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Magufuli praises official who caned students

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has praised a senior government official for caning a group of secondary school students who were accused of setting fire...

Gandhi’s ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday

Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi's remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say. The ashes were taken from a memorial in...

Facebook says it has removed multiple accounts from UAE, Nigeria, Egypt and Indonesia

Facebook Inc has removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia, citing “coordinated inauthentic...

Thirteen killed in Kenya bus crash

At least 13 people have been killed and others injured after a bus collided with a truck in a town near the lakeside city...

Two teachers, six students kidnapped in Nigeria

Police in Nigeria say six female secondary school students and two members of staff have been kidnapped in Kaduna State in the north of...

Video: 60-year-old teller fights off armed bank robber

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IuyZYAJe4/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again An elderly female bank employee has been hailed after she fought off an armed bank robber and forced him to leave the premises. READ: Shatta...

Man, 27, caught digging up father’s body to retrieve his leather shoes

A Kenyan man was caught exhuming his father’s body to retrieve his leather shoes.  The 27-year-old Patrick Mwangi Katonye was caught by members of the public,...

Dramatic escape by jailed Colombian politician caught on video

Colombian officials have ordered an investigation following the daring escape in Bogota of an imprisoned former senator from a medical centre where she had...

Murder: Ghanaian stabs Ghanaian to death in Europe

A Ghanaian resident in Spain has allegedly killed another Ghanaian in a meat factory where they both work. The happening was made known to the Ghanaian...

Buhari faces Ramaphosa weeks after xenophobic attacks on Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to face South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, weeks after Nigerians were subjected to xenophobic attacks in South Africa. South African...

Pastor robs, kills girlfriend, uses proceeds to renovate church

The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a pastor for the alleged murder of his girlfriend and church member within the Railway axis...

The last legal sex workers in Tunisia

For decades state-regulated brothels have existed in Tunisia. They remain legal, but pressure from women's rights activists and religious conservatives has forced nearly all...

Buhari warns hate speech threatens security

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says social media is threatening to undermine national security, and has called for an end to hate speech. In an address...

Pastor dies while officiating member’s funeral service

The 42-year-old founder of Divine Mount Zion Gospel Ministry, Pastor Femi Olorunsoromidayo reportedly died while conducting the funeral service of one of his members. Pastor Femi, who...

Mugabe’s family to ‘inherit Zanu-PF properties’

Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party will transfer ownership of the palatial home in which the late President Robert Mugabe lived in the capital, Harare, to...

19 pregnant teens and women rescued from suspected baby traffickers in Nigeria

Nineteen pregnant teens and women were rescued as Nigerian police busted a suspected child trafficking ring planning to sell babies, a police spokesman told...

Mugabe buried in steel coffin encased in concrete as family claims people are ‘after his body’

Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe was buried in a steel-lined coffin under a layer of concrete on Saturday, September 28th, following a bitter...

60-year-old man dies while watching porn

A man has reportedly died while watching porn at a sex shop in Italy.  The 60-year-old British tourist is suspected to have suffered a heart attack...

Switzerland to auction 25 luxury cars seized from son of Equatorial Guinea’s president

An auction house in Switzerland is set to sell 25 luxury cars including Ferraris, Rolls-Royces and Lamborghinis that Geneva authorities seized from Teodoro Nguema...

Police uncover baby factory in Lagos, rescue 19 pregnant girls

A statement from the state police command spokesperson, Bala Elkana, says the discovery was made following a tipoff from concerned members of the public. According...

Photos: Lady falls in love with DJ who played at her wedding

In an unusual twist of fate, 26-year old Megan Willis from Baltimore met her current partner, 42-year old DJ Mark Stone when he played...

Xenophobia: Obasanjo advises Nigerians evacuated from South Africa to return

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians evacuated from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the Rainbow Nation to get ready...

RCCG pastor stabbed to death during vigil

A Pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has stabbed to death during a church vigil. Vanguard reports that the in incident took...

Man attacks, robs employer for sacking him

A 27-year-old man, Ebuka Everest, has been arrested for attacking his former employer, Theresa Nnamdi, in Ogun state.Everest was said to have tied his...

Doctor performs abortion on the wrong woman

Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion by mistake. On August 7, a pregnant patient with a six-week-old...

The dilemma of how to appease Mugabe’s spirit

That question has been puzzling many Zimbabweans since it emerged that the body of former President Robert Mugabe - who died more than three...

German court rules hangover is an ‘illness’

 A German court has ruled hangover is an "illness", in a case against the maker of an anti-hangover drink. The firm was taken to court...

Torture House: Hundreds freed in police raid

Nearly 500 men and boys have been rescued from a building in the northern city of Kaduna, where the detainees were allegedly sexually abused...

World’s oldest working barber dies at 108

A barber, who spent nearly a century of cutting hair in upstate New York “didn’t know the meaning of the word retired.” Anthony Mancinelli in...

Pastor blames child for ‘demon-for-sex attack’

A pervert pastor tried to rape an underage girl – then said the child’s ‘demons’ had provoked him into the sex attack, police say. ...

Army Corporal arrested with 169 blocks of cannabis

A Corporal in the Nigerian Army identified as Muzambilu Abdullahi has been arrested in possession of 169 blocks of Indian Hemp...

FIFA reacts to ‘Messi Vote fixing claims’

FIFA has denied allegations of foul play with regards to the voting as Lionel Messi was named Best Men's Player at the FIFA The...

Claims of corruption in FIFA Awards as player says he didn’t Vote for Lionel Messi

A participant mentioned to have voted for Lionel Messi to win The Greatest FIFA Males’s Participant award has sparked corruption controversy by claiming his...

Video: Lady allegedly runs mad after alighting from G-Wagon

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wyZuznP7k/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again READ: Special Report: Find out where poisoned water is used to grow vegetables for public consumption (video) A lady, suspected to be a student of...

US museum returns looted Egyptian gold coffin

A gilded coffin looted by art thieves in the wake of the Arab Spring and unwittingly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in...

How an encounter with Bill Gates changed my mentality about wealth and charity – Dangote

Africa’s richest man and chairman of the Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, has said his meeting with Bill Gates changed him into a different person...

Former French president Jacques Chirac dies

Jacques Chirac, former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. More soon. Source: BBC

Trump turns tables on Biden amid impeachment push, claims Dems threatened Ukraine

A defiant President Trump said during a press conference in New York Wednesday that he wants "full transparency" not only over the "so-called whistleblower" allegations leveled against him, but also...

‘The fastest way to become poor is to become MP’ – Kenya MP says as he quits

He is known for his trademark green suits and colourful jibes often directed at real and perceived enemies of Deputy President William Ruto. Dr David...

Thieves steal TV sets from South African Police Commissioners home

Thieves have stolen two television sets from a home of South Africa's police chief Gen Khehla Sitole, a police spokesman has said. "Actually it was...