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Dubai princess who dramatically dumped husband releases perfume line ‘Divorce’

Dubai royal Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is officially venturing into the luxury fragrance world.She took to Instagram to announce the launch of...

A beauty pageant turns ugly: The alleged plot to steal a queen’s crown

Overlooking the clear waters of the South Pacific, a cyclone of controversy was about to descend on Fiji’s Pearl Resort & Spa.Standing on stage...

Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school

A fire broke out at a girls' boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least three students injured...

At least 48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion

At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the...

Paralympics closing ceremony has Paris partying

The Paris 2024 Paralympics concluded with a sparkling closing ceremony on Sunday to round off a fantastic summer of sport in the French capital. Twenty-four...

Mexico arrests alleged cartel kingpin tied to 43 missing students

Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested an alleged cartel chief linked to the decade-old disappearance of dozens of students.Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, the suspected...

Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the...

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney to vote for Kamala Harris

Former US Vice-President and lifelong Republican Dick Cheney has confirmed he will vote for the Democrats' Kamala Harris in November's presidential election.Mr Cheney, seen...

Asteroid known as God of Chaos could hit Earth on Friday 13th

The colossal asteroid known as "God of Chaos" might be on a collision course with Earth with an arrival date of Friday the 13th,...

Trump’s criminal sentencing delayed until after election

Donald Trump's sentencing in his Manhattan hush money criminal trial has been postponed until after the November election. Judge Juan Merchan on Friday delayed the...

US Embassy in Accra to roll out a new pre screening process

The US Embassy in Ghana has announced the introduction of a new pre-screening process aimed at enhancing the efficiency of immigrant visa processing.Starting from...

17 students killed in Kenya elementary school fire

At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya. The inferno occurred late...

Kenya: Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei burned alive by boyfriend

Marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei ran in the Paris Olympics last month. This week, her boyfriend doused her with petrol and set her ablaze, police said...

Burkina Faso issues new passport without ECOWAS logo

Burkina Faso’s junta administration has unveiled a new generation biometric passport that no longer carries the insignia of the Economic Community of West African...

23-year-old student arrested for kidnap, murder of friend in Nigeria

A 300-level student of Philosophy at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State in Nigeria, Ayomide Adeleye, has been arrested over the kidnap and...

Man nabbed for allegedly killing sister, lover and friend

In a tragic turn of events, a 300-level student from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, who was kidnapped between...

Fake CV lands top ‘engineer’ in jail for 15 years

The man who had been chief engineer at South Africa’s state-owned passenger rail company has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for faking...

Nigerian brothers jailed in US for sextortion scam targeting teenagers

Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in jail in...

Nigeria, now 3rd largest debtor in World Bank’s scheme

A financial statement published by the World Bank has placed Nigeria as the third largest debtor to the Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) as...

Police arrest doctor who fled after a woman died during butt enlargement procedure

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended Dr. Idara Bassey, who was wanted in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman during a...

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II honoured with Honorary Doctorate at University of Cape Coast

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in recognition of his...

Ghana and China elevate ties to strategic partnership

President Akufo-Addo and Chinese President, Xi Jinping have announced the elevation of China-Ghana relations to a strategic partnership.The announcement was made during a meeting...

Spotify wins case over ‘billions’ of Eminem streams

Spotify has won a long-running court case, in which it was accused of streaming Eminem's music without permission.The case was launched in 2019 by the...

Burkina Faso issues new passports without West African bloc’s logo

Burkina Faso has launched new biometric passports without the logo of West Africa's main political and economic bloc on their cover, further signalling its...

Gridlock in Nigeria amid fuel shortages and price hikes

Nigerians have been hit by a double whammy of chronic fuel shortages and a hike in prices by the state-owned oil company. The Nigerian National...

North Korea’s President executes 30 govt officials over floods that killed 4,000 – report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered up to 30 officials to be executed over their alleged failure to prevent massive flooding and landslides in...

Daughter of South Africa’s ex-President Zuma to be Eswatini king’s 16th wife

A daughter of the former South African President Jacob Zuma and the king of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, have become engaged during a traditional ceremony...

Uganda’s Bobi Wine injured by policeman – Aide

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been injured in the leg in a confrontation with a policeman in uniform, his personal assistant has told...

British man baffled by Nigeria declaring him a top fugitive

A British national has said he is at a loss as to why the Nigerian police have accused him of planning to overthrow Nigeria’s...

Rema donates ₦150m to church that opened shop for his mum

Afrobeats star, Divine Ikubor known as Rema, has generously donated a total of 105 million naira to various departments of the Christ Embassy church...

Native doctor shoots and kills client while testing bulletproof charm

A 19-year-old self-proclaimed native doctor, Timothy Dauda, has been arrested in Edo State for shooting his client to death while testing a bulletproof charm...

Fire destroys 170-year-old historic church in France

A major fire broke out at a historic church in northern France early on Monday, September 2, with its bell tower collapsing as a...

Man shot dead while testing bulletproof charm

The Edo State Police Command has said it has arrested a 19-year-old self-acclaimed native doctor over the death of his client.The native doctor, who...

Nigerian man plucks out wife’s eyes for alleged ritual

Tragedy struck at Umueze Ibeku community, a Abia State in Nigeria, early Sunday morning, when a middle-aged man identified as Lawrence Uzor, plucked out...

Handler attacked by tiger at Australian theme park

A trained tiger handler has been hospitalised with injuries to her arm after being attacked by one of the animals at an Australian theme...

Indonesia expects to sign $3.5bn deals at Africa forum

Indonesia plans to sign business deals worth $3.5 billion with African countries as it hosts the second Indonesia-Africa Forum in the resort island of...

Top Brazil court to vote on ban of Musk’s X

Brazil's Supreme Court will vote on Monday on whether or not to uphold a ruling to ban social media platform X, formerly known as...

Hounded South African beauty queen wins Nigeria contest

After being hounded over her nationality and forced to drop out of the Miss South Africa contest, Chidimma Adetshina has been crowned beauty queen...

Row over Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower plan

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has triggered a heated debate by saying she wants to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower after the...

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine...