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The world’s richest man Jeff Bezos is reportedly investing in anti-aging technology that could extend the average human lifespan by up to 50 years. Since quitting his job as Amazon CEO, Bezos has flown to space with his company, Blue ...

Gunmen have kidnapped the younger sister of the Deputy Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Shehu Dalhatu Tafoki. The victim, identified as Asma’u Dalhatu, was kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday. The gunmen took her away after ...

Classes in universities in war-torn Afghanistan have resumed with curtains between male and female students. Pictures have surfaced on social media where men and women can be seen sitting on two opposite sides of the classroom with curtains between them. ...

  Ex-France and PSG defender, of Senegalese descent, Jean-Pierre Adams has died after being in Coma since 1982. The former centre-back died on Monday morning at the age of 73 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Nimes Hospital ...

Armed men on Sunday kidnapped the former Senator representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial district in the 8th national Assembly, Senator Nelson Effiong. Effiong, a former Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly who hails from the Oron Local ...

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has visited the newly crowned Olu of Warri, Tsola Emiko.   Fayemi who was ushered in to see the king immediately bowed to greet him soon as he spoted him.      

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the government’s correctional services department said Sunday.   Zuma, 79, has been serving a 15-month prison sentence since July for contempt of ...

  Ex-Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo is a year older today. And his ex-beauty queen wife Adaeze took to her Instagram page to celebrate her man on his special day. Sharing beautiful loved-up photos, the mum of three wrote; ”6/09 ...

  Bolt Kenya, a taxi company, is on the spot after a female passenger’s hand was hacked in a scuffle with one of its drivers. The incident happened on Sunday, August 29 around 9:00pm near Diamond Plaza, Nairobi. According to ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have offered to fly in to see the Queen and introduce her to her namesake great-granddaughter Lilibet in the coming weeks, it has been reported. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to have ...

  Parents of a young girl have accused her school of discriminating against her because of her body shape. Shylah Johnson, 12, was put in isolation at Brookvale Groby school, Leicester, because she was wearing a plain black skirt instead ...

The Nigerian government has vowed to recover millions of Naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors. Labour Minister, Chris Ngige spoke in a chat with State House reporters in Abuja on Sunday. Ngige said the affected doctors wrongly benefitted from ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Sunday, said he is praying to God and awaiting His direction for his second term. Makinde, who disclosed this during the 2021 Hijrah luncheon held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, declared that ...

Residents of Kagumo-ini village in Kandara, Murang’a, Kenya were left in utter shock after an elderly woman beheaded her husband Sunday morning. Margaret Wanjiru,65, is said to have attacked John Ndung’u, 99, with a panga after a domestic dispute. According ...

Germany’s ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, who was a former foreign policy adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died suddenly, less than two weeks after taking up his post. Hecker, 54, had presented his credentials at China’s foreign ministry on ...

Handlers of Big Brother Naija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ housemate, Tega, have appealed to organizers of the show to delete intimate pictures of Boma and the married mother of one. Boma and Tega, who were evicted on Sunday, had sparked social ...

Five persons have died while conveying their brother who died of cholera in Lagos state to Sokoto. The deceased were seasonal migrants to Lagos state where they worked as scavengers. Daily Trust learnt that, they were living at Ojota, an ...

A pregnant policewoman has been shot dead by Taliban militants in Afghanistan, witnesses claim. The officer was reportedly gunned down at home in the capital of central Ghor province, Firozkoh, on Saturday, September 4. Banu Negar’s face was described as ...

A young footballer who had a suspected cardiac arrest while playing in an FA Youth Cup match has sadly died as his club pays tribute. West Bridgford Colts have confirmed that Dylan Rich has tragically passed away. The young footballer ...

The police on Sunday said that they were combing forest to arrest the killers of Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ Publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. The Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kontongs Bello, gave ...

Government Day Secondary School Kaya, Maradun LGA, Zamfara state, where 73 students were abducted is dilapidated and bereft of perimeter fencing. Some of the buildings in the school premises are without windows and doors while the ceilings are starting to ...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Uzoma Emenike, says Nigerians should start projecting the Buhari administration in positive light rather than complaining about its economic and security challenges. Ms Emenike said there’s nothing unique about what Nigerians are dealing with ...

  Victoria Beckham took to Instagram yesterday to share a naughty pic of husband David’s bum. The former footballer was pictured lying in a crystal-clear swimming pool, with his cheeks poking out from under his Fendi swimming trunks. “Happy Sunday, ...

South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech has splashed out US$2.8million on a sprawling four-bedroom property in Los Angeles. The 21-year-old, who grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya before moving to Adelaide with her family, unveiled her new home in ...

Doctors have had to help a man after he swallowed an entire mobile phone.   The man, 33, managed to swallow a Nokia 3310 phone said to be an early 2000s model made by the former Finnish company.   Doctors ...