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Nigerian brothers jailed in US for sextortion scam targeting teenagers

Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in jail in...

Nigeria, now 3rd largest debtor in World Bank’s scheme

A financial statement published by the World Bank has placed Nigeria as the third largest debtor to the Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) as...

Police arrest doctor who fled after a woman died during butt enlargement procedure

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended Dr. Idara Bassey, who was wanted in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman during a...

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II honoured with Honorary Doctorate at University of Cape Coast

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in recognition of his...

Ghana and China elevate ties to strategic partnership

President Akufo-Addo and Chinese President, Xi Jinping have announced the elevation of China-Ghana relations to a strategic partnership. The announcement was made during a meeting...

Spotify wins case over ‘billions’ of Eminem streams

Spotify has won a long-running court case, in which it was accused of streaming Eminem's music without permission. The case was launched in 2019 by the...

Burkina Faso issues new passports without West African bloc’s logo

Burkina Faso has launched new biometric passports without the logo of West Africa's main political and economic bloc on their cover, further signalling its...

Gridlock in Nigeria amid fuel shortages and price hikes

Nigerians have been hit by a double whammy of chronic fuel shortages and a hike in prices by the state-owned oil company. The Nigerian National...

North Korea’s President executes 30 govt officials over floods that killed 4,000 – report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered up to 30 officials to be executed over their alleged failure to prevent massive flooding and landslides in...

Daughter of South Africa’s ex-President Zuma to be Eswatini king’s 16th wife

A daughter of the former South African President Jacob Zuma and the king of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, have become engaged during a traditional ceremony...

Uganda’s Bobi Wine injured by policeman – Aide

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been injured in the leg in a confrontation with a policeman in uniform, his personal assistant has told...

British man baffled by Nigeria declaring him a top fugitive

A British national has said he is at a loss as to why the Nigerian police have accused him of planning to overthrow Nigeria’s...

Rema donates ₦150m to church that opened shop for his mum

Afrobeats star, Divine Ikubor known as Rema, has generously donated a total of 105 million naira to various departments of the Christ Embassy church...

Native doctor shoots and kills client while testing bulletproof charm

A 19-year-old self-proclaimed native doctor, Timothy Dauda, has been arrested in Edo State for shooting his client to death while testing a bulletproof charm...

Fire destroys 170-year-old historic church in France

A major fire broke out at a historic church in northern France early on Monday, September 2, with its bell tower collapsing as a...

Man shot dead while testing bulletproof charm

The Edo State Police Command has said it has arrested a 19-year-old self-acclaimed native doctor over the death of his client. The native doctor, who...

Nigerian man plucks out wife’s eyes for alleged ritual

Tragedy struck at Umueze Ibeku community, a Abia State in Nigeria, early Sunday morning, when a middle-aged man identified as Lawrence Uzor, plucked out...

Handler attacked by tiger at Australian theme park

A trained tiger handler has been hospitalised with injuries to her arm after being attacked by one of the animals at an Australian theme...

Indonesia expects to sign $3.5bn deals at Africa forum

Indonesia plans to sign business deals worth $3.5 billion with African countries as it hosts the second Indonesia-Africa Forum in the resort island of...

Top Brazil court to vote on ban of Musk’s X

Brazil's Supreme Court will vote on Monday on whether or not to uphold a ruling to ban social media platform X, formerly known as...

Hounded South African beauty queen wins Nigeria contest

After being hounded over her nationality and forced to drop out of the Miss South Africa contest, Chidimma Adetshina has been crowned beauty queen...

Row over Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower plan

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has triggered a heated debate by saying she wants to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower after the...

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine...

Illegal visa network making millions fleecing students

A global network has fleeced students out of tens of thousands of pounds for worthless visa documents they hoped would enable them to work...

Striking images reveal depths of Titanic’s slow decay

It was the image that made Titanic's wreck instantly recognisable - the ship's bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths. But a...

Israel’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza

Israel’s military said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas militants in Gaza – including an Israeli-American captive – dealing...

US rapper Fatman Scoop dies aged 53

US rapper, Fatman Scoop has died aged 53 after collapsing at concert on Friday in Connecticut, his representative has told the BBC. He was halfway...

Mass poison: Canada-based Nigerian woman under probe for threatening genocide

A Nigerian woman based in Canada, Amaka Sunnberger, is under probe for threatening to poison Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin extractions. A representative of the...

Nigerians paid N1bn ransom to kidnappers in one year – Report

A recent report has revealed that between July 2023 and June 2024, Nigerians paid N1.048 billion in ransom to kidnappers. The report by SBM Intelligence...

New Jersey: 2 brothers killed in crash on the eve of their sister’s wedding

NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were fatally struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bikes on a New Jersey roadway, officials...

Man admits poisoning wife’s Coca-Cola ‘so he could have sex with stepdaughter’

An Indiana man who admitted he spiked his wife's Coca-Cola with cocaine and other drugs in hope of killing her and running off with...

Dangerous criminal wanted for 20 years found working as police officer 

Antonio “El Diablo” Riano, a fugitive wanted by US authorities for almost two decades in connection to a fatal shooting in Cincinnati, was recently...

Shocking: Man gets food poisoning in penis after romp with wife

Doctors have treated the first ever case of rice-related food poisoning affecting the genital region. A 38-year-old man sought help from urologists after suffering redness,...

Tears flow at burial of Nollywood veteran Onyeka Onwenu

Tears and sorrow filled the air as friends, family, and fans gathered to bid farewell to Nollywood veteran and music icon, Onyeka Onwenu at...

Here is what the experts are saying about the new COVID-19 vaccines

Newly updated vaccines against Covid-19 will be in pharmacies soon, just as the US is experiencing a surge of infections. But is it a...

2025 AFCONQ: Otto Addo names 23-man squad for Angola, Niger matches (Photos)

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo on Thursday 29th August 2024 announced a 23-man squad for the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)...

Airport cleaner returns $10,000 found in plane

An employee of the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company, Auwal Dankode, has been hailed for his integrity after returning $10,000 found in a plane. The worker...

Woman who’s undergone over 500 plastic surgeries struggling to find a man

A plastic surgery enthusiast and New York-based influencer, who has undergone 500 procedures to perfect her plastic look has revealed she is struggling to...

Free rent and free parking: Landlords are throwing in sweeteners

Renters are gaining the upper hand in the balance of power with landlords. Apartment units are staying on the market for longer. Vacancy rates are...

Court upholds gun ban for migrants in US unlawfully

A U.S. appeals court upheld a federal law that bars migrants who are in the United States illegally from possessing guns, rejecting arguments by...