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Market vendors in Essam-Debiso, Ghana are in shock after discovering a jar containing objects believed to be used for ritual purposes at the heart of the market. The pot concoction was discovered when the traders went to the market for business. The pot containing a live snake, a headless vulture, …

A 25-year-old man was arrested by Nigeria’s Bauchi State police, for the kidnapping and horrible murder of a five-year-old child. Investigation revealed that the suspect lured the victim into his room with sweets. Later, he called the victim’s father on phone and threatened him to bring the sum of 5 …

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 …

At least 192 works of art looted and illegally exported, worth $ 3.4 million was returned Thursday by New York justice in Pakistan as part of an international survey for ten years against an art trafficker Indian and American imprisoned in India. US Justice has been carrying out a vast …

The acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk continued to stir in the US, with the resignation of senior social network officials, and a rare warning from the American Competition Agency (FTC). “We follow recent developments at Twitter with a lot of concern. No managing director or company is above the …

US President Joe Biden will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on November 14 in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the White House announced on Thursday, at a time of vivid tension between the two superpowers. This will be the first flesh meeting between the two …

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 …