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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...

60-year-old man dies while taking part in drinking challenge

A 60-year-old man has died while taking part in a drinking challenge live on Youtube. Yuri Dushechkin took in one-and-half litres of vodka on a...

Africa’s best Rolls Royce collector laid to rest

Popularly known as a collector of one of the most expensive cars, Rolls Royce, Dr Bolu Akin-Olugbade, has been laid to rest. The wealthy businessman...

Suspect flirts with female judge during virtual bond hearing [Video]

A Florida burglary suspect tried to shoot his shot at the female judge during a virtual court appearance on Thursday, February 4. Defendant Demetrius Lewis flirted with...

Church under fire as six-week-old baby dies during baptism

The Orthodox Church in Romania is facing growing pressure to change baptism rituals after a  six-week-old baby died following a ceremony earlier this week. The...

Airport officials discover parcels of drugs in woman’s hair [Watch]

An unidentified woman's attempt to cheat airport checkpoint with her hard drugs was shut down when officials nabbed her. A video, which has since gone...

Siblings murder ‘rival’, disfigure body with acid

Two siblings have been arrested for the part they allegedly played in the death of a missing makeup artist whose death shook Twitter. Recall that...

Why this barber was arrested will shock you

A young barber from Benue State, identified as Elijah Ode, has reportedly been arrested in Kano for blasphemy.  According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young...

Instagram stops some users from posting ‘feed photos to stories’

Instagram is disabling the ability to share (and reshare) posts from your feed to stories as part of a test to see how it...

Minister takes back ambulance after losing party primary

A Ugandan minister has withdrawn an ambulance she donated to residents of the northern town of Koboko ahead of the ruling party's primaries which...

15-year-old pregnant girl contracts HIV and Syphilis

A 15-year-old girl is three months pregnant, HIV positive and also being treated for Syphilis after her mother forced her into prostitution. The...

Two MPs exchange blows at a funeral [Video]

Two Kenyan Members of Parliament (MPs) have exchanged blows at a funeral after one of them insinuated that the other was corrupt."We have several...

Drama as DNA proves High Court judge is not father of his 3 children

A Nigerian High Court judge has been left traumatised after DNA proved he is not the father of three children with his ex-wife. The judge,...

Late Zimbabwean lawmaker left behind 12 wives and 79 children [Photo]

Luke Phibion Masamvu, the Zimbabwean lawmaker who represented Mutasa North constituency, has died of Coronavirus.  The former legislator, who was a well-known businessman in Marondera, Bindura and...

4 big myths about coronavirus variants people need to stop believing

Over the past month, news of new SARS-CoV-2 variants has emerged from around the globe: first in the United Kingdom, then South Africa and...

Man, 21, confesses to kidnapping, murder of two nephews

The police in Osun State in Nigeria have arrested a 21-year-old undergraduate of a state-owned university and his herdsman accomplice for kidnapping and killing...

Tears as beautiful wife dies five days after her wedding

Social media has been inundated with photos of a beautiful Nigerian woman who has died five days after getting married. The deceased, identified as Khadijat...

I knew people will call me ‘beauty with no brains’ – BB Naija’s Nengi

Big Brother Naija Lockdown second runner-up, Rebecca Nengi Hampson, says she knew people will call her beautiful girl with no brains. She said even after...

Cuba helicopter crash: 5 dead!

A Cuban military helicopter has crashed into a hill in the east of the island, killing all five people on board, the Armed Forces...

Two evangelists fight over preaching spot [Video]

Nigerians have questioned the anointing on two evangelists as they were spotted in a tough battle over preaching spot at Ikeja bus stop in...

Covid-19: Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials

A new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective in large-scale United Kingdom (UK) trials. The Novavax jab is the first to show...

Biden to sign memorandum to reverse Trump’s abortion access restrictions

President Joe Biden will sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expanded by the Trump...

Dangote sues ex-girlfriend for $30,000

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has told a United States of America court how his former American girlfriend, who exposed a part of his...

Full list of countries on the UK’s quarantine ‘red list’

Travellers arriving into the United Kingdom (UK) from countries deemed high-risk because of coronavirus will need to spend their isolation in ‘quarantine hotels’, the...

Coronavirus: Doctor accused of killing patients to ‘free up beds’

A doctor has been accused of murdering two of his patients to free up beds in a Covid-19 hit hospital, prosecutors in Italy have...

Man who strained his back to pick up company car keys to receive compensation

An Australian court has ruled that a man, who accidentally dropped the keys to a company car and strained his back while bending over...

Sad scenes: Three Ministers killed by Covid-19 get buried

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, is among three top government officials being buried at the Heroes Acre in the capital, Harare after they succumbed...

Coronavirus: Magufuli warns Tanzanians against vaccines

Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, has warned the country’s health ministry against rushing into embracing the COVID-19 vaccines promoted by foreign companies and countries.Mr Magufuli...

If you fall under the anointing and you break anything, you will pay – Pastor warns members [Watch]

A video of a pastor warning his members against falling under the anointing and breaking the church property has gone viral. In the hilarious video,...

Witches in court over health of 3-year-old girl

Six self-confessed ‘witches’ have been put before a court in Yola, Adamawa state capital over the failing health of a three-year-old girl.  The suspects; a 60-year-old woman, one...

Pastor happy after ‘God’ did this to his daughter’s abuser [Video]

The Founder and Presiding Bishop of Christ Life Church worldwide, Francis Wale Oke, has narrated how 'God killed' a university lecturer who failed one of...

Bill Gates sends shocking message to Nigeria

American businessman, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian government to consider fixing the poor health sector in the country rather than spending money on...

Popular actor slumps and dies a year after battling stroke

Veteran Nigerian actor, Ernest Asuzu is dead. Popular Nigerian blogger, Kemi Filani, has reported that the actor slumped and died around 9:00 pm on Tuesday, January...

Lady kills husband with a high-heeled shoe

A wife in Ugbuwangue, Warri, Delta State in Nigeria has allegedly hit her husband with the heel of her shoe over allegation of infidelity, killing him...