Tag: odd news
Gaddafi’s Son, 8 Ex-Officials Sentenced To Death
A Libyan court on Tuesday sentenced to death Saif’ al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late dictator, Moamer Gaddafi, and eight former…
Monkey Inherits Childless Couple’s Wealth
A childless couple in India has decided to bequeath their entire property – house, land and bank deposits – to…
Snake-Handling Pastor Dies From Snake Bite
A snake-handling pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation” has died after being bitten by…
Truck kills woman praying inside church
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A middle-aged woman, simply identified as Iyawo Alfa was crushed to death inside a church in Sotubo…
Man Weds His Dog
On Monday history was made at the Chapel of Our Lady at the Presidio in San Francisco as the first-ever…
Russian woman changes gender to dodge debts
A Russian woman on the run over unpaid debts has changed sex in an apparent attempt to avoid paying them…
Woman kills husband and cooks body
A woman in eastern China murdered her husband and boiled the corpse to cover her tracks after he abused her…
Longevity: Experts doubt ‘127-year-old’ Chinese woman
BEIJING (AFP) – A Chinese government news portal has claimed that a woman in China’s remote far west is 127…
Nigerian Murder Suspect Loses Teeth In UK Jail Clash
Lee Rigby’s murder suspect Michael Adebolajo has lost two front teeth in a violent clash with prison officers. Adebolajo, 28,…
Police Parade 4 Suspected Human Parts Sellers
Ayodeji Dedeigbo, Yusuf Mohamed & Sulimon Mojeed-Sanni The Lagos State Police Command, southwest Nigeria, Tuesday paraded four suspected human parts…
2 Chimps mark golden birthday
Two chimpanzees in Jos zoo, Paulina and Bobby, on Saturday celebrated their golden jubilee and 20 years of widowhood. Their…
Police Arrest Cow Over Murder
The police at Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a cow following the killing of a 24-year old…
Tenant Sends Landlord To Prison Over Missing Chicken
A Nigerian landlord, Olubukunaji Obajimi, 56, has been remanded in prison after he was arraigned in court for locking his…
Pregnant woman raped over ‘offensive Islamic songs’
Three men have been arrested by the Nigeria Police in Kebbi State after they raped a pregnant housewife for the…
Spain: Dogs, cats lined up to be blessed
Dogs, cats, parrots and other pets, some dressed in their finest winter coats, entered churches across Spain on Thursday to…
Sexual orgy at embassy sacks envoy
The Honduran ambassador to Colombia was forced to resign Saturday after his bodyguard reportedly held a Christmas party with prostitutes…
Giant tuna sells for $1.8million
A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million in the year’s first auction at Japan’s Tsukiji fish market…
Photo News: In Japan, A Sea Lion Paints
AFP Photo Sea lion “Jay” paints a Chinese character reading “the Serpent” at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama,…
Bag snatchers on holidays in Onitsha market
Bag snatchers notorious for plying their acts in Nigeria’s busy market of Onitsha, in the eastern state of Anambra, appeared…
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Barcelona’s Pique makes ‘Messi’ of a birth joke
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique irked much the world’s media Friday by announcing his girlfriend Colombian pop star Shakira had given…
Bet winning Tunisian dies after eating 28 eggs
He won a bet but he lost his life. A young Tunisian has died after winning a bet to eat…
World’s tallest woman dies
A Chinese woman who was certified as the tallest in the world has died, an official from her hometown said…
Pacific Island found to be phantom
A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went…
Meat eating nurtures thieves, liars, sex crimes
The pros and cons of meat-eating may be the subject of debate for nutritionists with the verdict of the jury…
Elephant tramples keeper to death
Tokyo( AFP) An elephant trampled its keeper to death at a Japanese zoo on Tuesday as he tried to stop…
Flock of sheep storms sports shop, sheepishly!
VIENNA (AFP) Behaving true to character, a flock of sheep took a wrong turn on their way down from their…
Strange: Woman gives birth to pony!
ETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Members of World Liberation Ministry located at Evuoriaria Community, off Benin-Sapele Road, Benin City were on Tuesday…
Pastor jailed for stealing $20 sheep
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a pastor, Oloruntoba Ibitoye, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a sheep. According…
Nigeria police arrests ‘700 year old spirit’
Nigeria’s Kano state Police Command has arrested one Nura Hamza, who posed as a 700-year-old spirit, to allegedly dupe unsuspecting members of the…