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PHOTO: JSS 2 student dies after taking 10 tablets of Tramadol

A Junior Secondary School pupil at Ohafia in Arochukwu Local Government of Abia State has reportedly died after consuming 10 tablets of Tramadol. This statement...

Nigeria probes man who attempted to fly with over $375,000 cash

Nigeria Customs earlier this month arrested a man who attempted to travel with $375,000 cash to the United Arab Emirates. They have since handed the...

Sierra Leone votes for new president

Voting is under way in Sierra Leone, where more than three million people are eligible to choose a new president, parliament and local councillors. In...

Rwanda church closures: Pastors arrested for defying order

Police in Rwanda have arrested six pastors they accuse of being the "masterminds" behind a plot to defy a government order closing churches. The suspects...

Porn actress sues Trump over 'hush deal'

An adult film actress embroiled in allegations of an affair with Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against him alleging that a nondisclosure contract...

How I met my dead aunty in a cab

Some people & cultures believe in ghosts and reincarnation (the ability of the dead to still live and cohabit among the living) and as...

Togo opposition to restart protests, Buhari lauds Ghana-led mediation

President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buahri, has lauded efforts by Ghana in mediating the political crisis in Togo where opposition groups are calling for incumbent...

Aliko Dangote builds N1.2bn Business School in Kano

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote yesterday,March 3rd, commissioned the N1.2 billion Business school he built inside the Bayero University campus, Kano state. According to reports,...

Top Vatican figure faces historic sexual abuse hearing

The alleged victims of Cardinal George Pell, who has been accused of numerous historical sexual offences, are to be questioned in court for the...

US 'not surprised' by Russia's nuclear claims, 'fully prepared' to defend itself

The United States is brushing aside a series of claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he has an array of new strategic nuclear...

Africa 'set to miss UN development goal on malnutrition'

Exceptionally detailed maps of child growth and education across Africa suggest that no single country is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030. That target...

Kenya’s political crisis, who is responsible?

Before independence In the murky game of politics, Kenyans’ indifference and mistrust as a country begun to play out way back even before Independence. Kadu,...

Chinese-made condoms too small, Zimbabwe’s health minister complains

A Chinese condom manufacturer says it is considering making its products in different sizes after Zimbabwe’s health minister complained that contraceptives made in China...

South African passport power weakens again

The South African passport has fallen 18 places on the global ranking since 2008. It means we can travel with hassle to other developing nations...

Nigeria Air Force chief relocates to Yobe State in search of abducted girls

The Nigerian security apparatus is doing all it takes to rescue the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in the northeastern...

Rwanda closes '700 unsafe, noisy churches'

About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. Most of them are small...

Dad poisons child to please his wife

A dad poisoned his baby girl born to his mistress because his wife was upset he’d fathered the child with another woman. Jeffrey Thomas, 23,...

Three taken to hospital after letter opened at Virginia military base

Eleven people fell ill and three were transported to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened at a U.S. military base in...

Fatal fight over girl converting to Islam

At least seven people have been killed in a fight which reportedly broke out after a Christian girl converted to Islam in north-west Nigeria. The...

PHOTO: Facebook introduces face recognition feature to up online security

Facebook through an automated broadcast on Tuesday sent out posts informing users of an eye recognition feature with the intent to boost usage of...

Check out interesting PHOTOS as Angolans play dead in protest

Angolans have been using the hashtag #acabademematar, which translates roughly as "kill me already" to pose for pictures where they are playing dead. The poses go...

Saudi Arabia allows women to join military

Saudi Arabia has for the first time opened applications for women to join its military. Women have until Thursday to apply for positions with the...

Zimbabwe’s President marks 100 days in office

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for patience in transforming the country’s economy as he marked his first 100 days in office this past...

Tanzanian MP ‘sentenced for defaming Magufuli’

A Tanzanian opposition MP has been handed a five-month prison sentence after being found guilty of defaming President John Magufuli, The Citizen news site...

PHOTOS: 14-year-old girl arrested for selling marijuana in school

A 14-year-old girl has shocked many as she was arrested in school for reportedly selling marijuana to her fellow students. The ninth grader (equivalent of...

Children 'forced to watch rape' in South Sudan

Children in South Sudan have been forced to watch their mothers being raped and killed, the UN says. A report by UN human rights investigators says...

South Africa police station raid: Seven suspects shot dead

Seven suspects accused of killing South African police have been shot dead in a gunfight at a church, police say. Those killed in the shoot-out...

Photos: Man faints after girlfriend gifts him a 2 bedroom flat

A Young Nigerian man reportedly fainted on Valentine’s day when his girlfriend decided to remove him from the league of tenants and make him...

Indian state offers FREE breast implants to poor women

Poor women in a southern Indian state have been offered free breast surgeries, including implants, for both aesthetic or medical reasons. The Tamil Nadu state...

I don't feel safe – Robert Mugabe

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has revealed that his wife, Grace cries daily, over the harassment she receives, especially over her bogus doctorate degree. It...

Photos: Pastor impregnates, kills chorister and other witnesses

Nigerian Senior Pastor of a church, Alter of Grace Ministries, Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor has reportedly impregnated a chorister and killed two others. Okoroafor was arrested...

Florida school shooting: Armed officer 'did not confront killer'

An armed officer who was at the Florida school where a gunman killed 17 people last week stood outside the building during the shooting...

No power, no cake: Mugabe 'unloved' on his 94th birthday

Over the years, the world and Zimbabweans, in particular, had grown accustomed to Robert Mugabe’s lavish birthday parties, characterised by grand cakes and pompous public...

The Namibian tribe where “sex” is offered to guests

The people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati regions in Northern Namibia have an upheld culture that has defied western...

US preacher Billy Graham dies

US evangelist Billy Graham - one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century - has died aged 99. Graham became one of the...

Trump pushes for ban on modified guns

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to ban bump-stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers...

Singapore to pay bonus to all citizens after surplus budget

All Singapore citizens aged 21 and above will get a one-off “SG Bonus” of up to S$300 each as the 2017 budget came in...

Nigerian bishop 'backed by pope but rejected by rebel priests' resigns

A Nigerian bishop whom Pope Francis had fiercely defended has resigned after a five-year, sometimes violent, standoff with rebel priests and faithful who rejected...

PHOTOS: Bronx fire hero remembered for selflessness at funeral mass

Mensah, 28, was mourned Saturday at a funeral mass which recalled the characteristic selflessness that cost the young soldier his life. Our Lady of Mount...

Zimbabwe arrests university chief over Grace Mugabe's degree

The vice chancellor of Zimbabwe's oldest university has been arrested over the controversial awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Anti-Corruption Commission...