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Man kills his ex-girlfriend to prove his love for his new partner

A man killed his ex-girlfriend in order to prove his love to his new partner, prosecutors in Russia believe. Suspect Aleksey Petrov, 20, is alleged...

Mum slams 13-year-old son’s school for ‘plan your own funeral’ homework

A mum-of-three has been left outraged after her son was sent work home from school to plan his own funeral. Activities for the 13-year-old to...

School blazers and ties could be banned in September to stop spread of coronavirus

School pupils could be banned from wearing blazers and ties to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The ban would start in September when more children...

15 habits you need to adopt if you want to survive the Covid-19 pandemic

As we write this, India has not only become the fourth worst-hit country by the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of positive coronavirus cases in...

Justin Bieber denies sexual assault accusation

Justin Bieber has denied sexual assault allegations that were made about him over the weekend.  On Saturday, a woman named Danielle alleged in a Twitter...

Simple coronavirus ‘spit test’ instead of painful swab available from today

Patients who have suspected coronavirus can have a “spit” test to see if they have the disease, it is announced today. Until now, potential sufferers...

Man with no limbs inspires online community; bags 1st Class degree

It was the middle of 2019 when a Nigerian man attracted the attention of the online community after a social media user shared the...

Nigeria’s Covid-19 cases exceed 20,000 as 436 new infections are recorded

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have exceeded 20,000 as the country recorded 436 new infections. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a...

Release pastors who violated Covid-19 safety protocols or curses will follow you – Pastor to Akufo-Addo [Video]

The founder of Potter’s Family Chapel has called for the immediate release of pastors who were jailed for not adhering to directives imposed by...

Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 50,000 deaths

Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from Covid-19. The grim milestone comes amid growing political unrest...

Scanty information on theft of donated coronavirus equipment – Kenyan police

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is looking into two separate theft reports relating to donated Coronavirus equipment in March when the Ministry of...

Four devastating ways black Brits health is suffering because of racism

Why in Britain, in 2020, are black people still marching against racism and injustice? In a hard-hitting series, launching today on Windrush Day – the...

Nigerian researchers announce Covid-19 vaccine

A team of Nigerian scientists has announced the discovery of a preventive vaccine against the novel coronavirus, local media reported Saturday. “It is our passion...

Coronavirus: ‘Dangerous phase’ of pandemic as outbreak widens, WHO warns

The world has entered a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic, a top official from the World Health Organization said Friday, a...

Some of the riskiest places you can catch COVID-19 from

Some of the riskiest places you can catch COVID-19 from We have been locked up for over three months and now, people are slowly getting...

Pregnant Nigerian teenager dies of suspected coronavirus symptoms

A 15-year-old pregnant woman on admission at the Ikorodu General Hospital, Lagos, has died from health complications similar to coronavirus symptoms. It was learnt that...

Suspected Covid-19 patient caught after escaping from isolation [Watch]

Some Covid-19 frontliners had a struggle of their lives when they tried 'arresting' a suspected patient who had escaped from an isolation centre. The incident...

Coronavirus pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day, and nearly half of them in the Americas,...

Family of two sisters stabbed to death ‘by stranger’

The grieving parents of two sisters found stabbed to death in a country park have told of their devastation in an emotional plea to help detectives...

China to cancel interest-free loans to African nations

China will cancel interest-free loans to African countries that are due to mature by the end of 2020, President Xi Jinping has announced. He told...

Egyptian LGBTQ activist takes her own life

Sarah Hegazi, 30, a prominent queer Egyptian feminist, committed suicide on Saturday in exile in Canada. She bore the scars of torture and assault...

Mozambique police jailed for killing election observer

Six policemen in Mozambique have been found guilty of murdering an election observer ahead of last October’s election. Anastacio Matavel was shot as he was...

Meet Burundi’s new ‘humble’ and ‘religious’ leader

Burundi's president-elect, 52-year-old Evariste Ndayishimiye, who is expected to be sworn in Thursday, is highly regarded as a "humble" and "religious" man. He was among...

Meet Maya Patterson the lady behind the new Twitter audio feature

Twitter released its much-awaited feature and it has made a lot of buzz around the world, especially Ghana. Some Ghanaians have used the app already...

Kenyan guards charged with leaking president’s video

Two Kenyan security guards have been charged in court after a video of President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on a...

Coronavirus: WHO suspends use of Malaria drug again

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has for the second time stopped the use of an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine on severely ill Covid-19 patients. Data from...

Nigeria: Three arrested while performing rituals at police barracks [Video]

Three suspected ritualists, including a native doctor and a couple, were caught while allegedly performing some fetish rituals.According to a source, the incident happened...

Africa reacts to success of dexamethasone trial

South Africa has said it was "considering" treating seriously ill Covid-19 patients with dexamethasone, a steroid drug that British medical scientists have hailed as...

WHO sees “green shoots” of hope in coronavirus pandemic

Signs of hope are starting to show in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but it...

Mozambique to pay ‘danger money’ to soldiers

Soldiers and health workers in Mozambique are to be given “danger money” for putting their lives on the line to protect people, the president...

Close to 4,000 school girls impregnated in Kenya during coronavirus lockdown

Kenya has reported a sudden surge in teen pregnancies in one single county over a period of five months thus threatening to cut short...

China to prioritise Africa once coronavirus vaccines are ready

China has promised to give priority to African countries once COVID-19 vaccines are ready to use. The Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted by the...

Man in trouble for farting in front of security officials

A man in Austria, Vienna, has been fined the sum of €500 (GHC3,248.47) for farting the air in front of police officials, United Kingdom...

Boris Johnson’s convoy crashes outside Parliament [photo]

Boris Johnson's convoy was involved in a minor collision outside Parliament when a protester ran towards the cars. This forced the lead car in the...

Pregnant Ghanaian nurse’s husband’s agony after wife dies of Covid-19

Mary Agyapong was a nurse at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital in Bedfordshire. She was diagnosed with coronavirus in early April and died a week...

My experience with Covid-19: How I found healing in nature’s roots

Our family got a rude shock when my husband tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month. One week had elapsed between the development of...

Coronavirus can still pass between face mask wearers — even when they’re 4 feet apart: study

COVID-19 can be transmitted between people who are standing more than four feet apart, even if they are wearing a mask, a new study has found. The...

Brazil likely to see a million cases by end of week

Brazil has set a new record of daily cases – 34,918 patients were registered as having Coronavirus in the past 24 hours. There are...

Rapist father jailed 18 years

A 42-year-old Zimbabwean man who raped his 11-year-old daughter on numerous occasions since she was eight years, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in...

Flushing ‘can propel viral infection 3ft into air’

Flushing the toilet with the lid up creates a cloud of spray that can be breathed in and may spread infection, such as coronavirus,...