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A long-forgotten Chinese vase, once sold at auction for just $56, went under the hammer for over 70 million Hong Kong dollars ($9 million) over the weekend after being discovered in an elderly woman’s country home. Described by Sotheby’s as ...

A young couple in Burundi’s northern city of Kirundo, Burundi have surprised many by proceeding with their wedding plans despite the groom being involved in a serious accident three days earlier. Charlotte Mukantwari married Gabin Ndayizigiye at the hospital where ...

While President Donald Trump obsesses about his reelection hopes in his White House bubble, state and local leaders are frantically reversing state reopenings that he demanded, which turned America into the world’s biggest coronavirus hotspot. As emergency rooms filled and ...

A 35-year-old man from Butali Village in Malava Constituency, Kakamega County, Kenya was on Monday circumcised after evading the knife for over 20 years. The father-of-two, Douglas Olumwachi, was circumcised in front of his family. The man’s father, Francis Olumwachi, ...

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has topped 13 million with 210 countries and territories infected by the deadly bug. More than 13.14 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 571,854 have died, ...

Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has announced that himself, his wife and daughter have tested negative for Covid-19. Okowa in a thanksgiving tweet this morning urged Deltans to obey all Covid-19 guidelines and do all they can to stay ...

Pregnant YouTube star Nicole Thea said “I feel like I’m dying” days before her death. Nicole died along with her unborn son Reign on Saturday morning. The social media star, who had 160,000 followers on Instagram, posted a video talking ...

A 12-year-old boy, Abdulkareem Mu’azu, has been arrested for allegedly defiling four brothers at Sabon Gari quarters in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The incident was triggered when the mother of a victim discovered some changes and abnormalities ...

The Head Pastor and founder of Zoe Outreach Embassy, Pastor Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri, has been sighted in a new video raining curses on his junior pastors. In the video sighted, the man of God who was seen behind his pulpit ...

No fewer than 602 repentant Boko Haram members, on Monday, denounced their membership of the group and swore an oath of allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The ex-insurgents who have completed a de-radicalization, rehabilitation, and reintegration program, denounced ...

Nigeria has recorded 595 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 33,153 the number of confirmed cases in the country. Announcing this Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 156 new cases; Oyo, 141; Federal Capital Territory ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has urged an Ikeja Special Offences Court to deny popular social media influencer, Adedamola Adewale Rukayat, also known as Adeherself bail. Adeherself had been arraigned before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offence ...

Nigerian government on Monday released guidelines for the reopening of schools across the nation. The government, however, did not disclose the date for school reopening. The Federal Government has released guidelines ahead of the planned resumption of schools at every ...

Pastor Emmanuel Omale has denied allegations that he conspired with the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, to launder funds abroad. Omale, who is also the General Overseer of Divine Hand of God Prophetic ...

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara branch, has disclosed that 35 doctors have so far tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. NMA Chairman, Dr Kolade Solagberu, while briefing newsmen on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, stated this ...

President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar announced that two lawmakers; one member of the senate and one deputy had died after becoming infected with the coronavirus. He added that eleven other deputies and 14 senators also tested positive for the virus. ...

A bride died at her wedding after she went into anaphylactic shock believed to have been ’caused by a nut allergy.’ Alexandra Erokhova, 25, died after suffering an extreme reaction during the reception at a Russian palace. The bride was ...

Ivory Coast’s Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned, President Alassane Ouattara’s office said on Monday. Patrick Achi, the secretary-general of the presidency, told newsmen that Kablan Duncan, who previously served as Ouattara’s prime minister, was leaving for personal reasons. ...

A section of the World Trade Centre building located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was on Monday gutted by fire. An eyewitness revealed that the fire started from the top of the skyscraper. As of the time of filing ...

A group of women took to the streets on Sunday to protest after a young girl was drugged and gang-r*ped at Nkama, Oloitoktok Sub-County in Kajiado. Led by Nkama Assistant Chief, Lekato Ole Lejeso, the women demolished illegal structures where ...

Domestic flight operations has resumed at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano amidst strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. Although the new normal activities restarted with full deployment of aviation security to enforce compliance with guidelines, the flight operations kick ...

At least 17 sailors and four civilians were injured after a fire started onboard aboard the military ship, USS Bonhomme Richard, at the US Naval Base in San Diego. According to Navy officials, the victims were taken to a San ...

A 25-year-old man, Yusuf Bello, has confessed to luring an 11-year-old boy to a public toilet and sodomising him. Bello said this followed his inability to control his libido after consuming a concoction he bought from a herbalist in Lafia, ...

South Africa will immediately re-enforce a ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol to reduce the volume of trauma patients so hospitals have more beds open to treat COVID-19 patients, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. Confronted by surging hospitalisations ...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, are godfathers of the suspended Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. Fani-Kayode in a Tweet ...