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Test that can spot 98% of virus cases a ‘game-changer’ for identifying immunity

A game-changing blood test that spots 98 per cent of coronavirus cases could identify tens of thousands more victims - and might be available from next...

Dexamethasone: What is the new life-saving coronavirus drug?

Researchers have announced that a drug called dexamethasone has been found to reduce the risk of deaths among ventilated Covid-19 patients by around 33 per cent. A team of...

Two ghosts captured working out at outdoor gym [photos]

Bizarre footage shows the moment two apparent ghosts work out at an outdoor gym, leaving police officers baffled. In the video, three officers stand around...

Mother hires men to “rape” and “humble” daughter for exposing sexually abusive stepfather

As various campaigns against rape heighten, Ugandan media personality, Faith Mulungi, has claimed that a mother hired thugs to rape and humble her daughter...

Boy, 5, told he would never walk takes first steps in heartwarming video

A five-year-old boy who was told he would never walk has taken his first steps. Poignant video footage captures Camden Brooks Hanson move unaided across a room...

Coronavirus: Wives storm isolation centre in Nigeria to demand release of husbands[Video]

Wives of Egbin power station workers made a scene as they called for their husbands to be released to them. Staff of Egbin power station,...

Nigeria: Pastor caught allegedly planting charm on his cousin’s land [Photos]

Rev Paul Abam, whose Ministry is in Cross River State has been disgraced after allegedly being caught planting charm in his cousin's land, in a...

Nigeria: 717 rape cases recorded from January to May 2020 – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu says 717 rape incidents have been reported to the police across the country from January-May this year alone. The...

You’ve been nothing but a blessing – D’banj celebrates wife

Singer, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has taken to his Instagram page to shower praises on his wife, Didi Lineo. According to the...

25-year-old rapes, murders brother’s wife

The police in Zamfara state have arrested a 25-year-old man, Aminu Bala, who allegedly raped and murdered his elder brother’s wife, Hauwau Iliyasu. The state police...

Life-saving coronavirus drug has been found

A cheap and widely available drug called dexamethasone can help save the lives of patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus, according to a...

Indian soldiers ‘stoned to death’ by Chinese troops in fresh border clashes

India says three of its soldiers have been killed in clashes with the Chinese military on the contested border in the western Himalayas. Sources claim...

Major coronavirus breakthrough as experts find first drug to stop people dying

British scientists have found the first drug to stop people dying from Covid-19 which will be rolled out on the NHS from tomorrow. Breakthrough research...

Woman slammed for standing in ‘disrespectful position’ on beach

A woman exercising at the beach has been slammed online for being 'disrespectful' and for having "bad manners." The young woman, who appeared to be...

Coronavirus vaccine: The first vaccine may not prevent you from getting COVID

Desperation for a way to keep economies from collapsing under the weight of Covid-19 could mean settling for a vaccine that prevents people from...

Taxi driver turns to transporting coronavirus corpses using makeshift hearse

A struggling taxi driver has switched to transporting the coronavirus dead to burial grounds in a makeshift hearse. Mohammad Aamir Khan stacks the bodies on...

Kenya president’s staff test positive for coronavirus

Four staff members working in the office of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta have tested positive for coronavirus, a statement from the presidency says. All four...

Kenyan man ‘beaten to death by police during coronavirus curfew’

In Kenya, more claims have emerged of the police using heavy-handed techniques to enforce the country’s Coronavirus curfew. The BBC's investigation series, Africa Eye, has...

Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram commander

A Boko Haram commander, Abu Imrana has been killed in an exchange of gunfights with Nigerian soldiers in Borno state. Vanguard had reported how over...

Nigeria records 717 rape cases in five months

Some 717 rape cases were recorded in Nigeria between January and May 2020, the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Muhammad, has revealed. Speaking to State House...

It kills me to see black educated youth think like white people – Jacob Zuma (Video)

Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa, has expressed his pain of seeing educated black youth being "instruments" of white people. In a short clip shared...

Buhari orders investigation into shooting at his home

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered an investigation into a shooting incident inside the grounds of his official residence involving security guards. The incident reportedly...

Woman’s hand amputated after attack by ex-husband

A woman in Kenya's eastern town on Makueni has been hospitalised after being attacked by her ex-husband with a machete, local media report quoting...

US musicians celebrate Obama on Donald Trump’s birthday

United States (US) musicians and actors decided to celebrate former President Barack Obama on June 14. On the very same day, the country's current...

Woman’s hand amputated after attack by ex-husband

A woman in Kenya's eastern town on Makueni has been hospitalised after being attacked by her ex-husband with a machete. Local media reports have quoted...

Picked on mother’s blind side, raped and abandoned – story of 3-months-old baby

A 3-month-old baby has been raped by a person whose identity is yet to be established at Adogi, Nasarawa State. The victim's mother had allegedly...

To be a tenant is a sin – Pastor [Video]

A pastor is trending on Facebook after he said that it is a sin to be a tenant because that makes you have another...

Salmon shunned in China after link to Beijing virus outbreak

The $700 million market for imported salmon in China is at risk after the fish was implicated in a new outbreak of coronavirus cases...

Man arrested for feeding poisoned food to homeless people

A California man was arrested for allegedly feeding poisoned food to eight homeless people — then filming them writhe in pain for his own...

Restore my virginity before I agree to divorce- Wife demands

A Customary Court in Nigeria witnessed the most outrageous thing when an angry wife Suliat requested her husband, Lateef restores her virginity before she...

I’m a mother – I killed some children’s parents – Lady confesses

Tens of thousands of women took part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda but their role is rarely spoken about, and reconciliation with their...

COVID-19: Young people at risk of depression, anxiety — WHO

The Central Region has recorded a total of three thousand one hundred and ninety-eight (3,198) teen pregnancies from January to May this year. According to...

‘I am a mother – I killed some children’s parents’

Tens of thousands of women took part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda but their role is rarely spoken about, and reconciliation with their...

China could have been battling coronavirus in August last year, study suggests

A Harvard Medical School study suggesting Covid-19 was spreading in China as early as August last year has been dismissed as "ridiculous" by the...

Covid-19: Powerful image of archbishop in church surrounded by pictures of virus victims

An archbishop in Peru had his cathedral filled with thousands of photos of those who have died during the coronavirus pandemic. A powerful image captures Archbishop of...

It was with their consent – says man who slept with his daughters

A 50-year-old father of six, Peter Ayemoba, who was arrested for having carnal knowledge of his two daughters, says he started the illicit affair...

200 black women pen letter to urge Biden to pick a black woman as running mate

More than 200 black women on Friday signed an open letter to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden urging him to pick a black woman as...

Black Lives Matter protest: White man rescued by black man after being badly beaten

Violent clashes erupted between thugs and Black Lives Matter protesters in central London after police were attacked by thugs during a far-right gathering. Injured people...

Prince Harry praises Ghanaian world war II veteran

UK's Prince Harry has written a letter of encouragement and support to Private Joseph Hammond, a 95-year-old Ghanaian WW II veteran, who set himself...

I went to the police over child abuse but one officer wanted to have s3x with me – Woman cries

A desperate abuse victim threw her trust into the hands of the police – only for one perverted officer to proposition her himself. Scarlett Jones...