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33 killed and 150 wounded in a blast at a mosque during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to former tribal areas that border Afghanistan. A frantic rescue mission was underway at the mosque, which had an entire wall and some of its roof blown out by the …

The lady held unto a client’s manhood out of a hotel room while crying for her money after he failed to pay for services rendered of the night in Ghana. The duo were believed to be Nigerians in an altercation amidst claims by the young lady that he assaulted her. …

Nigerian rapper and singer, Rema, has set a new YouTube record with his song ‘Calm Down’ which is now the most-viewed Afrobeats music video on the streaming platform, according to Nigerian music company, TurnTable Charts. The video has been watched over 355 million times, so far, and is also the …

At least five people have died and forty others are in intensive care in Oyibi in the Greater Accra region of Ghana after consuming bean rice commonly known as waakye. The tragic incident occurred on Friday, January 20, 2023, leaving residents of the area in shock and fear at the …

The Somali government says it has killed more than 130 fighters from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab – including top commanders. It says a joint operation was carried out with Somalia’s international partners, which include the US military. The group has recently lost swathes of territory as the result of …

Supported by intelligence experts and based on content available in open source, the specialized media Numerama was able to analyze an ingenious practice of the Ukrainian army: transforming commercial drones from the Chinese brand DJI into kamikaze devices. On January 16, Ukrainian Digital Minister Mykhailo Fedorov again called for drone …

A female corpse slated for burial has gone missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. “The family of the deceased came to the hospital to take the body for burial the body could not be found among 69 other bodies shown to …

Gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday in a township in South Africa on Sunday, killing eight and injuring three, police said Monday. “The owner of the house was celebrating his birthday when two unknown persons, armed, entered the property on Sunday evening in the port …

Kenya’s Wild Service (KWS) over the weekend explained why a captive lion had to undergo vasectomy earlier in the week, local media reported. KWS had initially said the procedure was meant to control the lion’s breeding, but Kenyans questioned why it could not instead be released into the wild amid …

A man has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing four persons and using their intestines for peppered soup meal in Okwalie community, Khana Local Government Area of the State, Nigeria. The four men were killed after they were kidnapped and taken to an undisclosed location. The convict was …