Lion kills worker after escaping locked area
A lion killed a young worker at a wildlife conservatory Sunday after it got loose from a locked space, the center said. Alexandra Black, 22, of New Palestine, Indiana, was...
Huge bald eagle lands on football fans
The eagle has landed - not once, but twice. Two American football fans got the surprise of their lives on Saturday when a North American bald eagle went rogue at...
From duct-taped shoes to $11M: Man leaves surprise donations
Alan Naiman was known for an unabashed thriftiness that veered into comical, but even those closest to him had no inkling of the fortune that he quietly amassed and the...
Young couple die within hours of each other
Thousands of pounds has been raised to help the families of a British couple who died within hours of each other in Australia.Former Market Drayton Town footballer Jason Francis, 29,...
How a single comma can cost millions
For most people, a stray comma isn’t the end of the world. But in some cases, the exact placement of a punctuation mark can cost huge sums of money. How...
Drones paralyse British airport, grounding Christmas travellers
Britain sent troops to its second-biggest airport after an unprecedented attempt to cripple Christmas travel with large drones forced all flights to be cancelled on Thursday. As thousands of passengers...
Police woman, 3 children die mysteriously in Osogbo
A police woman and her three children on Thursday died in a mysterious manner at her house at Oja-Oba area in Osogbo, Osun state. The police Sergeant and two of...
Country where your car spies on you for government
When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car. What he didn’t know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise...
How Vanguard newspaper boss died, resurrected
Vanguard Media Christian Fellowship, yesterday, held its annual thanksgiving service at its corporate headquarters, with the company’s General Manager/Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, giving a stunning testimony of how he was...
Mourning dog waits for 80 days in road where owner died
A loyal dog which has waited on a busy road for more than 80 days after its owner died there has captured the hearts of online communities in China. Footage...
Woman kills husband, 3 children, then commits suicide
Tragedy occured Saturday on Vandekya Street in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State when a middle aged woman, Mrs Nick Adetsav, stabbed her husband and three children to death,...
Celebrity holds mock wedding to pay Oxford University fees
A radio presenter in Uganda is to hold a mock ceremony to marry a friend on Friday - the catch is that guests have to pay to attend.That is because...
Professor found dead, suicide suspected
A lecturer at Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Mr Frank Onyezili, has alleged committed suicide, official told our correspondent. Onyezili, who was a professor at the Department of...
Why did this lioness kill the father of her cubs?
A lioness at a US zoo has killed the father of her three cubs in their pen - an incident experts say is shocking and unprecedented. The pair had lived...
Zoo lioness kills father of her three cubs
A lioness has killed the father of her three cubs in their pen at a zoo in the US, officials say. Zuri, 12, attacked 10-year-old Nyack and staff at Indianapolis...
Prof’s wife delivers first child at 67
For 39 years, a Nigerian couple prayed and hoped fervently for a child of their own. The wife, 67, went from one hospital to another in Nigeria and India to...
Mother, four children die from electrocution
A mother, Asmau Shehu and her four children, Yusuf, Rabiat, Ummul, and Hadi have been electrocuted in Anguwan Sarkin Hausawa, Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state. Mr Ibrahim Husssaini,...
Thunder kills 23 cows in Ekiti
No fewer than 23 cows have been killed by thunder in Ekiti State. The deafening thunder was accompanied by a downpour recorded in parts of the state in last couple...
Secrets from basement of France’s presidential palace shared
The French presidential wine collection holds 14,000 bottles deemed so precious, few people are allowed to enter the cellar where they are stored. The president’s chefs use 150-year-old copper pans....
Police arrest 2 men who kidnapped corpse for N5m ransom
One Chukwudi Chukwu, a 28-year-old man from Okwu, and Bethel Ibeh, from Ugiri Ike, both of Ikeduru Local Government Area in Imo State, who allegedly stole a female corpse from...
Man climbs telecom mast to protest poor economy
A 28-year-old man, Mr Nurudeen Lliyasu, has climbed a telecommunication mast in Abuja, to protest the poor economy in the country. The man was seen on top of the mast...
Predicting Trump: Chinese turn to fortune tellers to divine trade war
As analysts crunch trade data and political commentators dissect official statements for signs of how the Sino-American trade war will develop, some ordinary Chinese are using different sources to predict...
3 in 4 babies not exclusively breastfed in Nigeria
Are the mothers angry? Have Nigerian babies offended the gods or the society? Is this the apocalypse? These were some of the posers that advocates of exclusive breastfeeding sought answers...
Where it’s rude to be on time
Thanks to an unhurried ‘life’s a beach’ attitude, Brazilians – especially those from Rio de Janeiro – have learned neither to expect nor appreciate punctuality. I still cringe when I...
Boat accident kills 17, including nine from one family
Divers on Friday recovered the last bodies from the wreckage of a "duck boat" that sank on Thursday during a storm on a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, including nine...
World's oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan
Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable surprise: people began making bread,...
Fire razes Imo residence, spares only Bible
Fire has burnt down a three-bedroomed bungalow at Ezioha Okporo in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, leaving only a Holy Bible in its parlour unaffected. Although there was...
The Imam who saved Christians from Muslim gunmen
When an imam in Nigeria saw hundreds of desperate, frightened families running into his village last Saturday, he decided to risk his life to save theirs. They were fleeing from...
Russia 2018: Doctor dies watching Nigeria lose to Argentina
Mr Emeka Ogah, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), has confirmed the death of one its consultants, Mr Canice Ebirim, on Tuesday during the Super Eagles and...
Woman drinks dog’s urine, claims it helps her acne
A woman claims that she has a new remedy to counteract acne: dog urine! In a shocking viral video, a woman has her dog pee into a cup and then...
Rats eat $19,000 in ATM
Police say at least one rat slipped through a hole in the back of an ATM in northeastern India and started eating. By the time it finished, more than US$19,000...
Tech boss killed ‘when his mobile phone explodes while charging next to his bed’
Nazrin Hassan died last week when one of his smartphones exploded Police say Mr Hassan's death was caused as a result of smoke inhalation But his brother-in-law claims he died...
7-meter-long python swallows woman
A 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday. The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near her...
No live chickens at the World Cup for Nigeria fans
Chicken on plates, no problem. In the stadiums, not so much. A Russian official in the city of Kaliningrad says authorities forbade World Cup fans from bringing live chickens to...
How algorithms and cats predict the winners of the World Cup
World Cup match-day nerves can improve your decision-making: algorithms used in the stock market could divine the victors of football's biggest competitionWith a half-hearted mew, a white cat called Achilles...
Sculpted head of mystery biblical king found in Israel
An enigmatic sculpture of a king's head dating back nearly 3,000 years has set off a modern-day mystery caper as scholars try to figure out whose face it depicts. The...
Family of five, friend die after moving to own house
A family of five died under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday night at Old Aiyepe road in Sagamu area of Ogun State. The family includes father, mother, three children and a...
Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax 'to stop gossip'
Uganda's parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05, £0.04] daily levy on people using internet...
2 women taking selfies struck by lightning
Two young women suffered serious injuries after lightning struck them while they were taking selfies in western Germany, officials said Monday. A spokesman for Bochum police said first responders found...
'Kim Jong Un' poses for selfies in Singapore ahead of Trump summit
Surprised Singaporeans pursued North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday before realising the portly man with slick black hair near the Marina Bay Sands hotel was an impersonator. "It...
