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‘World’s smallest cow’ has died after rising to fame for her tiny stature. The cow thought to be the smallest in the world sadly died after rising to fame earlier this year. Two-year-old Rani, a Bhutti cow, was just 51cms ...

Reports of the Taliban carrying out summary executions in Afghanistan are “credible”, says UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet. Other rights violations, including restrictions on women and recruiting child soldiers, were also reported, she told the UN Human Rights ...

Zambia’s newly-elected president, Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn into office after his 6th attempt, pulling off a stunning rare victory for an African opposition leader. Hichilema was inaugurated this morning at a ceremony attended by leaders such as Tanzania President ...

The son of Mozambique’s ex-president Ndambi Guebuza and 18 others have gone on trial over the $2billion “tuna bonds” affair in the capital Maputo. Ndambi, son of former President Armando Guebuza, and the others face charges of blackmail, embezzlement and ...

Chad’s former President Hissene Habre, who was serving a life term in Senegal for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has died, the Senegalese justice ministry said. He was 79. “Habre is in his Lord’s hands,” Senegal’s Justice Minister Malick ...

Iran prisons chief has apologised after hackers leaked videos of guards torturing prisoners. The head of Iran’s prison service apologised after the leaked videos show the abuse of detainees at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. The hackers released security footage showing ...

Airbnb is offering free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally and sought more assistance from hosts who rent property through the home-sharing company.   In a tweet today, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wrote, “The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees ...

Greece has finished building a 40-kilometer (25-mile) wall along its border with Turkey, amid concerns in parts of Europe that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could cause an influx of people seeking asylum.   Greek government ministers toured the fence ...

Nigeria has, so far, recorded 33,661 cases of cholera in 22 states across the country, leading to the death of not less than 938 persons, the Minister of Environment, Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has said. Addressing newsmen on the cholera outbreak ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim on the death of his eldest daughter, Aisha Ya’Ummi. Ibrahim was a former governor of Yobe State. The president, in a condolence message by his SSA on Media and Publicity, ...

  A Zambian pastor and his two congregants buried a member of their church alive in an attempt to emulate Jesus Christ’s resurrection. James Sakara, who is a member of Zion Church in the Zambian town of Chidiza, was to ...

  Bandits attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Afaka, Kaduna State, on Tuesday. Daily Post gathered that the incident occurred at about 1:30am. The assailants stormed the military base in large numbers. They kidnapped one officer identified as Major ...

  Parts of Donald Trump’s much-publicized border wall with Mexico have been severely damaged in monsoon rains. Pictures showed metal gates have fallen off their hinges, leaving gaps in a stretch of the barrier in southern Arizona. Mud and detritus ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu says severe COVID-19 patients in the state currently utilise 400 oxygen cylinders per day since the outbreak of the third wave. Sanwo-Olu stated this on Monday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, during a news ...

  The presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has banned the use of earphones and others in his church, describing them as devil’s tools. Oyedepo explained that youths with earphones are not ready to hear God’s ...

A total of 430,363 new Nigerian voters have completed their registration for permanent voter card (PVC) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) launched an online portal on June 28, 2021 for Nigerians to commence ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to the flurry of campaign activities signposting his interest in the 2023 election. In a statement signed by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo disowned the campaigns. “The Office of the Vice President wishes to ...

Six of the 136 students kidnapped from an Islamic school in Tegina Niger state have died of illness, the school principal said. The abductors have demanded a ransom to release the students, kidnapped in May after an armed gang on ...

Ghana is roiled by the shocking discovery of three human heads in the refrigerator of a footballer and sports commentator, Richard Gyamfi. The incident in Abesim in the municipality of Sunyami has triggered shockwaves and outrage in the country. And ...

The national power grid has collapsed for the second time in less than a month, worsening the blackout being experienced by households and businesses in parts of Nigeria. The collapse, which occurred around 1:00pm on Monday, was confirmed by two ...

Two Katsina state House of Assembly members on Monday broke into tears when they deliberated over the worsening insecurity affecting 32 out of the 34 LGAs in the state. Katsina, the capital, is not spared. Lawmakers said kidnappers now storm ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), disclosed that its operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command have arrested two suspects over alleged fraud and theft. The Anti-graft Agency noted that one Mallam Ayu Sugum, a self-acclaimed spiritualist, was arrested for ...

A militant group called National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), has declared its readiness to engage in battle with the Taliban who recently took over their country. Recall that the Taliban took over Kabul, Afghanistan capital, on August 15 after ...

A UK-based Nigerian woman, Bolanle Aworetan Omojuwa has been shot dead along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway. She only returned to the country for her mother’s burial. The deceased hosted loved ones at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, to celebrate her ...

  A tiger is believed to have attacked and wounded a man before dragging him off the toilet into the forest.   Logger Mikhail Shabaldin, 41, was sitting on the toilet while at work in a Russian village before he ...