Africa

Gunmen have attacked a church in north-west Nigeria’s Kaduna state, kidnapping at least 25 members of the congregation, local media reported. According to an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria, the gunmen burst into the Bege Baptist Church in Chikun initially abducting 40 people but 15 managed to escape. …

An Ogudu Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos State remanded a couple for allegedly assaulting and raping their 19-year-old housekeeper in Igbonla, Ketu, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The woman beats the victim up and penetrated her vagina with her fingers till she started bleeding. She also denied the victim of her salaries,” …

A six-month-old baby has been found dead in a Polytank filled with water as the baby got missing in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The baby was left in the custody of other children by the mother to fetch water. But upon return, the children told …

Nigerian superstar Rema has achieved another giant stride as he enters the Guinness Book of Records. Since the release of his hit single ‘Calm Down’, Rema has achieved huge international success. The hit remix with Selena Gomez rocketed him to global status where he appeared in multiple charts across the world. Rema has …

A landlord’s son was arrested for inflicting machete wounds on his father’s tenant and children at Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. “The suspect prevented the tenant from entering his room on the grounds that the rent had expired, which led to the …

Ugandan health authorities have allayed fears that coronavirus could be driving the wave of cough and flu, which is sweeping through the country. Local media reported increased cases of people being bedridden for days or losing their voices with the onset of an intense cough, flu and fever. In a …

Autopsies on at least 112 bodies of cult victims exhumed from shallow graves in Kenya’s coastal Kilifi county have ruled out organ harvesting. Government pathologists said some of the victims died of starvation, strangulation and suffocation. Kenyan police are expected dig up more graves in search of victims of the …

A pastor has been arrested for causing the death of a woman as she suffered from burns caused by spiritual oil administered by him in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region, Ghana. “My sister went to the pastor for spiritual consultation and returned home burnt,” according to the …

An armed robber was beaten to death at Alico, a suburb of Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. The perpetrator attempted to rob a group of individuals at gunpoint while they were en route to work. Upon being accosted, the victims raised …

A 56-year-old man has been arrested for beating his 38-year-old ex-wife to death a day before her wedding to her new suitor in Yola South Local Government Area, Nigeria. “The suspect had been involved in a long marital conflict with the deceased as they both agreed to separate,” according to …