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Nicki Minaj’s father killed by hit-and-run driver

Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, has died after being knocked down in a hit-and-run accident, TMZ has reported. Nassau County Police in New York said...

Drama as ‘cheating lover’ is exposed on wedding day [Video]

Commotion marred a wedding procession after the bride-to-be found out about his soon to be husband’s sexual affair with her chief bridesmaid. According to reports,...

#EndSARS: Nigerian police arrest protesters at Lekki shooting site [Videos+Photos]

Nigerian security forces have detained at least 12 people following protests over the reopening of the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Saturday. The toll...

Court orders paternity test for Nollywood actress’ daughter

A Magistrate Court in Lagos State has ordered that a DNA paternity test be conducted on the daughter of a Yoruba actress, Ronke Odusanya, following...

Kenya: Panic as MP storms Parliament with gun

There was a scare on Thursday when a Kenyan Member of Parliament (MP) said colleagues were unsafe during proceedings because one member was armed. The...

Ayisha Modi wins big contract in Nigeria

Stonebwoy’s personal aide, Ayisha Modi, has taken to Instagram to show off her new contract with a Nigerian business company. Many celebrities such as Victoria...

Wedding crashes as wife finds out groom cheated with bridesmaid [Video]

The wedding of a young couple crashed before even arriving at the venue for their ceremony when a top secret was leaked. The bride found out...

Man charged for threatening to kill Joe Biden

A North Carolina man has been charged for threatening to kill President Joe Biden, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in court Thursday. David...

BBC banned in China

In an apparent tit-for-tat move, BBC World News has been banned from airing in China, according to a statement from China's National Radio and...

Court jails two civilians 100 years for killing police officer

In Uganda, Mbarara Second Division Court Martial has sentenced two civilians to 100 years in prison for the murder of a police officer and...

Army female pilot dies in helicopter mishap

The Uganda army spokesperson has confirmed that one pilot died from a mishap involving a jet ranger on Thursday during a flight training session. The...

Regina Daniels’ billionaire husband alleges threat to his life

Billionaire businessman and former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko, has raised alarm over alleged plan to take his life and...

Woman who glued her hair for one month, finally saved by Ghanaian doctor in USA [Video+Photos]

Tessica Brown, the woman whose hair has been Gorilla Glued for more than a month, finally has sweet relief. As we first reported, Tessica took...

Child’s scalp decaying after aunt poured kerosene on her head and set it ablaze

A six-year-old child is in severe pains after her aunty allegedly poured kerosene on her head to teach her a lesson in Nigeria. The...

Covid: WHO says ‘extremely unlikely’ virus leaked from lab in China

International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China. Peter Ben Embarek,...

US rapper shows $24m pink diamond implanted in his forehead [Video+Photos]

Shortly after revealing he wanted to implant a pink diamond into his face, Lil Uzi Vert has actually done it. Uzi revealed that the diamond is his...

Man caught trying to write exam for his wife during recruitment exercise

A man identified as Adekunle Aremu has been apprehended for impersonating his wife during an Osun Teacher's recruitment exercise in Nigeria. The impostor was caught while trying...

Two masks wearing reduces COVID-19 spread, U.S. study shows

Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks are likely to significantly reduce a person’s exposure to the...

Popular cross dresser, two others jailed for practicing homos3xuality [Video]

A popular Cameroonian cross dresser known as Shakiro and two homosexuals have been sentenced to prison.  According to Cameroon News Agency,  the court of first...

Coronavirus: Bat scientists find new evidence

Scientists say coronaviruses related to Sars-CoV-2 may be circulating in bats across many parts of Asia. They have discovered a virus that is a close...

Europe’s oldest person, a 116-year-old nun, survives Covid-19

Europe's oldest person has survived Covid-19 after testing positive just a few weeks before her 117th birthday. Sister André, a nun who was born in 1904, tested positive for...

Mystery illness in Tanzania leaves patients vomiting blood

A mystery illness that causes people to vomit blood has killed 15 people and hospitalised more than 50 others in Tanzania. The illness detected in...

16-year-old stowaway survives flight from Kenya to Holland

A 16-year-old Kenyan stowaway was found alive after he reportedly hid in the landing gear of an airplane that flew from the East African...

Iranian cleric makes wild claims against COVID-19 vaccine

An Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian, has warned his social media followers not to "go near" anyone who's had the covid-19 vaccine, as they...

Biden expands protection for LGBTQI

U.S. President, Joe Biden, on Thursday issued a presidential memorandum aimed at expanding protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer...

Two Christians flogged publicly for drinking and gambling [Photos]

Two Christian men were publicly flogged today in Indonesia's ultra-conservative Aceh province for drinking alcohol and gambling, in a rare case of non-Muslims facing...

Two judges elected to the African Court

The 34th African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Ordinary Summit has elected two new judges as members of the African Court on...

Woman allegedly kills house help after inserting pepper, metal into her private part

The Kano State Police Command, Nigeria, is set to prosecute a mother-of-four, Mrs Fatima Hamza, who is accused of killing her housemaid, Khadija Rabiu. Mrs Hamza was...

Church usher reveals what a member put in the offering envelope

A church usher took to Twitter to share a photo showing what a member put in the offering envelope. Rather than put money or a cheque...

Ghanaians abroad angry at govt

Some Ghanaians in Holland and Germany have lamented over the compulsory $50 COVID-19 testing fee announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo. After commending the government...

Diddy sues Sean John clothing company for $25m for using his image

Diddy is once again embroiled in a legal battle with Sean John, the clothing line he made famous. According to federal court documents filed in Manhattan, N.Y....

BBC Africa Eye: Lady P and the sex worker sisterhood – Abused, trafficked or killed?

n Sierra Leone, sex workers are often seen as immoral outcasts to be shunned and avoided, even though their profession is legal.   BBC Africa Eve...

New Ebola case detected in eastern DRC

A new case of Ebola has been identified near the city of Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country’s health...

Why Nigeria was removed from WHO vaccine-sharing program

Nigeria expected to receive not fewer than 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccines by the end of January or at the beginning of February but...

A new case of Ebola virus detected in DR Congo

A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's health ministry says. A...

Why I killed my wife and child – Evangelist confesses

Chukwuemeka Obijofa, a 28-year-old man, who claimed to be an ordained evangelist, has explained why he killed his wife and four-year- old son with a shovel in...

Chaos in church as pastor refuses to wed couple for being 5 minutes late [Video]

Church members and wedding guests in a church in Port Harcourt engaged in a verbal fight when the pastor refused to wed a couple...

Woman mauled to death ‘by dog she rescued’

Woman, 25, chewed to death by her rescue dog that attacked her on her sleep A 25-year-old woman was savaged to death by her family's...

Coronavirus: Check out the country that’s rejecting the vaccine

For months, Tanzania’s government has insisted the country was free from Covid-19 – so there are no plans for vaccination. The BBC’s Dickens Olewe...

Biden: ‘Erratic’ Trump should not get intelligence briefings

President Joe Biden has said his predecessor Donald Trump should not be given access to intelligence briefings because of his “erratic behaviour”. The United States...