A man in his early 20s reportedly chopped off his grandmother's head, placed the severed head in a plastic bag, and took it to...

Bird flu hits 7 Nigerian states

Human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird flu” has been confirmed in 7 Nigerian states.  Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu made...

When is Ramadan 2021?

The first day of fasting for the holy month of Ramadan, which is determined by the sighting of the new moon, is likely to...

Kanye West: Netflix buys rapper’s documentary series for $30M

Netflix has bought a documentary series spanning two decades of Kanye West’s life, said to cover the death of his mother, Donda, in 2007 and...

Dubai deports models for posing naked

Eleven Ukrainian women who took part in a naked photoshoot on a high-rise balcony in Dubai will be deported, authorities said Tuesday, along with...

Woman narrates how her children ate their dead father’s head with beans [Video]

My children unknowingly ate their dead father's head stuffed into a pot of beans, and since then they grew to be zombies. This is the...

New twist to Hushpuppi, accomplice’s ‘fraud’ case

Hushpuppi’s friend, Woodberry, is due to face his Disciplinary Hearing next month for the mobile phone he was found illegally in possession of on...

Kim Kardashian officially declared a billionaire

Kim Kardashian West is joining the ranks of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other moguls: She is officially a billionaire, according to Forbes. Forbes released its annual...

Egypt: Ancient mummies paraded through the streets of Cairo in historic display [Video]

Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs emerged from their resting places Saturday and were paraded through the streets of Cairo to a new home. What...

Faulty birth control pills gets 150 women pregnant

In Chile’s arid Atacama desert, Tabita Daza Rojas is trying to scrape together enough money to finish construction on her home before her baby,...

Woman finds out on son’s wedding day bride is her long-lost daughter

A woman, attending her son’s wedding, was left in tears after she identified the bride as her long-lost daughter. The incident happened in Suzhou,...

COVID-19: Saudi Arabia to allow only ‘immunised’ pilgrims to Mecca

Saudi authorities said Monday that only people immunised against COVID-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage, starting from the holy month...

Details of 11m Facebook users leaked – Is your phone number on list?

The leaked details of 11 million British Facebook users have been discovered on a hacking website. More than 500 million users of the social media...

Homeless man turned model becomes a celeb [Video+Photos]

A homeless Nigerian man, Ali Olakunmi, has become a celebrity overnight after a model failed to show up for a scheduled photoshoot session. His...

Prison break: More than 1,800 prisoners escape

More than 1,800 inmates have escaped after a heavily armed gang attacked a prison in southern Nigeria using explosives, correctional authorities said Monday, in...

Thieves return stolen items after they were arrested by swarm of bees [Photos]

Two men, who stole a television set and a cylinder, have returned them after being arrested by a swarm of bees. The bizarre incident...

Covid rule-breaker ‘dies after exercise punishment’

A Filipino man who was found breaking quarantine rules has died after being made to do 300 squat-like exercises by police as punishment, his...

Prince Harry ‘wants apology’ from Royal Family over treatment of Meghan Markle

The alleged fall out from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with US star Oprah Winfrey last month rumbles on. Many experts believe that the strains caused...

Russia’s President passes law that may keep him in office until 2036

Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will allow him to run for the presidency twice more in his lifetime, potentially keeping him in office...

Two-week-old baby boy dies after his pram was hit by car

A two-week-old baby boy has been reported dead after his pram was hit by a car on a pavement in West Midlands. The BMW vehicle...

What depression taught me – MzVee

She’s called her latest album inVeencible, and it’s full of banging tracks featuring the likes of Sarkodie, Kojo Funds, Efya and Falz. But MzVee hasn’t...

Nike gets restraining order against Lil Nas X’s ‘Satan shoes’

The Nike and MSCHF’s feud over Lil Nas X’s 'Satan Shoes' keeps unfolding. Now, the sports giant has secured a temporary restraining order, which effectively...

My twin brother forced me into crime – Robbery suspect tells police

A 29-year-old armed robbery suspect, Taiwo Ojomo, who was arrested alongside three others by operatives of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), led by DCP Abba...

Man and girlfriend wed in shrine

A man and his girlfriend have gone viral on social media over the location for their wedding. In the video shared on Instagram by @isntablog9ja,...

Archbishop found dead in his room

The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala in Uganda, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, has died, the Catholic Church has said.  He was reportedly found dead...