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Thirty-two people have died in a stampede at the funeral of assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. A further 190 were injured in the tragedy at Soleimani’s hometown of Kerman, where the military chief was being laid to rest, according to ...

The United Arab Emirates on Monday introduced a multiple-entry visa scheme valid for five years for all nationalities, with the aim of turning the Gulf state into a tourism hub.   “#UAE Cabinet chaired by @HHShkMohd, approves new amendment for ...

Former Super Eagles forward and coach, Samson Siasia, has started a GoFundMe appeal to raise money to fund his case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in order to overturn the life ban slammed on him by world ...

All eyes were on Jennifer Aniston at The Golden Globes last night when Brad Pitt made his acceptance speech. Brad won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture award for his role as ...

Kylie Jenner has been branded a “disconnected” Instagram “hypocrite” after infuriating fans with a post about the Australian wildfires. Fuelled by 40c heat and high winds, the raging fires have claimed the lives of an estimated half a billion animals ...

Chris Hemsworth has made a huge donation to fight the ongoing Australian bushfire crisis. The Australian actor and Thor star, 36, has given a huge $1 million in aid of bushfire recovery as the disaster in his home country continues. ...

A woman is accused of stealing her friend’s new born baby to pass off as her own, while the real mum’s body found in the boot of her car. Heidi Broussard was found strangled and stuffed into a bag in ...

A man has been left with thousands of tumours on his body after developing a rare skin condition 15 years ago. Diwakar Bisoye, from Odisha State, east India, was plagued by benign tumours including a four stone tumour on his ...

Chloe Sevigny is reportedly pregnant with her first child aged 45.The actress is expecting her first baby with her gallery director boyfriend Sinisa Mackovic. She’s believed to be five months along and has been pictured showing off her growing baby ...

Facebook user, Angela Damla, has shared shocking story of how a Nigerian  woman left her husband six days after their wedding and ran away with her boyfriend. The couple got married on December 14 Angela is seeking useful information on ...

A fire started  last night at London’s KOKO club, a landmark of the city’s nightlife, but has been  controlled by the London Fire Brigade. The fire started shortly before 9PM GMT at the Camden venue, the London Fire Brigade said. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari today met behind closed doors with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the State House. Although the subject of the discussion of the meeting was not disclosed, Asiwaju Tinubu told ...

Enugu State Police Command has paraded three of its officers who were caught brutalising a civilian identified as Mr Justice Obasi in a viral social media video. It was learnt that the incident which took place on January 4 along ...

Way forward! The Lagos State Government, through the Office of the Public Defender (OPD), has recovered a severely jaundiced 14-day-old baby whose parents denied her life-saving blood transfusion on religious grounds. The baby girl (name withheld) was delivered prematurely at ...

Katie Price is seen leaning over and kissing her 17-year-old son Harvey on the lips as the pair enjoy a luxury holiday in Thailand. The 41-year-old star is shown wrapped up in two turquoise towels – one round round her ...

The Saraki family says that it has secured an ex parte injunction restraining the Kwara State Government, the state House of Assembly and their agencies from further demolition of Ile Arugbo. One of the family’s lawyer, Abdulazeez Ibrahim, disclosed this ...

The Abia police command has confirmed the arrest of a kidnap gang comprising five men, who are in connection with the alleged abduction of a boy from Umuoba, the headquarters of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. ...

Yenagoa, Bayelsa State boiled on Monday as a policeman reportedly shot dead three people. Those shot dead are a commercial driver and two of his passengers. The dastard act led to riot in the state’s capital. According to reports, the ...

A Nigerian, Anthony Okolie, has been detained by the Department of State Services for 10 weeks for purchasing and using an MTN SIM card previously used and abandoned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan. The telephone number was said to ...

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shi’ites on Monday led a procession and protest in Banex, Wuse Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The Shi’ite members were protesting over the killing of top ...

A suicidal mother of an eight-month-old baby girl tried to get medical help one week before she took her own life. Chloe McDaid, from Wallasey, Merseyside, hanged herself at home and was found unresponsive by her father days after she ...

Kylie Minogue has announced she and her family have donated $500,000 in the wake of the bushfires currently ravaging Australia. Taking to Instagram on Monday, the 51-year-old Aussie singer said the money was for ‘the immediate firefighting efforts’ and ‘ongoing ...

  A woman in Uganda has been banned from having more kids after her forty fourth(44th) child. Mariam Nabatanzi got married at age 12 to a 40 year old man. She gave birth to twins the following year. But due ...

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has denied US troops are pulling out of Iraq, after a letter from a US general there suggested a withdrawal. The letter said the US would be “repositioning forces in the coming days and weeks” ...

The past few days have seen fans hit out at the Kardashian/Jenner brood for their seemingly lack of care regarding the horrific Australian bushfires. But Kim Kardashian put a stop to it on Sunday evening when she hit back at ...