A 29-year-old Internet fraudster has been arrested for plotting with his mother to use his sister for a money ritual in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. “My mother was the one who took me to a native doctor and i was asked to sacrifice a sibling i loved the most,” …
Read More »Ghana: man drowns in river while chasing grasscutter
A 40-year-old man drowned in the Oda River while chasing a grascutter at Chiransa, in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “Three hunters went to hunt for grasscutter in the bush before the incident,” according to the Unit Committee Chairman of the area, Benjamin Amponsah. They saw a …
Read More »Uganda: six convicted of murdering South Sudan businessmen
Ugandan High Court judge Stephen Mubiru on Tuesday convicted six people of murdering two South Sudanese businessmen at Juba City hotel at Arua Park in Kampala and injuring another in 2018, DailyMonitor reported. Justice Mubiru found the six guilty of murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery. However, the judge acquitted …
Read More »Ghana: teacher arrested for deflowering three students
The Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old man for defiling three pupils in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region of Ghana. “The accused organized an extra classes for his pupils in his house with a claim that he needed to complete the academic year syllabus without …
Read More »Kenya: starvation cult leader due in court amid probe
The leader of a Kenyan cult is expected back in court on Wednesday as police continue to investigate the deaths of more than 130 of his followers, local media reported. They want to continue to hold Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who was arrested last month and is accused of ordering followers …
Read More »Former US president Donald Trump found responsible for sexual assault
A New York court on Tuesday found former US President Donald Trump responsible for sexual assault, for acts dating back to 1996 on a former journalist. He will have to pay 5 million dollars in compensation for sexual assault and defamation. Deliberations by the nine-member jury began after Judge Lewis …
Read More »AFP journalist killed in eastern Ukraine
Agence France-Presse journalist Arman Soldin has been killed in rocket strike in eastern Ukraine, the media reported on Tuesday. AFP’s video coordinator in Ukraine, Arman Soldin, was killed Tuesday afternoon in a Grad rocket attack in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists accompanying him. Nous avons la douleur d'annoncer que …
Read More »Over 25 abducted from church in northwestern Nigeria
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. …
Read More »Couple jailed for assaulting 19-year-old girl
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,” …
Read More »Baby found dead in a polytank filled with water
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 …
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