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Popular musician begs God for a hit song

Veteran Nigerian rapper, Panshak Henry Zamani, popularly known as Ice Prince has cried out to God for a hit song. The Angas born rapper, producer...

Compulsory coronavirus vaccines in the UK, other rumours fact-checked

We’ve been fact-checking the most widely shared dubious coronavirus claims this week. There’s no mandatory vaccine law in UK First, we’ve looked at a widely shared...

Mother’s Day: Trump opens up about his parents [photos]

President Donald Trump opened up about his mother on Friday, saying she believed he could do no wrong, adding 'which is maybe why I...

Coronavirus: Pharmacist dies after drinking corrosive ‘cure’

A 47-year-old man in Chennai, India has died after consuming the concoction he helped create with his boss in an effort to beat the...

More than 50% employees watch porn on their device while working from home

The Coronavirus or Covid-19 lockdown has forced people to face some ugly truths of life, which they were till now unaware of. Work from home has...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s Mission in New York to compile evacuation list

The Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations and the Consulate General in New York has announced plans to compile a list of...

Covid-19: Viral Ghanaian pallbearers have a message for all [Video]

Viral Ghanaian dancing pallbearers, amid the soaring global coronavirus cases, have urged citizens to comply with the stay at home directive. Taking to Twitter to...

Paralysed mother pulled from grave alive three days after son buried her [Video+Photos]

A man has been arrested for attempted murder in China after burying his own mother alive. Ma Mou, 58, was taken into custody after discovering...

Police pull over five-year-old en route to buy a Lamborghini

A five-year-old boy shocked a Utah state trooper when he was pulled over for stealing his parents' car. Taking to Twitter on Monday, the Utah Highway Patrol...

Woman delivers baby on repatriation flight

A woman has given birth onboard a flight repatriating Nigerians from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora...

Boris Johnson granted second divorce

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s second divorce has been granted, leaving him free to plan his third wedding when the lockdown restrictions are relaxed. Marina Wheeler...

Coronavirus: 101 prison inmates test positive in Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry says that 101 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus in the N'dolo military prison. Only three infected inmates...

BBC to close small regional offices to save money

The BBC is to close a number of its small regional satellite offices as part of cost-cutting measures. Up to 20 locations will be shut...

Amazon vice-president quits over virus firings

A vice-president at Amazon has quit “in dismay” at the internet giant’s crackdown on workers who criticised it over coronavirus safety measures. Tim Bray described...

Millions stolen by Abacha returned to Nigeria

Nigeria has received more than $300m (£241m) that were stolen by the former military ruler, Sani Abacha. The money was returned from the US and...

Coronavirus: Piers Morgan develops “Mild” symptoms

British journalist, Piers Morgan has announced that he will temporarily step back from presenting ITV’s flagship morning show, Good Morning Britain after developing a...

Coronavirus: How Covid-19 is ravaging India’s newsrooms

Last fortnight, a camera operator working in the studio of a news network in the western city of Mumbai joined some of his colleagues...

Coronavirus vaccine must be shared worldwide – Pope Francis

Pope Francis on Sunday called for international scientific cooperation to discover a vaccine for the coronavirus and said any successful vaccine should be made...

Coronavirus: Nurse dies 2 years to her retirement

A mother-of-three nurse has died of coronavirus just two years before retirement after spending nearly 40 years on the job. Indian-born Philomina Cherian, 63, died...

Inside lives of world’s richest royal family worth more than £1trillion

The British monarchy might be one of the richest royal families on the planet with an estimated combined fortune of £68billion - but it...

How we gang-raped female student, killed her and two others – Suspected abductor

“We were five in number and we slept with the girl before we killed her. We killed the boy first, killed the second and...

Zamfara emir dies while awaiting result of coronavirus test

The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Mohammed Ahmad Asha, is dead. He died while waiting for his result of COVID-19 test. The monarch’s death...

Coronavirus: Nigeria eyes 2 million tests in 3 months

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is looking to test two million Nigerians over the space of three months. This was revealed by the Director-General of...

Imam flogged for holding prayers, defying social distancing order

An Imam (Muslim CLeric) in Bauchi state has been publicly flogged for defying social distancing order to hold prayers with over 10 people.The President,...

Kim Jong-un appears in public – North Korean state media reports

Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North...

Coronavirus: Mass graves dug in Brazil as deaths surge (video+photos)

Harrowing footage from a Brazilian city hit by the Coronavirus pandemic shows mass graves being dug as authorities struggle with the pandemic. ALSO READ: Woman causes stir...

Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation

Sudan has criminalised carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. Some 87% of Sudanese women aged between 14...

READ: Popular gospel musician shares dream about coronavirus

Gospel musician, Nathaniel Bassey, has advised people to seek God for help in this coronavirus pandemic and not the government. ALSO READ: Covid-19: Akufo-Addo speaks on...

Coronavirus: Russian PM tests positive

Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus kills child at Korle-BuNumber of Ghanaians tested for...

Coronavirus: People are having less sex in lockdown – Durex boss

The boss of Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Durex condoms, has said people are having less sex because of the coronavirus crisis. Laxman Narasimhan said condom...

Bill Gates: What you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine

One of the questions I get to ask most these days is will the world be able to go back to the way things...

Coronavirus: New York funeral home puts corpses in lorries

Dozens of bodies have been found stored in moving lorries in New York, authorities say, after passersby complained of the smell. The Andrew T Cleckley...

They must be sued – Man says as foreigners imitate Ghana’s viral pallbearers

A group of foreigners whose nationalities are yet to be known has come out with their own version of the viral Ghanaian pallbearers in...

Remdesivir: Drug has ‘clear cut’ power to fight coronavirus – US officials

There is “clear-cut” evidence that a drug can help people recover from the coronavirus, say US officials. Remdesivir cut the duration of symptoms from 15...

Top Manhattan ER doctor commits suicide, shaken by coronavirus onslaught

The head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital committed suicide after spending days on the front lines of the coronavirus battle, her family said...

Coronavirus: Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister, 3 ministers test positive for Covid-19

ALSO READ: Y’asem Nie: Man shares how galamsey money was wasted on alcohol and women You can’t bring me down, you’re not God – Lil...

Coronavirus: Life in Wuhan after pandemic; Ghanaian shares experience[audio]

Residents in Wuhan, the city in Central China where the novel coronavirus began are struggling to adjust to their new kind of living. ALSO READ: Coronavirus:...

Boris Johnson, fiancee announce birth of son

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a son. A spokeswoman for the PM and his partner said...

False belief that methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran

The false belief that toxic methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran. ALSO READ: Beware of carjackers – Police to publicCoronavirus: Doctors strip...

Horror tales of children with COVID-19-linked inflammatory disease

More 'petrified' parents have come forward after their children were struck down with tell-tale signs of a mysterious coronavirus-linked inflammatory syndrome that has hospitalised...