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 …
Read More »Nigeria: man sentenced to death for murder
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 …
Read More »New pharaonic tombs and 4,000-year-old mummy found in Egypt
Egypt on Thursday unveiled four tombs of pharaonic dignitaries and a more than 4,000-year-old mummy at Saqqara near Cairo, the latest of discoveries announced with great fanfare by a country keen to bring tourists back. It was in the necropolis of Saqqara, known for the famous step pyramid of Pharaoh …
Read More »Unknown assailants butchered man to death
Unknown assailants have butchered young man aged 30 at Krofrom in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, according to reports. “Residents suspected a revenge attack by the assailants a year after the deceased harmed their colleague,” according to Nhyira News. “The deceased died after receiving multiple cutlass wounds from the assailants,” according …
Read More »Daesh leader killed in American raid in Somalia
A leader of the Daesh group, identified as Bilal al-Sudani, and “about ten people” linked to the terrorist organization were killed on Wednesday in a US raid in Somalia, the US executive said on Thursday. “Al-Sudani was responsible for encouraging the Islamic State group’s growing presence in Africa and funding …
Read More »89-year-old man burned for witchcraft
Police in Benue State have arrested the leader of a nine-man gang that tortured an 89-year-old man in Gwer East Local Government Area of Nigeria. “The 89- year-old man was abducted by a nine-man gang for alleged witchcraft against a young man who had been sick in the area as …
Read More »Kenya pushes one-pub-per-town order to fight alcoholism
Kenya’s deputy president has ordered government administrators in the country’s central region to enforce a one-pub-per-town directive that was issued last week. Rigathi Gachagua also wants entertainment joints in the region to only operate between 17:00 to 23:00 in new measures meant to deal with alcoholism. There are fears the …
Read More »Things people think prevent pregnancy but they don’t
Many people, even married ones, aren’t prepared for children, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be caught in the throes of passion. Here are some hilarious things people do under the false belief that it will prevent pregnancy, according to Pulse website. 1. Peeing after sex Some people believe that …
Read More »Man arrested for murder of 43-year-old man
The Nkwanta South Magistrate Court has remanded an 80-year-old man for the murder of a 43-year-old over a parcel of land in Ghana, according to reports. “There was a misunderstanding between the deceased and the accused person over a parcel of land”, the police prosecutor disclosed. “The deceased was knocked …
Read More »A man mysteriously died after alighting from a motorbike
A 30-year-old man has mysteriously died after he alighted from a motorbike on the street of Sehwi Kwasikrom in the Bodi District of Ghana. “They saw the victim get down from a motorbike walking tirelessly around the street,” according to eyewitnesses. “He was later seen laying on the ground and …
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