Four families are devastated after a group of young boys fell into a hole and died in Nyanga, Cape Town, South Africa.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the children between the ages of 11-13 were playing on sand dunes near Borcherds Quarry along the N2 highway, which caved in on them on Monday afternoon, February 8.
A convicted fraudster splashed over £175k on a bank card belonging to Riyad Mahrez before the Manchester City winger noticed he had been scammed.
The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed to Daily Star Sport that one Sharif Mohamed, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud, with the fraud totalling £175,830.
Europe’s oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, turns 117 today, Feb 11, after surviving COVID-19 last month and living through two world wars.
Born Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904, Sister Andre said she didn’t realise she had caught the coronavirus, which infected 81 residents of her retirement home in the southeast city of Toulon, killing 10 of them.
The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev (Dr) Paulinus Ezeokafor, has lamented the high cost of burial in some parts of Igboland.
Bishop Ezeokafor, who disclosed to a journalist and life coach, Timothy Ofoegbu, said the Umunna and Umuada make so many unnecessary demands from bereaved families.
Ahead of the Saturday, Februay 13 proposed protest against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate, the Federal government has warned it would not tolerate any form of violence in the name of #EndSARS protest.
The Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has declared that no protest will be allowed to hold at the Lekki Tollgate on Saturday, February 13.
Emilia Asim has sadly passed away.
The former Red Media partner and Future Awards Co-founder passed away yesterday, January 29.
A Dutch Appeal court has ordered oil giant Shell to pay compensation to four farmers in the Niger Delta for alleged widespread pollution on their farmland.
The four farmers who reside in the Niger Delta region, alongside their ally, the Friends of the Earth campaign group, had in 2008, filed the case against the oil giant. According to the farmers, oil spillage from the pipelines owned by the oil giant destroyed their farmland, leading to huge losses in their products and returns in revenue.
A 36-year-old school bus driver has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly defiling a 4yrs old pupil (name withheld) of the school where he was working.
A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the command, states that the suspect, Humble Michael, was arrested on January 22 following a complaint by the mother of the victim who reported at Ogijo divisional headquarters that while her
The UK is ready to welcome tens of thousands of migrants from Hong Kong, with the opening of a new visa for residents of the former British colony this Sunday, according to a report by the BBC.
The report comes after China imposed a national security law on Hong Kong that ended the city's autonomy, civil and social freedoms, and solidified Beijing's authoritarian rule over the territory.
A man says he is now born again after he discovered a knife was forgotten in his body and remained there for weeks.
The Twitter user said he was stabbed last November and went to the hospital where the doctor told him the wound wasn't that deep and he was stitched.
The police in Kano state have arrested a resident of the state, Bilya Abdullahi, who stabbed his pregnant ex-wife, Shafa’atu Saleh, and her elder brother, Ado Saleh, shortly after a Sharia Court dissolved his marriage to Shafa'atu.
A team of doctors at Thumbay University Hospital United Arab Emirates have used a 3D printing technology to carry out a foot reconstruction surgery on a nine year-old Nigerian boy’s leg.
The boy needed the surgery after suffering a gunshot.
Immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General T.Y Buratai has expressed hope of insurgency ending in the country within a short time.
A commercial motorcyclist and father of two identified as John Goteh from Sogho Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers state has died in an accident while traveling to attend the funeral of his colleague.
424 more Nigerians who were stranded in Saudi Arabia have arrived Abuja. According to the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the returnees will proceed on the mandatory 14 days quarantine.
Nollywood actor, Bryan Okwara is grateful to God for blessing his family with an adorable son, Zayne.
Kidnappers of the 26 youths from Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State have demanded the sum of N52 million ransom for their release.
It was reported earlier that the youths were abducted while on their way home from a wedding ceremony.
The kidnappers who have established contact with the affected families are reportedly demanding N2m ransom per head.
The Nation reported that there is reliable information the kidnappers have moved the victims into a forest situated between Takum local government in Taraba and Katsina-Ala in Benue State.
It was also reported that youths in Takum who accused Tiv indigenes of being behind the abduction, on Thursday evening attacked Tiv residents in Takum and abducted 31 persons, including women and children in revenge.
Taraba police spokesperson, DSP David Misal who confirmed the kidnappers have established communication with relations of the victims, appealed to Takum youths to exercise patience, promising the police was making concerted efforts to secure the release of the kidnapped victims.
An actor, Luke Westlake, 26, who appeared in BBC crime drama 'Luther' alongside Idris Elba hanged himself while out of work during the first Covid-19 lockdown, an inquest into his death has heard.
After graduating from one of the UK’s top drama schools in 2017, the actor went on to appear in Luther and BBC dramas Doctors and No Offence.
Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu has revealed his mom died after battling with cancer for many years.
On Monday, the former Hapoel Be'er Sheva star shared a heartbreaking post and only wrote:
Anthony Martial’s wife, Melanie, has received death threats and racist abuse in the wake of Manchester United’s defeat to Sheffield United this week.
A former President, National Union of Benue Students, Lubem Terkula Aluta Genera, has lamented about the increase in "crime and prostitution" in Benue State as a result of poverty, economic deprivation and mismanagement of state resources.
woman has come out to accuse Pamela Anderson of being a “home wrecker”, after the former playboy model revealed this week she had gotten married to her body guard, Dan Hayhurst.
