Pastor dragged to court for calling gospel artiste prostitute
A clergyman from Osun State in Nigeria, Niyi Peter was arraigned on Thursday, September 26, 2024, and dragged before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in...
Manhunt after 18 people killed in South Africa mass shooting
Eighteen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt under way to find the perpetrators,...
Panic as Marburg virus outbreak kills 6 in Rwanda
Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced.Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were...
Zookeeper mauled to death by lion in Nigeria
A zookeeper has been mauled to death by a lion in southwestern Nigeria after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when...
Floods and landslides kill at least 100 in Nepal
Major floods and landslides in Nepal have killed at least 100 people across the Himalayan nation, officials have reported.Dozens more were still missing on...
Bishop David Oyedepo receives two Rolls Royce as his birthday gifts (video)
Clergyman and founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday, September 27, receiving two luxurious Rolls Royce Cullinan...
Kamala Harris visits US-Mexico border, hits back at Trump’s immigration stance
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has made a rare trip to the US-Mexico border as she seeks to blunt Republican attacks on immigration.
Harris, who last...
Tunisian presidential candidate jailed for certificate forgery
Days to Tunisia’s election, Ayachi Zammel, a presidential candidate, has been sentenced to six months in prison for using “fraudulent certificates.”
The Criminal Chamber of...
Naomi Campbell banned from being charity trustee
The model Naomi Campbell has been banned from being a charity trustee after a UK watchdog found charity funds were spent on luxury hotels...
Nigeria: Education Minister’s phone line hacked
The phone line of the Nigerian Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has been compromised.This was made known in a notice issued on his...
Tunisian presidential candidate jailed days to election over fake documents
Tunisian presidential candidate, Ayachi Zammel has been sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying documents, the second prison sentence against him in a...
NYC mayor charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign funds
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is due to be arraigned in a federal courthouse on Friday to face five counts of criminal offences,...
Two journalists jailed in Hong Kong for sedition
A Hong Kong Court has jailed two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper after they were found guilty in a landmark sedition case last...
Nearly 40 children in India drown
At least 46 people - including 37 children and seven women - drowned while celebrating a Hindu religious festival in eastern India, local officials...
US offers $20m bounty for Iranian accused of plans to kill Trump aide
The US is offering a $20m (£15m) reward for information leading to the arrest of an Iranian man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald...
Diddy’s lawyer explains why rapper allegedly had multiple bottles of baby oil
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer has offered a bizarre explanation for why 1,000 bottles of baby oil were found during raids on the disgraced rapper’s...
Ghanaian photographer found dead in Chicago river
A devastating loss has shaken the Chicago creative community, as 35-year-old Ghanaian photographer and accountant, Ishmael “Kobby” Amuzu-Quaidoo was found dead in the Chicago...
Murder of Paris female student fuels calls for tougher action on immigration
The murder of a 19-year-old female student in an exclusive neighbourhood of Paris is fuelling new calls from the French right for tougher action...
IMF approves $7bn loan to cash-strapped Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $7bn (£5.25bn) loan to cash-strapped Pakistan.
The country is due to receive the first $1bn of the...
It’s time to reform UN’s ‘unjust’ Security Council – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated the need for comprehensive reforms in the United Nations Security Council, stressing the importance of a fairer...
Musician Reekado Banks welcomes first child
Nigerian musician, Reekado Banks has welcomed his first child, a baby boy, on a day filled with bittersweet emotions.The singer shared that the birth...
Quack doctor arrested for performing penis enlargement surgery for 20 years
A Bangkok man, Kittikorn Songsri, has been arrested for performing penis enlargement surgeries and filler injections on hundreds of patients without any medical qualifications.The...
Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump
US prosecutors have charged a man arrested near Donald Trump's Florida golf course with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate.
It comes a day...
Sri Lanka’s new president dissolves parliament
Sri Lanka's new president has dissolved parliament to make way for a snap general election.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved the 225-member parliament in which his...
Police arrest five people over fake Brad Pitt scam after two women lost $362,000
Police in Spain have arrested five people accused of scamming two women out of 325,000 euros ($362,000) by pretending to be Hollywood star Brad...
War with Russia closer to end than we think – Ukrainian President
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the war with Russia could end sooner than some people think.
"I think that we are closer to peace...
Climate change: Africa cannot bear the burden of a crisis it did not create – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has urged global leaders to take immediate action against the severe impacts of climate change, particularly in Africa.Speaking at the UN General...
Why West Africa is now the world’s terrorism hotspot
Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers.They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy,...
US to ban Chinese tech in cars
The US is planning to ban certain hardware and software made in China and Russia from cars, trucks and buses in the US due...
Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon
At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in...
Boat with 30 decomposing bodies found off Senegal coast
At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say.
The navy was informed of a...
Man forced to excrete 76 wraps of cocaine at airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 38-year-old man, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport...
Singapore gears up for biggest corruption trial in decades
Singapore, a nation consistently ranked as among the least corrupt in the world, is gearing up for that rarest of things: a high-profile corruption...
USA: Four dead and 18 hurt in mass shooting
At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say.
“Multiple shooters fired multiple shots on...
Trump says he won’t run again if he loses in November
Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that he doesn't see himself running for president again if he loses in November."No, I don't. No, I...
Pope condemns killing of Honduran environmental activist
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the killing last week of an environmental activist in Honduras who had protested over mining and hydroelectric projects to try...
At least 51 dead in Iran coal mine explosion
An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people, state media said on...
Israel and Hezbollah urged to step back as UN warns of ‘catastrophe’
Israel and Hezbollah both threatened to increase their cross-border attacks on Sunday, despite international appeals for them to step back from all-out war.
Israel’s military...
Kenya to send 600 more police officers to Haiti
Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital,...
Anointing should not stop you from being romantic – Adeboye tells couples
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has stressed the importance of maintaining romance in marriage, even amid spiritual...