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Seven month old baby chokes to death on lollipop

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A seven-month-old baby died on Wednesday after choking on lollipop in Chekalini market in Lugari, Kakamega County, Kenya. The infant’s mother, Ms. Pauline Wanyonyi, said...

Gunmen kill two policemen at Ondo checkpoint

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The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the death of two policemen said to have been killed by some unknown gunmen in the state. It...

Any young man that gets down on his knees to propose...

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Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie has again disagreed to any African man kneeling to propose to his girlfriend. The 72-year old actor called such...

President Buhari will not resign over insecurity till the end of...

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Over the insistent call for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari for rising insecurity issues, the Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has...

Drunk woman calls police falsely claiming her boyfriend has coronavirus because...

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A woman in China has called the police 16 times falsely claiming that her boyfriend was infected with the coronavirus because the man had...

Devastated mum shares heartbreaking footage of son, 9, wanting to end...

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A shattered mother has shared a harrowing video of her nine-year-old son begging for a rope to kill himself after he was bullied at...

Nollywood actor, Frank Dallas dies in Abia hotel room

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Nollywood actor and production manager, Frank Dallas, is dead. He died on Wednesday February 19 in his hotel room in Abia State while attending...

Court dissolves one-year marriage over lack of love

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A Grade 1 Area Court in Kubwa, on Thursday dissolved a one-year-old marriage between Halima Sa’idu and her husband Haruna Abdullahi over lack of...

Rihanna rings in her 32nd birthday with her friends and family...

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The singer/fashion designer/makeup mogul/actress turned 32 on Thursday. And Rihanna rang in her birthday with a vacation to Mexico with her friends and family. The...

Lesotho’s Prime Minister to be charged with murdering wife

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Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, 80, is to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane, police have said. Mr Thabane announced...

You’re not qualified to join us, APC tells Fayose

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The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has advised a former governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose, to perish the thought of...

Prepare for electricity tariff hike, TCN tells Nigerians

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Nigerians should be prepared to pay cost-reflective electricity tariffs in order to enjoy the benefits of the liberalisation of the power sector, the government-owned...

Taraba’s Gov. Darius Ishaku suffers domestic accident

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Taraba’s Governor Darius Ishaku has been staying in Abuja for close to two months now, because he is receiving adequate medical treatment for a...

5 sisters beat brother to death for demanding share of dowry

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Police in Gatundu North, Kiambu County,Kenya are holding five siblings, on allegations of ganging up and beating their elder brother to death on Sunday...

Knifeman storms London mosque, stabs man in the neck

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A knifeman stormed into Regents Park Mosque yesterday afternoon and ‘stabbed a man in the neck’ while he was carrying out the call to...

Moment rare Ferrari worth £1m bursts into flames (video)

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This video shows the moment a rare F40 Ferrari exploded on the streets of Monaco’s glamorous Monte Carlo district as its helpless owner stood...

Children stage mass-walkout after teachers were forced to quit for being...

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Students at a Catholic school have walked out in protest at the resignations of two teachers who allegedly resigned because they were gay. Paul Danforth...

Surgeon jumped to his death after arguing with girlfriend

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A budding young surgeon leapt from the seventh floor of a hotel during a drunken row with his girlfriend who was celebrating her birthday,...

‘Children die after eating pesticide pancakes’

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Two children in Uganda have died and 11 others have been hospitalised after they ate pancakes made with pesticides instead of cooking oil, according...

Disgraced ex-Trump aide Roger Stone jailed for 40 months

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A disgraced former campaign adviser to Donald Trump has been jailed for 40 months for lying to investigators. Roger Stone, 67, was handed the sentence...

EFCC arrests son of former Kogi governor for alleged fraud

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Nigeria’s anti-graft office has arrested Muhammed Audu, son of the late Prince Abubakar Audu, a former governor of Kogi State. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Oyo govt. to introduce identification cards for Okada riders

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The Oyo State Government will soon issue identification card for every motorcycle (okada) operator across the state as part of measures to check crimes...

APC files suit asking supreme court to reverse judgment sacking Lyon

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approached the Supreme Court with an application urging the court to reverse its decision on the governorship election...

Four NSCDC officers kidnapped in Kogi

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Four officers of the Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) were reportedly kidnapped on Thursday around Ajegwu, Ofu...

Murdered Aso Rock director to be buried on Friday

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Murdered Aso Rock Villa Assistant Director, Laetitia Dagan, will be buried on Friday her family has announced. Dagan was murdered shortly after she returned from...

