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Four killed in Oklahoma hospital shootings

Four people have been killed in a shooting spree at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police say. Officers confirmed that the suspected shooter, who was...

Methodist Church leader shares harrowing kidnapping experience

The head of Nigeria’s Methodist Church, Samuel Kanu has said a ransom of 100m naira ( $240,000, £193,000) was paid to secure his freedom...

Chinese national jailed for mutilating Naira notes

The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Li Lei Lei, a Chinese national, to 24 months imprisonment...

Johnny Depp wins defamation suit against Amber Heard

Johnny Depp has won his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, whom he sued over claims of domestic abuse. The jury has found Heard defamed...

Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested for drink-driving

The husband of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in California. Paul Pelosi was held after his...

Man in court for stealing skull from cemetery

The police on Tuesday May 31, arraigned a 38-year-old man, Ebuka Enuma, before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos for alleged possession of a human skull. The...

French told to drop English gaming words

France's language watchdog has told government officials to use French gaming terms instead of English ones. The Académie Française says "jeu video de competition" should...

Lesbian couple reunited by court say they still fear threats from their families

A young lesbian couple reunited by a court in the southern Indian state of Kerala have said they still fear threats from their families. Adhila...

Former princess who accused ex of child sex abuse found dead

A former Qatari princess has been found dead from a suspected drug overdose at her home. Kasia Gallanio was discovered dead by Spanish police this...

African states report 1,400 monkeypox cases – WHO

Seven African countries have cumulatively reported about 1,400 monkeypox cases this year up to mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. These include 1,392 suspected...

Police probe sale of human toes for riches in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe police have said they are investigating possible trafficking of human body parts, following reports that people are selling their toes in exchange for...

Boy, 4, dies after crashing into metal pole while riding mini-motorbike for first time

A young boy died in a tragic accident while riding his new mini-motorbike for the first time, an inquest has heard. Four-year-old Jacob Gamlin Turner,...

US agrees to send Ukraine long-range rockets

The US will send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems to help it defend itself, President Biden has announced. The weapons, long requested by Ukraine, are...

Shanghai eases lockdown after two months

The Chinese city of Shanghai, the country's economic centre and a global trade hub, has eased Covid curbs after a two-month lockdown. At midnight local...

Ukraine war: Biden to send longer-range rockets in latest aid package

The US will send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems to help it defend itself, President Biden has announced. The weapons, long requested by Ukraine, are...

Buhari seeks party’s support to pick successor

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met state governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party where he asked to be allowed to...

Eleven dead as storms wreck havoc in Mexico

Eleven people are dead and more than 20 missing after Hurricane Agatha struck Oaxaca state in Mexico, the state's governor says. Agatha made landfall on...

Poverty forces Zim men to sell off their toes for thousands of Dollars

Over the past couple of months, there have been unverified claims that Harare people are now cutting off their toes and selling them for...

Anger as wife on contraceptive gives birth to quadruplets

A couple, who used contraceptives to avoid having more children in addition to their five kids, has welcomed quadruplets. Mr and Mrs Christopher Agbo from...

Woman dies for eight minutes after pain in stomach turns out to be deadly illness

A woman, who thought the stabbing pain in her stomach was due to a bad period, was later rushed to hospital with sepsis that left her...

Party ‘delegate’ buys new car after elections [Video]

A Nigerian political party 'delegate' has been spotted in a viral video celebrating a new car he claims he bought just after the recently concluded political...

Pastor allegedly rapes 13-year-old

A 32-year-old prophet, identified as Godson Nse Thompson, is being detained for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl sent to him for intercessory prayers. The senior secondary...

Siblings reunited 75 years after India partition

A Pakistani woman separated from her family during the 1947 Partition met her Indian brothers for the first time last month after 75 years. Mumtaz...

First flight taking Channel migrants to Rwanda set for 14 June

The first flight to Rwanda carrying migrants who cross the English Channel is set to leave in two weeks’ time on 14 June, the...

Sperm donor fathers 15 kids in hot waters

An online sperm donor fathered 15 kids without telling the mums he had a genetic condition which causes learning disabilities, a court heard. James MacDougall, 37, advertised...

Exclusive: Akufo-Addo’s 19 ministers who never declared their assets

At the peak of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term, he had sworn in more than 126 ministers and deputy ministers. Some of...

Kidnapped Nigerian Methodist Church leader freed

The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been freed after being abducted on Sunday, a church official confirmed to the...

Nollywood mourns as another actor passes on

Nollywood stars have been thrown into mourning following the demise of a Yoruba movie actor, Gbadebo Osmond. Yoruba actress, Fausat Abeni, popularly known as Madam...

Elon Musk praises unnamed woman who shot dead man who opened fire on party

Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised the unnamed West Virginia woman who used a pistol to shoot and kill a man who opened fire on a...

Clashes between gold miners leave 100 dead

Fighting between informal gold miners in a remote part of northern Chad has left around 100 people dead and 40 injured, the government says. What...

Russian gives middle finger to Ukrainian drone moments before it blows up his tank

Dramatic footage shows a Russian soldier sticking his middle finger up at a Ukrainian drone moments before it drops a grenade on the tank...

Ukraine may soon get long-range US rocket system

The US government appears close to sending a long-range multiple-rocket system (MLRS) to Ukraine. Russia sees such deliveries of heavy weapons as a provocative escalation. President...

Russian oil: EU agrees compromise deal on banning imports

European Union leaders have agreed on a plan to block more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports. The ban is a compromise that will not...

Tears as bride-to-be dies two months after her introduction ceremony

A bride-to-be, identified as Mary Hananiah, has died in Plateau State, Nigeria few months after her wedding introduction ceremony.  It was gathered that she passed away...

US to review Texas shooting response

The US Department of Justice says it will investigate the police response to last week's mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, which...

Iran sentences 51 people to death by stoning for adultery

Iran has sentenced 51 people to death by stoning because they were caught cheating on their partners. A total of 23 women and 28 men currently await death as...

Why former sex worker ditched husband to return to the streets will shock you

A self-professed former hooker has confessed to dumping her husband so that she could resume her old profession. The woman is arguing that she...

Kidnappers of Methodist prelate demand GH¢ 1.8 million

The abductors of a Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Rev Samuel Kanu-Uche, and two others from the same church are demanding...

Leader of Methodist Church in Nigeria kidnapped

The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been abducted along with two other priests on their way back from a...

UK to grant visas to graduates from world’s best universities

Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world's best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to...