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Ukraine’s former President Petro Poroshenko landed in Kyiv on Monday to face a treason charge, he said was trumped up by allies of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Poroshenko was indicted for alleged treason linked to the financing of…

26-year-old bride-to-be, Jessica Lally has died while riding a bucking bronco on a night out. Jessica tragically died from a heart attack after she fell off the bull at Bronco's Rodeo in West Street, Sheffield. She went into cardiac…

Kyiv claimed a huge cyber-attack on critical government websites on Friday, as tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine escalated after multiple rounds of failed negotiations. The education ministry said on Facebook that its…

A UK-based Nigerian restaurateur, Gaby Kolajo, who "tried to pass off revolting mouldy chicken as a boiled crab" has been fined. Kolajo was asked to pay £10,170 in fines and charges for the grim ‘state of his kitchen’ in his West African…

Three accused pirates who were imprisoned aboard a Danish military vessel following a deadly confrontation with the Danish navy off the coast of West Africa have been released after the government opted not to extradite them to Denmark to…

After he suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark's Euro 2020 clash against Finland on June 12 2021, Denmark footballer, Christian Eriksen has recounted for the first time his harrowing memories of 'dying for three or four minutes'.…

A mum-of-two, Sara Gomez, has died after undergoing a liposuction operation which allegedly left injuries "more typical of the result of a knife fight". The 39-year-old visited the private Clinica Galna in Cartagena, Spain, to undergo…

France has ordered the closure of a mosque in the northern part of the country because of the radical nature of its imam’s preaching, which incites hatred, violence and “defend jihad.” The mosque in Beauvais, a town of 50,000 people…

A young Turkish woman, Berfin Ozek has married the man who threw acid on her face and eyes, leaving her permanently disfigured with impaired vision. The 20-year-old woman got married to Casim Ozan Celtik, 23, this December. Their…

Mary, Princess of Denmark, is down with coronavirus, the royal court said in a statement on Thursday Presently the royal has been kept on isolation in a wing of the Amalienborg Palace in the heart of Copenhagen and the virus has not been…

On Friday, the police in Cyprus apprehended a middle-aged Nigerian man for carrying a knife during security screening to an outdoor stadium where Pope Francis was celebrating mass. Two security sources disclosed that the knife was found…

With no symptoms apart from runny noses, two hippopotamuses have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp zoo in Belgium. The authorities at the zoo said Imani, aged 14, and Hermien, 41, had been put in quarantine as a precaution. "To…

Catholic church leader, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Michel Aupetit from the position of Archbishop of Paris following reports that Aupetit had a consensual "intimate relationship" with a woman. The Vatican made the…

After fleeing a quarantine hotel in the Netherlands, a married couple who tested positive for COVID-19 have been arrested before attempting to leave the country. The couple were nabbed on an airplane that was about to take off at…

Nigerian man living in Italy, Olusola Omololu Wiwoloku has accused his estranged wife, Veronica Bolaji Wiwoloku of planning to kill him and take over all his properties in Italy and Nigeria. Veronica was said to have during an interview…

After fire engulfed a bus following a crash on a motorway in Bulgaria, a pair of four-year-old twins have been reported to be among 12 children killed. The bus which was on its way from Istanbul to North Macedonia's capital of Skopje,…

A jealous girlfriend, Esther Afrifa who doused her sleeping boyfriend with acid because after she mistakenly thought he was having an affair, has been jailed for 14 years. The 28-year-old suspect reportedly bought a litre of sulphuric…

After deliberately chopping off his own legs to claim a £2.4 million insurance payout, a man has been handed a suspended jail sentence and a heavy fine. The respondent identified only as Sandor Cs. due to strict local privacy laws, was…

At a pre-COP26 conference which held in October, activists disrupted a TED panel in Edinburgh with the CEO of Shell dubbing him "one of the most evil people in the world". Environmental campaigners took over the stage at the TED…

A semi-naked knifeman has been shot dead by police after going on a rampage through the streets of Oslo in Norway. Police said only that there was "more than one" victim in the attack which took place around 9am local time in Olso’s…

A mum, Sara Jane Smith from Rotherham, South Yorkshire has died just two weeks after her 18-year-old son, Martin Ward was killed in a horror crash with two friends. Martin tragically died alongside pal's Mason Hall, and Ryan Geddes, both…

A man has gone on trial in Germany accused of murdering one man and mutilating several others by performing illegal operations on their genitals. The 66-year-old electrician told a regional court in Munich that he performed the…

A Nigerian national, Victor Kings Oluebube, who was called a chimpanzee and subjected to monkey noises by his team leader at work in Ireland has been awarded €30,000 for racial discrimination. Labour Court deputy chairman, Alan Haugh, …

A Nigerian man, Phillip Ogbewe, has been charged of endangering lives of children by performing home circumcisions on them while posing as a doctor in Ireland . According to Independent.ie, Ogbewe allegedly created a risk of death or…

A Marseille Criminal Court in France on Friday sentenced twelve Nigerians – five women and seven men to prison terms ranging from two to nine years. According to AFP and Nigeria Abroad, the culprits, who belong to Eiye Confraternity,…