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Meet the celebrated artist behind ‘Ethiopia’, the first Pan-African American work of art

The Harlem Rennaisance movement in the 1920s became one of the historic expressions of the black experience. Founded as a literary and musical expressionist...

READ: Why killer pastor’s wife did not report death threat to police

A friend to the woman murdered by his husband in the United States of America (USA) has revealed why the deceased refused to report...

Woman assaulted after surprise car gift from her husband turns out to be a stolen car

A South African woman was beaten up after her husband innocently surprised her with a Toyota Yaris that turned out to be a stolen...

Liberia declares rape a national emergency

Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases...

Gate-crasher kills birthday celebrant

A birthday party ended in tragedy as a guest, Sunday Phillip allegedly stabbed the celebrant, Omeika Josiah to death at Amini Awo village in...

‘Killer pastor’s church members still in shock

Members of the Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries are “devastated” after their Ghanaian pastor was charged with fatally shooting his wife outside her job...

Angry farmer threatens to shoot Buhari (Video)

The 26-second video was uploaded on the micro-blogging platform on Friday by a Twitter user @RomanusEke1 who wrote, “Mr President, this hardworking farmer has a...

Fowl thief forced to eat bird alive [Video]

A viral video on social media has captured moments a suspected thief was forced to eat a fowl he stole. Reports indicate the incident...

Obituary: Toots Hibbert – the man who coined the word reggae

Toots Hibbert, frontman of the legendary reggae band Toots and the Maytals, has died at the age of 77. One of Jamaica’s most influential musicians,...

I warned pastor who shot wife dead – Popular prophet reveals [Video]

The Founder and General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, Salifu Amoako, has revealed he forewarned the Ghanaian-United States (US) based pastor who shot...

Ghanaian pastor who shot his wife multiple times appears in court [Video]

United States (US)-based Ghanaian pastor, Ofori Slyvester, who murdered his beautiful wife, Barbara Tommey, by shooting multiple times has been brought before a court...

Man weds lady he met while selling oranges as a child [photos]

A Nigerian IT Consultant has tied the knot with a young lady he met while selling oranges as a child. The Nigerian man with the...

Porn star dies after being stabbed in the neck [photos]

An award-winning porn star has died after she was allegedly stabbed in the neck by her housemate. Brazilian adult movie star Luane Honorio de Souza...

Nigerian state approves castration of convicted rapists

The state assembly in Kaduna, in north-western Nigeria, has approved full surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. State commissioner for women’s affairs...

Sex for grade: Two more lecturers suspended!

The management of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, has suspended two lecturers over what has become known as 'sex-for-grade' investigation. The lecturers are Prof...

Man dies in car accident three days after his wedding [Photos]

A Nigerian man, Rex Ebube Amatu, has died in a fatal accident, just three days after his wedding in Delta State. According to reports, Rex,...

Killer pastor’s motive for killing wife revealed [Video]

A video of pastor Sylvester Ofori, the United States of America-based Ghanaian pastor who shot and killed his wife, Barbara Tommey, has emerged online. The...

U.S. judges reject Trump plan to exclude many immigrants from representation

A panel of judges on Thursday declared unlawful a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude people who are in the United States illegally...

India in shock over 86-year-old grandmother’s rape

Tens of thousands of rapes are reported in India every year, but some stand out for being deeply disturbing. In one particularly shocking case, police...

WHO and Africa CDC launch Covid-19 laboratories network

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have launched a new laboratory network that will reinforce genome sequencing...

Google and Twitter vow to block voting misinformation

Google and Twitter have said they are clamping down further on misinformation online ahead of the US elections. Messaging platforms expect a flood of false...

Wife divorces husband for allegedly stealing her pant for rituals

A Nigerian woman, identified as Sadia Abass, has divorced her husband over alleged claims that he stole her pant for rituals. Sadia, who is...

Man defiles daughters including 9 months old baby

A 28-year-old man has allegedly defiled his three daughters including a nine months old baby. The suspect, according to reports, was arrested following a report...

Social media users capture red, orange skies in dozen US states [Videos+Photos]

The wildfires raging in more than a dozen western United States (U.S.) states have painted the sky and polluted the air, causing disturbing scenes to unfold in...

Woman banished for allegedly sleeping with neighbours’ teenage sons

A 35-year-old woman from Kenyoni One Village in Kitutu Chache North in Kisii County has been banished from her in-laws’ community after she allegedly...

Doctor shares harrowing account after removing wax and dead skin from man’s ear

An audiologist known as 'the wax whisperer' has said even he was left feeling a little nauseous after removing wax from a man's ear...

4 Nigerians arrested for allegedly hacking, siphoning funds from Philippine bank

The National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) on Tuesday arrested four Nigerian nationals at Muntinlupa City for alleged involvement in an international syndicate that hacks...

White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers

 The U.S. government on Monday will stop conducting enhanced screening of passengers on inbound international flights for COVID-19, Yahoo News has learned.  The screening operations have...

Mexican journalist who wrote about crime found beheaded

A Mexican journalist who wrote about crime in the violent Gulf Coast state of Veracruz was found beheaded on Wednesday, local media reported, the...

Scotland’s Covid-19 contact tracing app goes live

Scotland’s new contact tracing app to help combat the spread of coronavirus has gone live. The Scottish government has said the software will support the...

British Airways owner scraps flights after ‘levelling off’ in bookings

The owner of British Airways (BA) has joined rivals by announcing significant cuts to flight schedules, blaming a “levelling off” in passenger demand. International Airlines...

Plans for 10 million Covid-19 tests attacked

The government’s scientific advisory group earlier said mass testing could lead to a large number of false-positive results. The mass testing programme would cost £100bn...

Liberia’s Charles Taylor ‘bid to move prison rejected’

A special court in Sierra Leone has rejected a bid by convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor to be moved from a British prison...

Bizarre: Python bites man’s manh**d[photos]

A man in Thailand is recovering in hospital after a python latched its fangs onto his penis while he was using his toilet earlier...

Footballer slumps and dies during match(photo)

A football player in Osun State simply identified as Damilola, has died after he reportedly slumped during a football match in the Ido area of the...

READ: Trump’s shocking question to Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed what happened when he visited United States President, Donald Trump at the White House in April 2018. According to him, President...

19-year-old COVID-19 patient raped by ambulance driver, suspect arrested!

A 19-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an ambulance driver on her way to hospital after she tested positive for Covid-19. She is said to have...

Nigeria First Lady defends wedding amid ‘drowning’ row

A viral cartoon which depicts Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari showing her daughter’s wedding pictures to Nigerians drowning in a river is “very unfair”,...

Meet the first Nigerien scientist to work for Nasa

Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). The 29-year-old hydrologist earned her PhD...

Lady slips to her death while posing for photos during an outing with her fiancé

A woman has died after she slipped and fell while posing for photos during a date with her fiancé. The 31-year-old Dorcas Jepkemoi Chumba drowned when...