Brazilian football legend Pelé on Thursday expressed his thanks for all the messages of support received after he was hospitalized for a “routine visit” related to his cancer treatment. “Dear friends, I am in the hospital for my monthly visit. It always warms the heart to receive positive messages like …
Read More »South Africa: opposition calls for polls on Ramaphosa scandal
South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party plans to table a motion in parliament calling for an early election, as President Cyril Ramaphosa grapples with a scandal that has the potential to cost him his function. Accused of covering up a $4 million theft from his farm in 2020, including …
Read More »Pope Francis announces visit to two African countries
Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan early next year, the Vatican said on Thursday, after having to cancel a scheduled trip to the two countries in July because of health problems., Reuters reported The Vatican said Francis would go to Congo from Jan. 31 …
Read More »Kenya: Nairobi churches and mosques face noise regulation
Churches and mosques in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, have been urged to be “considerate” and reduce high noise levels at their premises. In a tweet, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said he will be having a discussion with religious leaders on regulating noise levels. The city recently banned nightclubs from operating in …
Read More »Senegal: fight between deputies after remarks on a religious leader
A fight between deputies broke out Thursday in the Senegalese Parliament after controversial remarks by an elected official about a religious leader who is a member of the opposition, according to images authenticated by AFP. An opposition deputy first slapped this parliamentarian, Amy Ndiaye, who retaliated by throwing a chair …
Read More »Nigeria: man whipped three-year-old daughter to death
A 25-year-old man was arrested for whipping his three-year-old daughter to death after the child entered his neighbor’s apartment in Delta State, Nigeria. He whipped the baby, who was ill for some time, with a cane and inflicted bodily harm on him, for entering the neighbor’s apartment. He fled the …
Read More »Woman loses sight after using lightening cream
A woman from Minnesota in the United States, had lost her sight and inadvertently put her entire family at risk of mercury poisoning, after using beauty creams containing high levels of the toxic chemical, according to a case report shared exclusively with CNN. “People have no idea,” Batdorff, a fellow …
Read More »Neuralink, Elon Musk’s controversial brain implant project, is ‘ready’
Neuralink intends to put its computational brain implant in human patients within the next six months, the company announced on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported. “We are now confident that the Neuralink device is ready for humans,” Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet posted on the evening. “The timing” of implementation “will …
Read More »Nigerian police chief sentenced to jail
A court in Nigeria has sentenced inspector general of police, Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying an earlier order to reinstate an officer who has waged a lengthy battle to get back his job. Officer Patrick Okoli has been fighting his forced retirement since 1992. He …
Read More »Man and mistress involved in road accident in Kenya
A man and his mistress were involved in an accident as he was chasing his wife and her lover in Mombasa, Kenya. The husband spotted his wife kissing her boyfriend and began chasing them at top speed, reports said. The wife’s boyfriend who is a retired Safari rally driver, sped …
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