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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 ...

The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has awarded N50m damages against the Nigerian Army for the murder of Ajayi Oladele, who was said to have died as a result of a spinal cord injury he sustained when he ...

An eight-year-old schoolboy who reviews toys on YouTube made a whopping £20million ($26m) in a year. For the second year in a row, Ryan Kaji of Ryan’s World has topped the annual top-10 earners list compiled by Forbes. YouTube account ...

A Facebook user named Christine Aluyi has shared shocking story of how a woman discovered that her husband recently got married to her best friend of over 25 years. Christine revealed that two women named Rukevwe and Cordelia have been ...

Six persons died when a mining pit collapsed on Tuesday at Zawan Community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The member representing Jos South Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Mr Gwottson Fom, confirmed the incident ...

A teenage girl who was bundled into the back of a car by four strangers in front of her terrified mother has admitted staging her own kidnapping. Karol Sanchez, 16, sparked a major police manhunt after she was supposedly snatched ...

R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to bribing someone to make a fake ID for Aaliyah so he could marry her at 15. The singer, now 52, married teen pop star Aaliyah in a secret ceremony in 1994 at a hotel, ...