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  Trinidad and Tobago international Shahdon Winchester has died at the age of 27 after being involved in a fireball car crash. Winchester was one of four people to lose their life during the fatal car accident on the Sir ...

Three teenagers have died after sand fell and buried them in Rigasa Community of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident created confusion in the community as two other teenagers were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment. ...

Suspected kidnappers, 28-year-old Best Kevwe Iweh and Emmanuel Tomson (30), have reportedly murdered a member of their gang, Raymond Enahon. Iweh and Tomson were arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) for the murder. ...

A grieving mum has told of her heartbreak over her 17-year-old daughter, who took her own life at a mental health hospital. Staff at Huntercombe Hospital, near Norwich, were supposed to check on Mia Titheridge, 17, every 15 minutes because ...

A 45-year-old woman from Mugai Village in Malava, Kakamega County, Kenya on Tuesday, December 17, killed herself after her 11-year-old son allegedly stole her Ksh500. Hanna Mukangai allegedly took poison after she found the money missing from her wardrobe, and ...

The former principal of Habaswein Mixed Secondary School, Idle Abdi Haret, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a KCSE candidate in 2018. The teacher was convicted of raping the 18-year-old girl after he gave her a ...

A 12-year-old boy is recuperating at the Oraba Nursing Home in Migori County after sustaining serious injuries allegedly inflicted on him by his step-mother. The woman allegedly attack the minor on suspicion of stealing Sh700 from her purse at their ...

  An 8-year-old girl who was raped by a 20-year-old boy had to get stitches after the incident before the boy was apprehended and in Police custody. The 8-year-old girl’s mother claims she is being advised to drop the case ...

  One of Donald Trump’s strong supporters has donated his left testicle for medical research following his impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday night (Dec.18).   The man identified as Mr. Joey Saladino on Twitter had taken to ...

  A 42-year-old man, Taofeek Oyeyemi, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for impregnating his 16-year-old biological daughter, and attempting to abort the pregnancy through a quack doctor. Taofeek was arrested following a complaint by the girl’s ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness and shock over the passing on of Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, representing Imo North Senatorial District. Commiserating with the family, Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the leadership and ...

  A Nigerian lady on Twitter, Deola Adereti, recently recounted a story she was told of an occurrence between a male corps member and his female Muslim student. According to Deola, the corps member, Clement removed the JSS3 female student’s ...

Olawale Yusuf Olatunji, son of the late Apala maestro, Yusuf Ajao Olatunji, has raised alarm over dearth of traditional music in Nigeria. According to Olawale, whose father, the late Olatunji, pioneered Sakara/Apala music, traditional music which are reflection of Nigeria’s ...

  Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been sworn in as the president of Algeria, as the Hirak protest movement debated its response to his offer of dialogue to end a months-long political crisis. Mounted guards in traditional red tunics, white turbans and ...

  The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, December 25,  Thursday, December 26 and Wednesday, January 1, 2020, as public holidays for the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on Thursday in Abuja ...

  John Legend leads the host of celebrities that have reacted tp Donald Trump became the third president in US history to be impeached. The 40-year-old singer has been embroiled in Twitter disputes with Mr Trump previously and after he ...

  It’s known for marking the beginning of spring, but if you have an April birthday, you may be at a slightly higher risk of heart disease, according to a new study. Researchers from Harvard University have warned that people ...

Some women in Sudan are opting to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) a month or two before their wedding to pretend to be virgins. This is even though most of them have already been circumcised as girls – something that ...

Indonesia has become the latest Asian country to face an outbreak of African swine fever, a deadly pig virus devastating farmers across the region. On Wednesday, the country’s agriculture ministry said nearly 30,000 pigs have died from the disease in ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said that over 2,500 personnel would be deployed to ensure the security and safety of residents of Enugu State during the Yuletide season. The Corps’ Commandant in the state, Mr. Everestus ...

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested after a baby was rescued from a rubbish chute in the Greek city of Kalamata. The baby, thought to be only days old, was discovered on Wednesday by a local woman who heard it ...

A large number of unemployed young people from Kasserine province, western Tunisia, on have staged a sit-in outside the Tunisian parliament threatening to commit mass suicide, reported Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP). The protesters tried to break into parliament holding gas ...

Dele Momodu and his wife, Mobolaji, are celebrating their 27th wedding anniversary today. The couple got married in 1992 and have four boys.   Taking to his ig page to celebrate their special day, he wrote; ”Happy wedding anniversary to ...

With nine children already single mum Sonya O’Loughlin certainly has her hands full caring for her massive brood. Unable to work because of her parenting commitments, Sonya and her children live in a four-bedroom council flat in Southampton. Her family ...

A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), Abdulrasheed Maina, and his son, Faisal, are to remain in Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, till January 2020. Justice Okon Abang, who gave the order, on Wednesday, adjourned hearing on ...