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The Minister of Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has confirmed that over 90 percent of the staff of his ministry have tested positive to the deadly Coronavirus. Speaking to Kwame Sefa Kayi in an interview, Thursday, monitored by GhanaWeb, Dr. ...

There was mild drama at Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Thursday after the Lebanese Amabassador to Nigeria walked out of a meeting targeted at addressing the harassment of Nigerian domestic workers in Lebabnon. Houssam Diab shortly after entering the conference ...

Daniella Álvarez never had any doubt she would be back on the dance floor after making the painstaking decision to have her left foot and part of her leg amputated. The 32-year-old former Miss Colombia has taken to Instagram to ...

A 22 year-old Nigerian is on trial at the Dubai Court of First Instance after robbing a Turkish national of about $8,200. According to court records, the Nigerian lured his victim via a dating app, locked him inside a hotel ...

A former Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association in Ondo state, Dr. Michael Adeyeri has died of Covid-19 complications. Adeyeri died today, at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, in Owo. His death is coming a week after the death of ...

The embattled Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, was on Wednesday confronted with more allegations, Vanguard reports. The Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential panel asked him to account for 380 houses and seven vessels loaded with ...

Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Youth and Students Affairs, Nasir Adhama has lost a close relation. Nasir Broke the news on twitter saying the close relation, whom he refereed to as ”son” died yesterday on his way to ...

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a close friend of Melania Trump and a former adviser to the East Wing, will release a memoir detailing her friendship with the first lady this fall. It’s the latest in a spat of book about President ...

Nigerian multi-award-winning music producer, ID Cabasa has warned Nigerian influencers about covid-19. He asked them to be quiet instead of misleading people about the deadly bug. Cabasa wrote this on Instagram accusing someone of even calling covid-19 a hoax, saying ...

A 10-year-old girl was killed by her own father who strangled her with his belt because she “raised her voice” at him. Little Hadith Orujlu’s dad Hussein Alef has admitted killing the girl with a belt and using her manteau ...

Pastor Gideon Bakare of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Akure, Ondo state capital, has been given the boot by the church after being caught while trying to have s.e.x with a member’s wife. In a statement, RCCG ...

An Indiana man has been charged with shooting and critically injuring his newly-estranged wife’s lover after finding the amorous pair in bed together. On Thursday night, officers with the Marion Police Department responded to a home in the 500 block ...

Angers winger Farid El Melali was reportedly taken into police custody on Wednesday for the second time this season for allegedly masturbating in public. Ouest-France reported that the 22-year-old was questioned by local police following a second indecent exposure complaint ...

Tanzanian actress Wema Sepetu has revealed the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of Diamond Platnumz, when they were lovers about a decade ago. Diamond’s music career had just taken off and Wema was the most sought after and ...

Egypt has arrested at least 10 doctors since the start of the coronavirus crisis and warned health workers they could be punished if they speak out. Security agencies have tried to stifle criticism of president Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and his ...

A savage gang attack by five passengers who did not want to wear masks on a bus in France has left its driver brain dead. The gruesome attack on the man, identified only as Philippe, is the latest violence to ...

Plans have reached an advanced stage to have Nigerian sports return with non-combat sports, with table tennis, tennis and track and field events set for an early return, Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has stated. Speaking on ...

The Osun State Government has said a private school proprietor in the state had been handed over to the police for circulating unapproved plan for school reopening. The school reopening proposal was shared in many whatsapp groups in the state ...

Mike Tyson is one of the toughest men on the planet – a former World Champion and the youngest man to win the title. His incredible sporting achievements saw him crowned the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title when ...

A mobile court on Wednesday sealed up the New Yorker Night Club and Lounge in Maitama District of Abuja for allegedly operating within curfew hours in contravention of the COVID-19 regulation, 2020. The court sitting at the Eagles Square presided ...

Some of the patients at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Ondo State have started leaving the facility sequel to the industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors in the state. The doctors, under the auspices of the National Association of ...

The man convicted of murdering children’s author Helen Bailey after hiding her body in a drain under their mansion appeared in court this week accused of killing his wife six years earlier. Ian Stewart was jailed for life with a ...

A Dubai job agency, Shirley Recruitment Consultants released a job advert online exempting Nigerian males and females from applying for the said position. According to the job details, a company is looking for ”merchandisers” in Dubai, UAE. All other African ...

River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has sacked a Permanent Secretary, Mr. Sunny Okere, with immediate effect for flouting and obstructing the enforcement of the Covid-19 guidelines. He said the sacked permanent secretary had the temerity to chase away officials of ...

Nigeria has announced 460 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing the country’s total caseload past the 30,000 mark. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed this in a tweet via its official handle. According to the health agency, the ...