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A Pennsylvania woman who purposely coughed and spat on food in a supermarket while screaming she had COVID-19 was sentenced to up to two years in jail. Margaret Ann Cirko, 37, apologized in court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to ...

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi are the latest dignitaries to storm London for Tinubu. The former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ...

A man has died after having s.e.x using adhesive to avoid pregnancy instead of a condom. Police are now probing the bizarre case of the 25-year-old Indian man who suddenly died after using the high-powered epoxy resin, instead of a ...

Muhammed Okpu, secretary of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, has been abducted by gunmen. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Ramhan Nansel, police spokesperson, in Lafia, on Wednesday. Nansel said about five gunmen invaded the house of the ...

  Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has directed banks to investigate sources of income of their customers before account opening. He gave the order yesterday when the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks ...

Nigerian doctors in their hundreds, on Tuesday, stormed the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, as a consultancy firm, Meeds Consultancy, commenced interviews for those willing to work in Saudi Arabia. The firm organised the interview on behalf ...

The pan-Northern socio-political organizstion, Arewa Consultative Forum expressed shock over bandits’ raid on the Nigerian Defence Academy where two officers were killed and one other kidnapped on Tuesday. The ACF lamented that the incident was a slap and embarrassment to ...

A Belgian zoo banned a local woman from visiting the park’s chimpanzee exhibit due to her “affair” with one of the primates. A chimpanzee named Chita arrived at the Antwerp Zoo 30 years ago. Over the past four years, Adie ...

Bomadi, in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, mourns as seven women from the community, who died in a ghastly auto crash last Saturday while returning from a relative’s wedding ceremony, are billed for burial on Wednesday [today]. A ...

A flight carrying Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country touched down early Wednesday in Uganda where they will be given temporary refuge, government and diplomatic officials said. “The Government of the Republic of Uganda this morning received ...

  Former President Donald Trump continued criticizing his successor Joe Biden on his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal by claiming that terrorists are being evacuated from the airport in Kabul. Meanwhile, thousands of Americans will be left behind, Trump predicted. ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the nation’s total COVID-19 infections had Jumped to 188,243, across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, as of Aug. 24, 2021. These were the reported cases since the ...

  Players from the Afghanistan women’s national football team had an ‘important victory’ on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul. Global football players’ union FIFPRO thanked the Australian ...

  Police in Kericho, Kenya have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death his 60-year-old mother. His mother had allegedly stopped him from leasing out a portion of family land. According to area residents, the suspect is known ...

  A final-year student of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Blessing Kalu, has been killed by a truck in Umudike Oboro in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. A source said Kalu, who was from Nkporo, in ...

The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned of the likelihoods of flash floods across 34 States in the next three days. The moderate to heavy rainfall, which could lead to flash floods are expected to commence from Tuesday, 24th through ...

Afghanistan’s women’s football players say they are at risk of becoming s.e.x slaves to the Taliban and being tortured to death. Football is highly popular in Afghanistan with national stars enjoying a large profile thanks to both men and women’s ...

The artisan, Saviour Aniefok, allegedly tortured his seven-year-old son, Nathaniel, to death at his residence at Amen Compound, in the Shangisha area of Magodo Phase 2, Lagos State. Saviour, who is said to be on the run, reportedly tortured the ...

  A Senator in the Fourth Republic, Biyi Durojaiye, has died. Mr Durojaiye, 88, died on Monday in Lagos after a brief illness associated with coronavirus complications, a family member said. Born in 1933, the late senator represented Ogun East ...

‘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 ...