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  Carter shared this photo of himself posing with these two Kenyan pupils who came to the Embassy for visa applications but were denied. The students were shortlisted for a chess competition in the US. The US envoy shared the photo ...

  A Virginia doctor and his tour guide were murdered during a fly-fishing expedition in Belize, authorities said.   Gary Paul Swank, 53, a cardiologist at Carilion Clinic, who was recently promoted to associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of ...

  A Nigerian man whose girlfriend of 4-years refused to marry him is said to reportedly be demanding she pay him back all the money he spent on her during their relationship. Twitter user, @elharsh, who shared the story on ...

  Tunisia‘s 92-year-old president has been taken to a military hospital in a critical condition, after suffering “a serious health crisis”, the presidency said. Beji Caid Essebsi‘s office announced the hospitalisation on Thursday, later saying the president was “undergoing the ...

The body of a newborn baby was found dumped in a gutter at Shango area of Minna, Niger State. Sharing another photo, a Minna resident, Laiyee Badeggi, said the gutter is behind a house where College of Education students reside. ...

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere and organisations socio-cultural groups in Benue State have faulted the plan by the Federal Government to establish Ruga settlements for herdsmen in states across the country. The Federal Government on Tuesday said in the next five ...

Mohammed Abubakar the former governor of Bauchi State, has slammed claims that he spent N2.3 billion to organise funerals for some of the indigenes of the state. According to Abubakar, he only spent N1.2 billion on funeral materials and not ...

Reno Omokri has just explained that God didn’t empower any priest or pastor to join a couple in holy matrimony.   According to him, ‘the power of a priest or pastor to pronounce a couple ‘man and wife’ comes from man, not ...

  AN EX-SOLIDER who once served with Prince Harry claimed he was throttled by a stranger and 20 witnesses did nothing to help. James Wharton, 32, said he was “disgusted” when he had to defend himself as no one in ...

  When a hitman failed to carry out his kill a mother and daughter became enraged. So enraged, in fact, that they decided to contact police in Spain to report him. The unnamed pair, aged 52 and 20, paid the ...

  A mother is said to have choked her 17-month-old toddler by wiping a cleaning cloth over his nose and mouth because he stood in the way of her case, a court has heard.   Heather Reynolds, 41, who is ...

  For allegedly breaking into the home of a serving judge in Lagos State, Justice Mariam Emeya, and stealing jewellery worth N30m, six men have been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere. The defendants, Mujaudu Alawiye, 59; Achrigbo Sunday, ...

  A stampede at a concert in Madagascar’s capital by a popular singer killed at least 15 people Wednesday night. Just before the start of an appearance of the artist Rossy, the crowds surged causing the deaths from trampling, said ...

  The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has said that a three storey-building at Iju area of the state collapsed. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the newly appointed General Manager of LASEMA confirmed the news to journalists. He said, “This is just ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja says a candidate cannot be disqualified from an election for failure to participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. The court made this pronouncement on Wednesday when it struck out a suit brought ...

  The Duke of Cambridge has said he worries about the pressures his children may face if in future they came out as gay or lesbian. Prince William said he would be “absolutely fine” if they did, but had concerns about ...

A civil society group, Concerned And Patriotic Citizens’ (C&PAC) has tasked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to produce Africa’s “own Dubai” in the state. The group gave this charge in a peaceful public rally held in Lagos on Tuesday. ...

  A twitter user identified as Badt Geh Ryry took to her handle to lament the moment a man disfigured his son’s face with a hot knife. The horrible incidence is said to have happened in Cross River State. According to ...

  Mami water worshiper in Ghana says the Bible is fake and powerless as she sets the bible on fire. The proud Mami water worshipper tells onlookers that the Bible she is burning has no power in it. She can ...

  A woman died after catching so-called rat bite fever from her pet, an inquest has heard. Simone Stapley was bitten on the finger by her rat on 3 November 2018. When it got infected the mother of one spoke ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday closed its case in the alleged N702 million fraud case against Doyin Okupe, the former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on media. The anti-graft agency had slammed a ...

  The Kano state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has said that at least 33 permanent secretaries in Kano state civil service and some commissioner nominees are currently undergoing compulsory drug test, as part of the ...

  A young man identified as Chinonso from Umuchime in Obibi kingdom autonomous community Enugwu-Inyi in Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State, has allegedly been killed by a Police officer. Chinonso is said to have been in a dispute ...

  A Nollywood writer, actor and director, Kagho Harley Akpor, has reportedly drowned in a swimming pool at a popular hotel in Asaba, Delta State. Although the details of the incident were still sketchy as of press time, sources said ...

  No fewer than 17 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing offences in the country, involving in cyber crimes, known in Nigeria as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’. According to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), it said 29 people were ...