A Nigerian woman has been hailed after she paid back the excess money a Chinese company paid into her account.
The woman had paid forty-one thousand Naira for a product. However, they didn't have the product and they agreed to pay her back but were reluctant to pay the entire money.
Rather than pay her back N41K, they said they would only pay her N38K.
After going back and forth, she eventually agreed to accept the thirty-eight thousand Naira.
However, she got an alert for N38 million. Apparently, the company mistakenly added more zeros.
Despite the initial disagreement between them, she sent back the money they mistakenly paid to her after bank charges had been deducted.
Because of her exemplary action, the Chinese company had a change of heart and paid her the complete N41K they owe her.
Below are screenshots of the bank transaction.
Multiple award-winning Tanzanian singer, Diamond Platnumz on Friday, revealed that he has two more children apart from the four with Ugandan socialite, Zari Hassan, Tanzanian video vixen, Hamisa Mobett and Kenyan singer, Tanasha Donna.
The European Union has extended Nigeria's Beans import ban to June 2022 over Nigeria's failure to implement its food safety action plan submitted in 2018.
The EU food safety authority had in 2015 banned Nigerian beans because it contained between 0.3mg per kilogram and 4.6mg per kg of Dichlorvos, a pesticide when the maximum acceptable residue limit was 0.01 mg per kg.
Kebbi state government has approved death sentence for kidnappers and life imprisonment for rapists.
Governor Atiku Bagudu assented to the law which made kidnapping a capital offence and also prescribed life imprisonment for rapists.
An Ottawa nurse has tested positive for COVID-19 about two weeks after getting vaccinated.
The Nurse, Santosh Baral said he was "speechless" when his results came back positive for COVID-19 last week after a routine test.
Three persons have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident that occurred along the Port Harcourt- Ebonyi expressway.
The travelers were commuting in a commercial bus with plate number Enugu UWN 109 ZT from Port Harcourt to Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital when they had the accident.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the release of the rioter who was pictured with his feet up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk during Capitol riot in Washington earlier this month, calling his actions “a total disregard for the U.S. Constitution.”
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to South-East Governors to ban all forms of open grazing in the region in compliance with the 1969 statutory law of Nigeria.
Justice Babs Kwuemi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Adelanke Adesola Abiodun (a.k.a. Richard Lopez/ Walker Fabian Gregory) to 18-months imprisonment for impersonation.
The 25-year-old who claimed to be an Accounting graduate from Ekiti State University was a sales representative with a private company when he was arrested by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Crime Commission, EFCC, for internet fraud, the agency said in a statement.
He pleaded guilty to one count amended charge preferred against him and convicted and sentenced to 18-months imprisonment.
Justice Kwuemi, the presiding judge also gave a consequential order that he restitutes to his victim, one Frida Thorsdottir the sum of $1,500 (One Thousand Five Hundred United States of American Dollars), through the EFCC.
He is also to forfeit one iPad and Nokia Torch to the Federal Government of Nigeria, EFCC said.
Demi Rose, 25, left nothing to the imagination as she posed completely naked in a field.
She captioned the racy photos, "My wish is to stay always like this. Living quietly in a corner of bliss."
A staff of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, identified as Effiong Joseph has been electrocuted.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Thursday afternoon, January 28, while the deceased and his colleague, one Michael Udosen, were trying to reconnect
A burglar broke into a pub, drank some of the supplies there and went on a wrecking spree before falling asleep.
30-year-old Marius Petrikas, also know as Algis Likso, was found hours later passed out on a sofa in the bar by the owner after he heard snoring.
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly to seek the confirmation of the recently appointed service chiefs.
This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate),
A young Mexican footballer has had his leg amputated after suffering severe injuries following an accident in his home.
Rodrigo Alain Cuevas was a forward for Ciervos Chalco FC in the Liga Premier, the third tier of football in Mexico.
A Mechanical Engineering graduate of the Delta State Polytechnic (Delta Poly), Otefe-Oghara, Delta State, Friday Abiligo Orhomre, has drowned in a river three months after he completed his compulsory national youth service programme.
As Nigerians participate in the ongoing #Silhouettechallenge, OAP and actor, Uba Michael popularly known as Ogbolor has warned ladies to be wary of what they post online as it can come back years after to haunt them.
A male and female preacher who reportedly went separately to share the word of God at the Ikeja bus stop in Lagos state, threw caution to the wind as they fought for a preaching spot in the area.
21-year-old porn star Belle Delphine has revealed that she makes $1.2m per month from selling her bath water and used condoms on OnlyFans.
This comes just 6 months after she announced that she was planning on making a "big bag" on OnlyFans.
Chairman of the Northern Governors' Forum and Governor of Plateau state, Simon Lalong has announced that the 19 Northern States Governors will be publicly taking the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine when they arrive in the country.
England and Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney has slammed Chelsea for sacking Frank Lampard.
Lampard was dismissed by Chelsea earlier this week due to the club's slump in form before replacing him with former Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund boss, Thomas Tuchel.