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A Sudanese teenager who killed her husband as he tried to rape her has appealed against a court decision jailing her for five years in a case which could help curb sexual violence in the north African nation, campaigners said on Thursday. ...

President Omar al Bashir of Sudan Sudan has extended a unilateral ceasefire with rebels fighting in three states to overthrow the government, the presidential palace said in a decree on Thursday. The government has been fighting rebels in the state ...

An Egyptian court on Thursday convicted 37 people on charges related to illicit trading in human organs and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from three to 15 years in jail, witnesses said. The Cairo Criminal Court also cleared three ...

A Federal High Court sitting at the Wawa Cantonment in Kainji, Niger State has sentenced 113 Boko Haram members to jail over their involvement in terrorism. According to reports, the suspects were found guilty on charges of membership of Boko ...

Former Minister of Environment in Bayelsa state, Lionel Jonathan-Omo, has died after he slumped and fell from a balcony in his country home in Ogbolomabiri area of Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of the state yesterday July 12th.   According to reports,  ...

A police inspector was killed by a herdsman in Bagudo local government area of Kebbi state yesterday July 11th. According to reports, a farmer had reported the herdsman to the police officers at Kaoje police station in the local government. The ...

Judge Francis Kganyago of the Limpopo High Court on Wednesday, sentenced serial rapist, Hammer man to life in prison as well as 259 years on 30 rape charges, attempted murder and housebreaking as well as robbery. David Mamvura, a Zimbabwean citizen, ...

Chelsea football club have sacked Antonio Conte, 48, as their manager after reaching a £9million agreement to terminate his contract. The Italian coach reportedly left his position at Chelsea on Thursday morning and said his goodbyes to the players and staff at ...

The Imo State Police Command has arrested members of a gang over the rape and murder of women in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galandachi, who confirmed the arrest said the gang specializes in the kidnap, rape ...

  Onwuka was involved in a ghastly auto crash this morning that left his car mangled but he survived without a scratch. He went to the hospital after the accident but was given a clean bill of health. He was even ...

Bobrisky has been spotted rocking a red curve-hugging dress, paired with red high heels, and he sure is looking good. Fully equipped to look like a woman, it appears there is no stopping for this young self acclaimed publicist Check ...

  Guess who ? Funke Akindele Nigerian actress, Jennifer as she is popularly called by many of her fans have always served us the best facial expression which has birthed countless memes as the one below. Davido OBO Davido before ...

Chaos, bonfires and teargas on Thursday morning turned parts of the capital Nairobi into no-go zones as traders clashed with police and county askaris. The businesspeople who sell their wares at Wakulima, also known as Marikiti, and Muthurwa markets were ...

Thousands of Zimbabwean opposition supporters took to the streets of Harare on Wednesday demanding fair elections following alleged irregularities in the electoral roll ahead of the July 30 vote. The electoral register has long been a contentious feature of Zimbabwe’s ...

Twenty-six people were killed in two days of violence blamed on cattle thieves in northern Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday. Bandits on motorcycles attacked several villages on both sides of the border between Sokoto and Zamfara ...

The Nigerian Police says all security details attached to prominent personalities including the governorship aspirants in Ekiti State will be withdrawn on Saturday. This is to enhance the credibility of the July 14 governorship election. The Deputy Inspector General of ...

The Nigerian House of representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to implement the Executive Order signed last week to strengthen the government’s fight against corruption. The Order was to give the government power to confiscate stolen assets of suspected ...

Chief William Ibori, the elder brother of former governor of Delta State James Ibori, is dead. The former Unugbrogo of Oghara kingdom in Delta state reportedly passed away very early this morning, according to some online sources. Others say he died late ...

Adeyemi Alao, the boyfriend of Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of the former Ondo deputy governor,  has given shocking details of how she was killed. Recall that on Sunday July 8th, Khadijat’s body was found in a grave Adeyemi dug inside his room ...

A policeman was yesterday beaten to a pulp after shooting a man in the leg for berating them for shooting the tyre of his son’s car while chasing him in Agbor, Delta State.   According to reports, the policeman and ...

A 26-year-old lady who lost her father at a young age and had to live at the mercy of relatives, has cried out after her 36-year-old uncle brutalized her in Abuja.   Maimuna Muhammed revealed that her father’s relatives collected ...

President  Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa today declared that the killing of Nigerians and other foreign nationals in the country was an act of criminality and not specifically targeted at Nigerians.   He gave the explanation while addressing state House ...

Chuck Ozulumba, a 22-year-old Nigerian student of the Wilfrid Laurier University, drowned on July 6, 2018, inside the Ottawa River near Renfrew, Ontario.   Chuck was preparing to enter his fourth-year as a Bachelor of Business Administration student at the Lazaridis School ...

A suspected kidnapper dressed as a woman has been arrested trying to abduct school children in Rivers State It was learnt that the suspect was caught by residents of Omuchi Igwuruta area of Port Harcourt, Rivers state and handed over to ...

President Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with him as his security chiefs are cracking their brains to come up with a lasting solution to the wanton killings recorded in some parts of the country.   Senior Special Assistant on ...