Africa

A woman reportedly left a taxi, walked to the third continental bridge in Nigeria, climbed it and jumped into a lagoon, after a stormy argument with her fiancé, local media reported. The cab driver said she was having a heated conversation with her fiancé before she got out of the …

There has been an increase in snake bites in Nigeria, due to serious floods faced by many parts of the country, said Dr Nasir Sani Gwarzo of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. According to Mr Gwarzo, snakes are jostling with humans for shelter in most cities experiencing floods. “After the …

Parliamentarians in Ghana set up an eight-member committee to investigate allegations of conflict of interest and incompetence against the minister in charge of finance, Ken Ofori Atta. Speaker Alban Bagbin ruled that the committee will also provide Mr Atta and his lawyers an opportunity to respond to the allegations. The …

A woman, HIV positive has confessed in a radio programme that she mixed her blood in the zobo drink and sells it to get other people infected in Nigeria. The show host had asked listeners to call in and confess what they do in the market that people are not …

A 43-year-old Zimbabwean church treasurer has been sentenced to three years in prison on 128 counts of theft by the Pretoria Specialist Commercial Crimes Court in South Africa. As a treasurer, her responsibilities was to transfer tithe and offering money deposited to the church account, to the Northern Conference of …

Lions thought to have escaped from a farm in Mozambique, are causing panic in the villages of Moamba in Maputo province, local media reported. The lions have killed the livestock of villagers – something that hyenas have also been doing since the beginning of the year by killing goats and …

A Chinese woman was found dead, prostrate with her hands and legs tied in a room at the Aristocrat Hotel in Tema, Ghana, local media reported. The deceased and husband are said to own the Aristocrat Hotel but unfortunately the husband traveled to China. The officials of the hotel were …

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants in South Africa have started a nationwide strike over wages and working conditions. Local media have described it as the first major strike by public servants in the decade. Members of the Public Servants’ Association (PSA) had for weeks staged lunchtime pickets, but have …

A 30-year-old mentally challenged man has been stoned to death after attacking and inflicting cutlass wounds on an aged couple in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of Ghana’s Central Region. The couple sustained deep wounds on their hands due to the attack. A group of irate youth chased the attacker …

A 26-year-old mother has been arrested by Gomoa Dominase District Police Command in the Central Region of Ghana for throwing her baby down a public toilet. The Command led by DSP David Osei Fofie, arrested the suspect as residents realized that she was at the chop bar where she worked …