Events

The police in Abuja on Wednesday, paraded eight vicious and notorious suspected robbers and kidnappers, said to be allegedly responsible for the death of a former Commissioner in Katsina State, Prof. Halimatu Idris on 22 July. The eight suspects were also ...

A white woman was filmed calling the cops on a black woman who stood in her doorway to take shelter from a storm. Darsell Obregon said she was on her way to use the subway when it started to rain so ...

A man carrying a live alligator with its mouth taped shut entered a convenience store in Jacksonville, Florida, Thursday. In a video posted on Facebook, the man identified as Robby Stratton is seen holding the gator while he goes in ...

A 10-year-old girl who was married by three different men has been rescued by a concerned citizen in Kenya. The girl who is from Baringo county, Tirioko ward in Tiaty constituency, Kenya, was married off when she was eight years old. ...

The former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC and former warlord, Jean Pierre Bemba is back in the country to run for president. He was received by huge crowds in Kinshasa, who thronged the airport to welcome ...

A top Nigerian court has cleared dozens of the followers of prominent cleric Ibrahim al-Zakzaky of criminal charges, raising hopes for the release of the cleric himself, who has been held captive for almost three years by the Abuja government. ...

Team Nigeria has left no one in doubt of its intention to fly the green-white-green flag high in Asaba, as Temilola Ogunrinde set a new record in hammer throwing with a 67.39 metres finish. Ogunrinde just finished behind Morocco’s Zakour Soukaina who ...

A young woman who was bitten by a snake walked into a hospital in China holding the snake with her bare hands. She caught the reptile after it bit her, held the animal around her wrist and calmly went to the ...

A young lady identified as Uche has been killed in Anambra State. According to friends, who are mourning her on Facebook, Uche was shot dead by an unknown person in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night, July ...

The Public Affairs Section of the US Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria under the auspices of Education USA has organised a pre-departure sessions for over 110 academically exceptional Nigerian students. ‘Pre–departure orientation‘ sessions are group or individual events to prepare students who have been ...

A high-ranking Chinese monk has denied accusations he sexually harassed nuns and coerced them into sex by “controlling their minds”. Abbot Xuecheng’s alleged actions were detailed in a report sent to government officials by two monks from Longquan temple where ...

  Nollywood actress Eniola Modupeola Odunsi who features in Yoruba movies has revealed that her husband must be very strong in bed and should be able to satisfy her sexually, for at least an hour. The actress made this known in an interview ...

Abel Ayinza, a Ugandan born pastor based in the U.S, has reportedly committed suicide in Massachusetts after engagement photographs of the girlfriend he left only a month ago in Uganda, went viral.   According to reports, his lifeless body was found ...

Popular Ugandan socialite and model, Judith Heard has been arrested by authorities in Uganda over her nude photos which were leaked back in May. She was arrested on Tuesday at Kampala city streets and taken to the Kampala Central Police, after she failed ...

Madonna suggested in a new interview that she relocated her family from their Manhattan base across the Atlantic Ocean to Portugal to escape Donald Trump. The singer spoke to Vogue Italia about the motivation behind her big move saying “this ...

Waje has written a note to inform young people seeking success that the struggle is real and not as glamorous as they think. The singer said young people think it’s all about wearing makeup, smiling, and taking photos, but it ...

One of the winners of the award known as the Nobel Prize for mathematics had his gold medal stolen minutes after it was given to him. Caucher Birkar, a Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University math professor, was among four winners ...

The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, was said to have been hurriedly released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, August 1, after suffering high blood pressure during an interrogation session. Punch reports that Ekweremadu who was ...

  The leader of a vigilance group in the state, Femi Ogunleye aka Akilapa, and six of his members have been arrested by the Ekiti State Police command for allegedly and illegally arresting and torturing a man to death.   The ...

A wife chopped off her husband’s penis with a pair of scissors while he was brushing his teeth because she suspected he was cheating after starting a new job. The man, named only as Li, from the Jiangxi Province city ...

The exiled patriarch of Ethiopia’s powerful Orthodox Church, Bishop Merkorios, has returned home to the capital, Addis Ababa, after 27 years. Ethiopia’s reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met him in the US last week and persuaded him to reconcile with ...

A 20-year-old woman was murdered by her alleged boyfriend in Oval Maidan, Mumbai, India on Mondaynight. The police said the accused stabbed Nasreen Umar Shaikh, (pictured) with a knife around 14 times as he suspected her of having an affair. After ...

A Nigerian lady looking for a husband has revealed the qualities he must poses before they can get married. The lady identified on Twitter as @WitWinnie, says her lucky man must be a first class graduate and also have a ...

Rachel Fubara, the Nigerian lady who once solicited for help on social media a few weeks ago to treat a cancerous growth on her thigh has died in India. According to Fejiro Oliver, who was at the fore front of soliciting help ...

The Lagos Zonal office of EFCC on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, arraigned the trio of Gbadegun Isaiah Abiodun, Oladipo Oladapo and Afolabi Peter Albert, before Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a five-count charge bordering ...