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An alarm was raised in the National Hospital, Abuja, seeking to locate the relatives of a yet-to-be-identified man currently receiving treatment at the facility since he was brought September 25,2022, Nigeria. In a post on its Twitter account, National Hospital Abuja called on people who know the man to come …

Armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State organization have massacred hundreds of villagers since the start of the year in northeastern Mali in an apparently systematic way, and the authorities are not doing enough to protect civilians, warns Human Rights Watch (HRW) this Thursday. Tens of thousands of villagers have …

A 30-year-old Indian man, Pakkirappa Hunagundi, feeds on inedible substances as his favorite food like bricks, gravel and mud that he scavenges in his village, Karnataka, India. He claims to have no health problems but developed a culinary taste for these debris at the age of 10. According to research, …

A family tackles police in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria over the missing organs of their newborn baby in hospital as they accuse the State Police Command of compromising the case. The baby was brought to the hospital, but died after being on oxygen. The family said when they came to …

After Gap, Adidas and Skechers, it is now the Madame Tussauds museum in London which has decided to cut all ties with Kanye West, following his recent anti-Semitic remarks. The British museum, famous for its collection of wax statues bearing the effigy of the greatest personalities, announced this Wednesday that …

Pope Francis, 86, has warned priests and nuns about the dangers of watching pornography online as he was responding to a question about how digital and social media should be best used at a session in the Vatican, Europe. He said it was “a vice that so many people have… …

At least three people have died and several others injured after a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle slammed into a market fence in Alapere in the Ketu region of Lagos State, Nigeria. The incident happened around 7 a.m. due to brake failure. The driver reportedly lost control and rammed into …

A publication on TikTok of a video of a seller of whitening products for babies caused a big controversy in Ivory Coast. Banned by a law dating back to 2015, skin whitening products are nevertheless selling like hotcakes in Ivory Coast. The Tiktoker in question praises the benefits of her …

Kenya’s new 22-member cabinet is set to sworn in on Thursday, a day after they were approved by parliament. President William Ruto has retained one minister from his predecessor’s cabinet as a adviser on national security and introduced the position of a prime cabinet secretary. Former head of the central …

A burglar has been sentenced to 21 years in prison by the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, for stealing rice in Nigeria. The complainant said, “my shop was burgled twice, my foodstuffs and soup ingredients, including rice, semovita, wheat and tomato paste, among others, which I was selling, …