Customs to shut down supermarkets selling foreign rice

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Nigerian Customs Service has warned off supermarkets and shops in some parts of the country to stop patronizing foreign rice and other prohibited goods. “In...

Barcelona sign Martin Braithwaite from Leganés

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Spanish club, Deportivo Leganés’ player, Martin Braithwaite has signed a contract with the FC Barcelona till 2024 with the buy out clause set at...

Senate introduces bill to create agency for repentant Boko Haram members

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The Senate on Thursday began moves to establish an agency that would see to the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and integration of repentant insurgents in the...

Maryam Sanda appeals death penalty

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Following her conviction by an FCT High Court over the alleged killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, Maryam Sanda has approached the Court of...

Photos: Obaseki revokes CofO of Ibori’s property

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Edo Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has revoked the statutory right of occupancy granted to a former Delta Governor Chief James Ibori in respect to...

Kate Middleton’s brother posts rare message about his ‘wonderful’ royal sister

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The Duchess of Cambridge's younger brother has posted a rare message about his royal sister. James Middleton took to Instagram to say how proud...

17 year-old boy accused of r.a.p.i.n.g 11-year-old relative 100 times before...

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A 17-year-old boy is accused of r3ping an 11-year-old relative about 100 times before she gave birth to their child in a bathtub. Norvin Leonidas...

Uzodinma hits Aso Rock, demands N32bn refund from Buhari

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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Thursday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja to demand refund of N32 billion which the...

Khloe Kardashian showcases her ever-shrinking frame in shiny skin-tight suit

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Khloe Kardashian looked incredibly slim on her latest outing. The reality star flaunted her figure when she left the studio after filming My Next...

Monster dad arrested for r.a.p.i.n.g five daughters for the period of...

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of r3ping his five daughters for more than a decade following the death of his wife. The unnamed...

Heart-breaking moment wife of Wuhan hospital chief who died of coronavirus...

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Heart-breaking footage has captured the moment the wife of a hospital chief in Wuhan bade a tearful farewell to her husband after he died...

Schofield jets to Paris with family weeks after gay revelation

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Phillip Schofield has jetted on a family holiday to Paris just weeks after coming out as gay after 27 years of marriage. The TV legend...

UNILAG lecturer, Afeez Baruwa jailed for 21 years for r.a.p.i.n.g 18-year-old...

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An Ikeja  High Court on Thursday sentenced a part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa, to 21- year imprisonment for  raping...

Two passengers who tested positive to Coronavirus on quarantined Diamond...

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Two Japanese passengers who contracted the new coronavirus on board a cruise ship quarantined in Japan have died, officials say. Both were in their 80s...

Banned keke napep replaced with mini buses (Photos)

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Following the ban on motorcycles and tricycles from five local government areas and major highways in Lagos by the state government, new mini-cars with...

Computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste dies aged 74

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Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74. Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s,...

Lady allegedly kills herself and child in Delta state after baby...

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A 22-year-old lady has allegedly taking her own life and that of her baby. The lady, Epigha Peace Koboye, was found dead at her residence...

Dayo Amusa speaks about loneliness & wanting to be loved

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Nollywood actress Dayo Amusa has taking to Instagram to talk about loneliness and wanting to be loved by a man. The actress who refereed...

One dead as hausa traders riot in Ogun state

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Violence erupted in the seedy Olomore Market, Abeokuta this morning as dozens of Hausa traders protested the death of one of them during alleged...

Buhari to lawmakers: Nigerians say you’re overpaid

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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday told members of the National Assembly that the public perception about them is negative. The president said Nigerians saw the lawmakers...

Omoyele Sowore calls out Channels tv… warns station against calling his...

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Omoyele Sowore has called out ChannelsTv for using the word alleged to describe his long detention at DSS custody. He called the television station...

Mutant cow born with two heads – including 4 eyes and...

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A farmer got the shock of a lifetime when one of his cows gave birth to a calf with two heads. Farmer Bhaskar was not...

Edo loses two illustrious sons — Professor Emmanuel Emovon and Colonel...

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Two illustrious sons of Edo, Professor Emmanuel Emovon and Colonel Paul Ogbebor, are dead. Prof. Emovon was a former Minister of Science and Technology and...

Month’s worth of rain expected to fall across UK in next...

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Residents across the UK who are already struggling with the aftermath of Storm Dennis, have been told to expect further torrential downpours over the...

Africa free of coronavirus as suspected Egyptian case tests negative

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Africa is free of coronavirus as the first suspected case in Egypt has tested negative for the deadly virus. The announcement was made by...