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French actor Max von Sydow has died aged 90, his agent Jean Diamond has said. A statement said: “It is with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the extreme pain of announcing the departure of Max ...

A German tourist died on Sunday of the novel coronavirus in a Sinai resort of eastern Egypt, the health ministry announced, the first death from the epidemic recorded in Africa. “The 60-year-old German citizen showed symptoms of a fever (and) ...

The Kano State government has dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. The dethronement of the Emir followed the State Council executive meeting presided over by the Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje today

A team of security operatives on Monday stormed the palace of the Emir of Kano in Kano State. This followed the removal of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, from office by the state government. The team of security ...

A former newscaster with the African Independent Television (AIT), Peter Kumba, has dragged DAAR Communications Plc before the National Industrial Court, Abuja, challenging his compulsory retirement. At the resumed sitting on Monday, the claimant’s counsel, Adesola Ajayi, told the court ...

A photo of a woman’s engagement ring has attracted a lot of attention online – but not because of her jewellery. The image shows her wearing the rock on her ring finger, which has a tattoo visible underneath, as well ...

  Brad Pitt was spied on a date with a mystery woman in Los Angeles. The Fight Club actor enjoyed the unknown woman’s company over a few drinks at The Wiltern, in LA on Saturday. They were said to have ...

Drama as a 47-year-old mother in Malawai has married her biological 30-year-old son in a simple white wedding. The news about their marriage has caused disgust amongst netizens in Malawi and beyond. In a publication in one of the Malawian ...

An Ogun State-based geologist, Ayo Adeniran, has decried the refusal of the University of Ilorin to issue him his original BSc certificate 24 years after he graduated from the school. Adeniran said the refusal of the institution to release his ...

A senior Al-Shabaab commander was killed in a recent US airstrike in Somalia, the director of US African Command (Africom) said on Sunday. “Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud was a senior operational leader responsible for exporting terror in Somalia as well as ...

Reckless thieves have been helping themselves to hand sanitiser from hospitals as national panic over coronavirus heightens. Medics yesterday pleaded with the public not to steal because it puts patients at risk. In a Facebook plea, Northampton General Hospital said ...

The Duchess of Sussex was left speechless by a cheeky teenager after he stole a kiss on the cheek and declared to a packed assembly hall: ‘She really is beautiful.’ Meghan spoke with delighted pupils at the Robert Clack Upper ...

A student at Oxford University has tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from travelling abroad, it has been reported. Public Health England confirmed the case to the university yesterday and the Vice-Chancellor informed staff, the Mail Online reports. In ...

  4-year-old Abdulahi Umar, is unique and talented. Despite being armless, the young Nigerian schoolboy writes with his toes, as he remains determined to get educated. Abdulahi Umar was born without hands, and according to reports, he resisted attempts by ...

Shoppers have found themselves facing aisles of empty shelves as families panic buy across the UK – with toilet rolls even running out in some shops. But some mums have hailed reusable toilet roll ‘the solution’ after one shared the ...

Volunteers willing to risk it all by purposefully getting infected with the coronavirus in a bid to find a cure will reportedly receive payment of £3,500. An experiment will see brave volunteers being paid £3,500 to be infected with a ...

Angry youths in Imo State are said to have attacked the convoy of the Imo State Governor, Mr Hope Uzodinma. The attack took place during his visit to Mmahu in Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. ...

The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has described the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as the worst in the history of Nigeria. Oyedepo said this on ...

Her Fenty Beauty brand is estimated to be worth billions of dollars. Rihanna was on her way to achieving the same success with her Savage x Fenty lingerie collection as she modeled one of her own outfits in an Instagram ...

Keeping Up with the Kardashians star Kylie Jenner shared a tribute ‘to our future women’ aka her daughter Stormi Webster in honor of International Women’s Day on Sunday. The 22-year-old ‘self-made billionaire’ posted several snaps of her two-year-old privileged princess ...

It has now been about five weeks since Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianni, and seven others were tragically killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. And on Sunday the basketball legend’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, shared a touching new photo ...

  A third patient in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus has died, it emerged tonight, as the number of cases in Britain shot up to 278 in just 24 hours. The male patient, aged over 60, had ‘significant ...

Nigerian singer and Grammy Award-nominee, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known as Burna Boy, on Sunday shared good news to his dedicated fans over the Gold plaque received in France. The Gold plaque was given to him for garnering 15 million streams ...

Actress, Jaiye Kuti, has vehemently kicked against the notion in some quarters that actresses are immoral people. She told Sunday Scoop, “That is not true. I am part of the industry and I have friends there as well. It is ...

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are officially back together, it’s claimed. The on/off couple rekindled their romance several weeks ago but don’t want to put a label on it, TMZ reports . And while they don’t want to be completely ...