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Police officers are investigating the killing of an elderly man inside a police station on Sunday in Kakamega County, Kenya. Benson Waluvengo Benjamin, 62, died at the Kabras Police Station on the same day he was arrested for allegedly assaulting ...

  Gunmen have kidnapped a young man, who is reputed to be a billionaire, Mr Elvis Ojeogwu, his father and one other person from their hometown of Obior in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. A family ...

Outspoken Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem has mocked the just dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido. Eedris took to Instagram where he mocked the respected man, saying he is paying for a certain ‘crime’. Posting to his Instagram page, Eedris wrote; ...

A fifth person has died from coronavirus in the UK just hours after another patient in his 70s passed away. The latest victim, also in their 70s, was being treated at St Helier Hospital, in Carshalton, Sutton, London. The fatality ...

  Nigerian evangelist and founder of Mount Zion Drama Ministry, Mike Bamiloye, has stated that career is putting couples asunder. The Mount Zion TV founder, who has been active on social media recently blamed career and trips abroad for destroying marriages ...

  Deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has broken his silence after his dethronement by the Kano state government. In a 4.39 minute video posted on social media, the Emir who spoke in Hausa, said it is God that made him the ...

  A 75-year-old Egyptian aiming to play two matches in order to be classed by the Guinness World Record books as the oldest ever professional has scored on his debut. Ezzeldin Bahader, who is a father of four and grandfather ...

  Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has announced that Serie A is suspended indefinitely as the country continues to struggle to contain the spread of Covid-19. With latest figures revealing 463 people had died from coronavirus from a total of 9,172 infections, the Italian ...

A woman and her three children who were doused in petrol and set on fire by their father have been buried together today. Hannah Clarke and her children Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey were laid to rest in one large white ...

Sir Elton John has just completed the Australian leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, and he made sure while there, that he enjoyed some quality time with his family. The I’m Still Standing crooner shared several snaps to ...

Juventus’ game against Inter Milan was played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak. Cristiano Ronaldo was in jovial mood ahead of the crunch match between Juventus and Inter Milan, despite the absence of any fans at the game. ...

Two new developments have taken place since the last briefing in Abuja on the coronavirus situation in Nigeria. The first is that a team of researchers from various institutions in Nigeria, including scientists from the Centre for Human and Zoology ...

On September 25, 2014, Corporal Edward Wanyonyi Makokha walked into a kiosk in Benane town, Garissa County, Kenya and grabbed a mobile phone from a Form Four student. The student, Ibrahim Hassan Shid, followed the officer and demanded to be ...

His Highness, Aminu Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi and son of late Emir Abdullahi Ado Bayero has been appointed the new Emir of Kano by Kano state government. Announcing his appointment today, after Emir Sanusi was dethroned, Secretary to ...

The former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate and President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria (CRCN), Shehu Sani, has reacted to the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano today. Reacting to the removal ...

Three suspected ritualists have been arrested with a human skull removed from a public cemetery in Lagos. The suspects were apprehended on Sunday by a team of policemen from Area E Command, Festac. While on routine stop and search patrol ...

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Shafi’u Haruna, for allegedly killing his girlfriend over dispute on the ownership of her pregnancy. Haruna was arrested last Tuesday following a tip off. The spokesman for the command, SP ...

The Kano state Government on Monday finally dethroned Muhammad Sanusi ll as the Emir of Kano. Secretary to the state government (SSG), Alhaji Usman Alhaji in Press Statement on Monday, said Ganduje approved the immediate removal/dethronement of the Emir of ...

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 ...