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A 22-year-old woman was dragged out of a car and raped in front of her husband and brother-in-law, who were held at gunpoint in the northern Indian state of Haryana, the police said on Tuesday. The woman was raped, according to police, on Sunday night...

An Afghanistan government official on Monday said death toll in Saturday’s attack on the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel has reached 30. Gunmen in army uniforms had stormed and battled Afghan Special Forces through the night on Saturday at the hotel. Wahid...

A helicopter suspected to be loaded with arms and ammunition was, last night, reported to have landed in a village called Jibu, located along River Benue, near Ibi, in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. Senior Special Assistant to Governor...

Some suspected mobile phone thieves have set a 12-year-old boy ablaze to prevent him from exposing them. Our correspondent gathered that the victim identified as Ojonugwa was reportedly set on fire by thieves in Ogugu, Olamaboro Local Government Area...

Joan and Ted who tied the knot yesterday, are believed to be the British oldest newly weeded couple in Britain with combined age of 171. Joan, 80 and Ted, 91, reportedly met in a WHsmith retirement group. Both couple are ex-workers at WHsmith, a stationery...

The Nigerian Community in South Africa reported on Saturday that a mob destroyed four shops and several houses belonging to their members at Krugersdorp, near Johannesburg. The Ward Chairman of the Nigerian Union in the area, Mr. Cyril James, said the...

Policemen searching a suspect’s home for a weapons stash were surprised to encounter a large crocodile living in the basement, the police said Friday. Police officers in Russia’s north-western city of Saint Petersburg were inspecting a property owned...

Essence Evans set the cyberspace agog with a simple social media post in which she claims that she makes her baby girl —a five-year-old — to pay rent. Essence, who is a singer and Yoga fan, explains that every week, the baby girl gets $7 in allowance....

Police on Friday arraigned a nurse, Agulana Ndidi, 33, and Yakubu Lina, 34, in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court over an attempt to sell a newborn baby. The duo are charged with criminal conspiracy and concealment of birth, punishable under sections 59...

An Indonesian Christian was publicly flogged on Friday for selling alcohol in conservative Aceh province, a violation of Islamic law, as a crowd of onlookers including children jeered. Jono Simbolon is the third non-Muslim to suffer a public whipping...

Two pregnant women transferred from Kwara State to the Oyo State camp of The National Youth service Corps in Iseyin were delivered of baby girls at the ongoing orientation of corps members. The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Mrs Ifeoma Anidobi, on Friday,...

Here are six (6) more Fulani mutilated & decomposed corpses found at Katibu and Dodana villages of Lau LGA of taraba state. A search team comprising security operatives, Fulani community leaders and journalists has discovered more mutilated dead bodies...

Police have arrested bomb makers in Edo state.The arrested bomb makers are suspected to be Boko Haram bomb makers. It should be recalled that the attention of the villagers was drawn to the scene after a bomb exploded in Okpella,Edo state and killed one...

The Delta state police command have arrested a Pastor in Delta state for abducting a 21 year old girl identified as Faith, hypnotizing her and claiming God told him that she is his wife. Humanrights activist of the Behind Bars Initiative, Prince Gwamnishu...

A mother and father who repeatedly raped their daughter are alleged to have told police "better us than some maniac"The couple, both aged 35, turned their daughter into a "sex slave", according to Russian law enforcement. It is alleged that the girl was...

A 17-old boy identified as Emmanuel was arrested Monday, Jan 15 and charged with murder. Emmanuel, reportedly beat his own mother to death just because he couldn't find his memory card, and thought she had it. According to reports, Emmanuel asked his...

The church of Satan has opened up on its involvement in the idea of creating sex dolls and humanoids. The founder of the church, Anton Lavey, has predicted the future existence sex dolls some decades ago, is not surprised that his prediction is now coming...

A 41-year-old Nigerian banker identified as Toyin Ogundipe, aboard an Air France flight, was delivered of a baby boy mid-air about 35,000 feet above sea level and four hours away from the destination. The mother of two who lives in the UK had gone into...

An Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 12-year-old marriage due to irreconcilable differences between the couple. The case was instituted by 36-year-old Raliat Ajila, who accused her husband, Sola Ajila of denying her...

The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has ordered the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) and six others to pay the sum of N10 million to one Mr Frank Eko over the case of illegal arrest, detention, assault, battery, humiliation and...

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arrested an Islamic cleric, Alfa Kayode Abdul-Fatai in Alakuko area of the State for being in illegal possession of human parts including a female private organ. The suspect, who was arrested at No. 4, Okedumola...

President Muhammadu Buhari has provided reasons why Fulani herdsmen and farmers clash continuously in the country. President Buhari, in an email to Reuters, who sought his reaction to recent clashes in several parts of the country, said Nigeria’s growing...

Telecoms giant Globacom has dissociated itself from reports which stated that it was the preferred bidder to acquire the telecommunications company, 9Mobile. A press statement issued in Lagos on Friday said: “Globacom has not acquired 9Mobile as widely...

The Osun state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is showing his soft side lately. He shared a story of an Osun student who was abducted and robbed of his school fees and he paid an extra 30 thousand naira with the stolen money to ease his pains. This was...

President Muhammad Buhari was shocked after finding out Yusuf spent N114m on power bike. However, Buhari didn’t know of the existence of son Yusuf’s power bikes, a new report has claimed. According to a report, Yusuf acquired the motorcycles for him and...