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US threatens to impose visa restrictions on Ghanaian

The United States (US) government has threatened to impose visa restrictions on Ghanaian citizens. This is because the US government says Ghana government was not complying...

South Sudan rebel leader Machar arrives in Ethiopia for talks to end civil war

South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday for a meeting with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, as part of talks...

‘Poisonous’ rice to Africa: Nigeria to shut border to neighbouring country

Authorities in Nigeria say they will close their border with an unnamed neighbouring country within the next few days to stop foreign rice being...

Trump says US will not be a migrant camp

President Donald Trump has said he will not allow the US to become a "migrant camp", as he stood by his administration's immigration crackdown. "The...

Video: Man crushed to death by his own mother’s coffin

An Indonesian was killed when his mother's coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi. Samen...

Nurse tortures 10-year-old girl with hot iron

The police in Lagos have arrested one Mrs. Yetunde Bello for allegedly torturing her 10-year-old housemaid, Paulina, with a hot iron. It was learnt that...

Why I killed my naval officer boss – Houseboy shares his story

Raphael Jaja, the houseboy of a naval officer who allegedly killed his boss, Lieutenant Abubakar Yusuf and his girlfriend, Lorraine Onye, has confessed to...

GUBA Expo set to strengthen Ghana and UK trade and culture links

Ghanaian and African businesses will be seizing the chance to boost trade opportunities with the UK during the GUBA Greenwich Trade Expo this week. The...

Togo unrest: Ghana, Guinea unite effort to bring peace

Guinean leader, Alpha Conde, has made a day’s visit to Ghana, to confer with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on the political situation in...

Historic: North Korean media celebrates Trump’s meeting with their leader

North Korea has celebrated the Trump-Kim summit as a great win for the country, with state media reporting that the US intends to lift...

‘We are still at war’ with Ebola – WHO chief

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic, despite encouraging signs that...

WhatsApp rumours triggering lynchings as two more get killed in India

Indian police have arrested 16 people after two men became the latest victims of hysteria over WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers. The men had stopped...

Buhari trying to kill me – Obasanjo cries out

 Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Mahamadu Buhari of planning to kill him Obasanjo in a statement by his media aide, Kehinde...

My wife prays for me before I go for robbery operations – Suspect

A 34 year old serial robber, Mr. Idowu Dosumu who was recently nabbed in his criminal activities has revealed that his wife is aware...

Lady kills her husband for beating the family cat

Police in Dallas, Texas say a woman has confessed to fatally shooting her husband “as he was beating the family cat” during an argument...

Crocodile kills pastor during lake baptism

A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia. Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about...

PHOTO: Man collapses after donating blood but hospital forces him to pay for his blood back

There was a bizarre turn of event recently as a Nigerian man who voluntarily went to a hospital to donate his blood collapsed as...

Support “Ghana Beyond Aid” Agenda – Alumni Advised

Ghana’s ambassador to the United States, H.E Dr. Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah, has urged alumni of Ghanaian universities to support the “Ghana Beyond Aid” agenda being...

Boy, 19 sells his 6year old brother to ritualist to pay bride price

A 19-year-old man has been arrested by the Niger state police command for allegedly selling his 6-year-old brother to a ritual killer for N20,000. Aliyu Basala...

Photos: 17-year-old beaten to death by uncle over his inheritance

A teenager has died after being beaten by his uncle, the wife, and six children over an argument regarding his inheritance. Dominic Adiele, 17, of Uzi-Ezike...

Man gets five strokes of cane for divorcing wife

A Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari in Kaduna yesterday ordered that Idris Sai’du be given five strokes of cane for violation of the...

‘I want to make my daughter proud of me,’ says Serena

Serena Williams said she wants to make her daughter proud after fighting back to reach the French Open third round on Thursday. The 36-year-old American...

South Africa outrage over ‘naked’ school choir performance

A "naked" choir performance by a group of South African schoolgirls has led to calls for investigation by the country's education minister. Angie Motshekga said...

Kim Kardashian asks Trump to pardon jailed grandmother

Kim Kardashian West has met President Donald Trump to discuss a potential pardon for a 63-year-old great grandmother who is serving life in prison. Alice...

Ukraine condemned for faking journalist’s murder

The authorities in Ukraine have been sharply criticised for faking the murder of a Russian dissident journalist in Kiev. An official from the Organization for...

Biafra shutdown cripples Nigerian cities

A stay-at-home protest by Biafran separatists in Nigeria has crippled cities and towns in the south-east. Streets are empty and markets, banks and schools are...

More than half of the world’s children are at risk – Report

More than half the world's children are at risk of poverty, conflict and discrimination against girls, according to a report by Save the Children. The...

Photos: Buhari holds meeting with wives of 36 State Governors

On the eve of Children’s Day, May 26, wives of state governors in Nigeria visited President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha in Aso...

Evangelist who wants $54M jet says “Jesus wouldn’t be riding a donkey”

A prosperity gospel televangelist is asking his followers to "pray about becoming a partner" to his mission of obtaining a $54 million private jet....

Papua New Guinea to ban Facebook

Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month while it identifies fake profiles and considers the website's effect on the country. Communication minister Sam...

Morgan Freeman’s lawyer demands CNN retract sexual harassment claims

Morgan Freeman’s lawyer demanded Tuesday that CNN retract a story accusing the 80-year-old movie star of multiple cases of sexual harassment. “We presented CNN with...

Pastor gives lady 48 strokes of cane to get husband

A 39-year-old spinster identified as Princess Josephine Uloma, who is an indigene of Orlu in Imo state has revealed all of her ordeal in...

Buhari to reduce age limits for political office

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will approve a new law to reduce age limits in political office, which could make it easier for younger candidates...

Mugabe no-show at Zimbabwe parliament – again

Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s has once again failed to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating missing diamond revenue. Mr Mugabe had been invited to...

Roman Abramovich granted Israeli citizenship

Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, has been granted Israeli citizenship and will move to Tel Aviv, an Israeli government spokesperson...

32-year-old virgin reveals the struggles she faces

A 32-year-old woman has revealed that she has never been intimate with anyone and hasn't even kissed, let alone have sex. However, she says...

Presidency might clip the wings of ministers’ jet-setting families

President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering placing a moratorium on  the practice of allowing members of the executive to take their spouses and/or other adult...

Mali ‘Spiderman’ to be made French citizen

A Malian migrant, hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris, is...

Girl, nine, shot and killed outside SA school

A nine-year-old girl has been shot dead in what local media are calling a "botched hijacking" outside a school in South Africa. The incident took...

Smugglers ‘shot escaping migrants’ in Libya

People smugglers opened fire on a group of 100 migrants attempting to flee their clutches in northern Libya, aid agency MSF reports. Twenty-five injured survivors...