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Coronavirus: Which African airlines are taking off and when?

While the reopening of air borders is looming, many uncertainties remain about when air traffic will return to normal to and from Africa. Jeune...

240 years prison terms slapped on two Tanzanian poachers

Manyoni District Court in Singida District has sentenced two poachers, Juma Ramadhan, alias Kibangula to 160 years and Thadei Antony, alias Ndahani to 80...

All we want is your daughter’s virginity – Kidnappers tell victim’s parents

Suspected cultists who kidnapped a young girl in Bauchi State have revealed that all they needed from her was her virginity. The 20-year-old girl, Patience,...

How lockdown affected the lives and finances of sex workers

As darkness falls, a group of women emerge from the shadows, ready to ply their trade near the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court. The group identify themselves...

Guinea-Bissau leader sacks ministers

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dismissed five government ministers. Ministers for defence, interior, economy, agriculture and energy were all dismissed in a decree on...

Top politician’s wife hot for ‘donating’ pure water as empowerment package

Aishatu Mohammed, the wife of Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, has come under heavy criticism for donating bags of sachet water to people. The Nation...

Covid-19: Three die, one permanently blind after drinking hand sanitiser

Three people died and one is permanently blind from methanol poisoning after drinking hand sanitiser in New Mexico, health officials said. An additional three people are in...

Covid-19: Tonto Dikeh distressed as she loses two people within 24 hours

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has taken to her social media page with a piece of heartbreaking information to her fans and followers. The movie...

Nigeria records 779 new Coronavirus cases, total infections now over 24,000

Nigeria on Saturday, June 27, recorded its highest daily toll of the Coronavirus infections with 779 cases, bringing the total COVID-19 cases in the...

She begged for it – Man who defiled 13-year-old daughter claims

A 50-year-old man, identified as Adeleye Fayemiwo, has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old daughter. His arrest was...

Scientists discover Covid-19 goes beyond just being a respiratory disease, it does more damage

Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects...

114-year-old Ethiopian recovers from Covid-19

The recovery from coronavirus of an Ethiopian man who is believed to be at least 100 years old was "incredible", one of the doctors...

Nigerian kids get Hollywood invite after recreating movie trailer

The Nigerian kids famous for remaking multimillion-dollar music videos and movie trailers with household items may be heading to Hollywood. Members of Ikorodu Bois nabbed the...

Father who raped 3-yr-old daughter while his wife was in labour room blames evil spirits

A 43-year-old father has been arrested for allegedly raping his three-year-old daughter while his wife was in the hospital to give birth. Ikechukwu Ekenta, from...

Police officer arrested after video shows him with knee on woman’s neck

The arrest of Safiya Satchell might have gone down as another anonymous case — were it not for the bystander video that showed a...

Woman arrested after sharing pictures of children painting her breasts

An activist has been arrested for posting a YouTube video showing her two children painting on her topless body. Police in India have just released...

NASA to rename headquarters after its 1st black female engineer Mary W. Jackson

NASA announced Wednesday it will rename its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first African-American female engineer. Her contributions were highlighted in the...

UN workers caught having s3x in back seat (Photos)

The United Nations has said it is 'shocked and deeply disturbed' by a video clip which appears to show two of its workers 'having sex' in...

FBI lists 6 Nigerians among most wanted cyber-criminals

Nationnewslead has learnt that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) on Saturday, June 27, added six Nigerian nationals among its most-wanted cyber-criminals list. The six...

Woman divorces husband for feeding their children with alcohol

A Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday dissolved a five-year-old marriage on the basis that the husband feeds his children with alcohol.The wife, identified...

70-year-old carpenter allegedly defiles 10-year-old girl

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 70-year-old carpenter, Baba Ahmed, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl who dropped out of school in...

Persons behind Nigerian High Commission demolishing identified

Individuals behind the demolition of a building belonging to the Nigerian High Commission in the Greater Accra Region have been identified. The Ministry of...

Meet the woman with two wombs carrying a twin in each [photo]

The case of a woman who discovered she had two wombs and was pregnant with a twin in each has been described as “one...

Anas drops trailer of coronavirus exposé [video]

 Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, is set, in the coming days, to show his latest investigative work.  This time with an exposé about the deadly and fast-spreading...

How an iconic painting of Jesus as a white man was distributed around the world

The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s.It felt “weird,” Carr said.Until that moment,...

The secret spreaders of Covid-19 no one is talking about

The rumours quickly spread among the Syrian fighters in Libya. A group of mercenaries recently hired by the internationally recognised Libyan government were in hospital...

Three killed in riot over wearing of face masks

Three people were killed in a small town in Kenya's Rift Valley during a confrontation between police and residents over the wearing of coronavirus face masks.  Witness...

Politician who told God to kill him at 70 dies at 70 [Video]

https://twitter.com/Naijapals/status/1276220363387613185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276220363387613185&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.peacefmonline.com%2Fpages%2Flocal%2Fsocial%2F202006%2F415837.php Nigerian politician, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has been confirmed dead after being infected with Coronavirus. The former Oyo State governor reportedly died at 70 of...

Yemen: Coronavirus aid loss ‘harming millions of children’

Millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation in Yemen amid a “huge” drop in aid caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Earth tremors show that a big earthquake is coming – Disaster Risk Management expert

A Disaster Risk Management Expert has cautioned that a bigger earthquake may be approaching due to the steady increase of earth tremors across the...

Black people more racist than Whites -Ex- Formula 1 boss

Billionaire Formula one car racing boss, Bernie Ecclestone, has played down racism within the sport and made the astonishing claim that "in many cases,...

Who would be the first to get a Covid-19 vaccine?

Probably people in the country where the first effective vaccine is developed. About a dozen different vaccines are in various stages of testing worldwide, including...

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...