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Tears as 6-year-old boy commits suicide

Police in Kilifi are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a six-year-old boy, who is alleged to have committed suicide on Thursday, June...

Nigerian returns huge cash he found in Indomie carton

A Nigerian man, Chidiebere Ogbonna, has suddenly become an internet sensation and tagged a “good Samaritan” after returning the sum of N1.8m he found...

Prison officer jailed after harbouring an escaped convict she fell in love with

A PRISON officer harboured an escaped convict after falling in love with him, a court heard. Chloe Jones, 30, let lag Philip King stay at...

South Africans call for school closure as students test positive for coronavirus

Calls for the closure of South African schools are growing as 204 people, mostly learners, tested positive at a boarding school in the Eastern...

Kim Jong-un dead rumours resurface as Japan has ‘suspicions’ about his health

Theories Kim Jong-un is actually dead have resurfaced as he vanishes from the spotlight once again. Japanese officials say they have 'suspicions' about the secretive...

Amid coronavirus pandemic, we are ignoring the scary tuberculosis health crisis

As the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to rise at an alarming rate across the globe, India has already reported close to 5 lakh cases...

Stranded Nigerian chess player ‘broken and traumatised’

Top Nigerian chess player Oladapo Adu has said he is “traumatised” as he remains stranded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 12 weeks after being stuck...

Africa’s top virus deaths: Ex-Nigerian governor dies

The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic across Africa is heading is gone past the 1,000 mark as of April 18, 2020. The casualties...

Five kidnapped mixed-race women to sue Belgium

Five mixed-race - or métis - women who were in the colonial era taken from their mothers by force in Belgian-Congo are taking the...

Ivory Coast begins cleanup after deadly floods

A clean-up has begun in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan after floods triggered by torrential rains left streets and houses underwater and at...

Suppress COVID-19 transmission by all means – WHO urges countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked all nations to make it an urgent responsibility to suppress transmission of the coronavirus and save lives,...

Miner becomes overnight millionaire

A small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after selling two rough Tanzanite stones - the biggest ever find in the country. Saniniu...

Watch: Man grabs shark with bare hands

A man was filmed grabbing a shark with his bare hands on Delaware beach and the video has gone viral. The swimmer grabbed the shark off Cape...

Meet the popular social media influencer who is pregnant with stepson’s baby after ditching his dad

A popular social media influencer, who ran away with her husband’s eldest son, has shared the first ultrasound image of their baby. Marina Balmasheva hit...

Iran arrests men for ‘selling babies on Instagram’

Three men have been arrested in Iran on suspicion of trying to sell two babies on Instagram. Tehran’s police chief, Brig-Gen Hossein Rahimi, said one...

Black Lives Matter: Advocacy pays off as 3 are indicted for killing Black man

Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, have been charged with murder in the February shooting to death of Ahmaud Arbery. A video apparently...

Man defiles 3-yr-old daughter while wife was in the labour room

A 43-year-old man, Ikechukwu Ekenta, has been arrested for allegedly raping his three-year-old daughter in Anambra State.According to reports, the victim was defiled on the...

Hushpuppi: Interpol releases official video of how notorious fraudster & gang were arrested in Dubai [Watch]

Dubai Police has released the first-ever visuals of how most-wanted Nigerian, Hushpuppi and his 12-member gang were arrested. He was arrested by the International Police...

Coronavirus: How long does it really take to get a vaccine ready? We explain to you the process

Will we get a vaccine to fight COVID-19 this year? The world over recorded one of the biggest spikes in COVID-19 cases yesterday (June 23)...

584 drug suspects arrested in Nigeria – NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has disclosed that it had arrested 584 persons for drug-related offences, in Lagos State alone, with a...

Nigeria won’t engage in ‘street fight’ with Ghana over demolition -Presidency

The Presidency on Wednesday said the Federal Government would not engage in what it called “street fight” over the demolition of a building on...

COVID-19 antibodies may fade in as little as 2 months, study says

As the world grapples with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests that antibodies -- the proteins produced by the immune system that can grant protection against...

Gabon MPs vote to decriminalise homosexuality

Members of Gabon's lower house of parliament have voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a...

Court orders President to wear face mask in public

A judge in Brazil has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a protective mask when he is in public spaces in the capital, Brasilia,...

The country where hundreds of thousands of people haven’t heard of Covid-19

Hundreds of thousands of people trapped near fierce fighting in Myanmar’s far west may know nothing of Covid-19 thanks to a yearlong internet shutdown, according...

Six people who’ve come back to life shares what happens after death

As the famous saying goes, there are only two certain things in life - death and taxes. But it still remains mysterious despite huge scientific...

2Baba appointed goodwill ambassador for United Nations Refugee Agency

Nigerian singer Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency. The United Nations High...

Coronavirus bodies stashed in bin bags next to patients as crisis in Brazil deepens

Bodies of coronavirus victims are being stashed in bin bags next to patients as the Covid-19 crisis continues to worsen in Brazil. Earlier this year,...

Nigeria: Man in court for having sex with pig

A 22- year-old man, Ayokunbi Olaniyi,has been arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having sex with a pig. The police prosecutor, Insp....

Brazil’s President ordered to wear mask in public

A judge in Brazil has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a protective mask when he is in public spaces in the capital, Brasilia,...

Bizarre: Woman crushes hubby’s balls

A 35-year-old married woman, Omolara Seriki, has allegedly damaged the scrotum of her 52-year-old husband, Raheem, after she allegedly caught him cheating with another...

Veteran actor reacts to being called a ritualist [Video]

Popular Nollywood actor, Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo O Kanayo, has reacted to being called a ritualist on social media. The actor,...

Nigeria police rescue workers ‘locked in rice factory’

Police in Nigeria have rescued more than 100 people they say were locked in a rice-processing factory and forced to work throughout a coronavirus...

More than 180 SA pupils test positive at coronavirus hotspot

The health authorities in South Africa are scrambling to contain a coronavirus outbreak at a school in Eastern Cape province after about 180 pupils...

British school begs ex-Nigerian student over racism

The Head Master of Eton College, Simon Henderson, says he is “appalled” by the racism experienced by Dillibe Onyeama, the first Nigerian and first...

Liberia’s Education Minister flown into Ghana for Covid-19 treatment

Liberia’s Education Minister has been flown into Accra and is undergoing treatment after testing positive for Covid-19, sources close to Ghana’s Covid-19 management team...

Akufo-Addo apologises to Buhari over demolition of Nigerian High Commission property

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, has rendered an apology to President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, over the demolition of a building at the...

Nigeria: Wife damages husband’s genitals over alleged infidelity

Nigerian law enforcement officials have commenced an investigation into the allegation against a housewife, who reportedly damaged the genitals of her husband. One Omolara Seriki,...

Coronavirus: Liberia’s Education Minister flown into Ghana for treatment

Liberia’s Education Minister has been flown into Accra and is undergoing treatment after testing positive for Covid-19, sources close to Ghana’s Covid-19 management team...

Dubai’s super-car scrapyard where cars worth millions are abandoned [Watch]

https://youtu.be/h5g_dO2JgE4 Over the past few years, Dubai has been noted for its flashy lifestyle where millions of people visit for holiday and business purposes. A video...