The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a drunken hunter for killing a 14-year-old girl with a rifle in the Ayinla Akera area of Orile Agege, Lagos, Nigeria. “The girl was shot dead by the hunter who was on a bike as she was sent on an errand,” according to …
Read More »Man arrested for raping 15-year-old girl
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old truck conductor for raping a 15-year-old girl in Edo State, Nigeria. The suspect called the victim while she was hawking groundnuts along with pretense to buy groundnuts from her. The suspect attacked and pushed her inside the vehicle and forcefully had …
Read More »French rapper MHD sentenced to 18 years in prison
The Paris Assize Court sentenced rapper MHD to 18 years in prison for the murder in Paris in 2018 of a young man, lynched as part of a settling of scores between rival gangs. The rapper denied on Wednesday having participated in the murder of the young man but was …
Read More »US judge suspended over doubts about her fitness
The oldest American federal judge, Pauline Newman, 96, was suspended from her duties on Wednesday due to doubts about the deterioration of her mental capacities, a symbolic affair in a country sometimes presented as a gerontocracy because of the age of its leaders. Appointed in 1984 by then-President Ronald Reagan, …
Read More »DR Congo asks UN mission to start leaving the country
Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has called for a faster withdrawal of the UN force in his country known by the acronym Monusco. He told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that he had instructed his government to begin talks with the UN to bring forward “the start …
Read More »A cultist arrested in attempt to buy used sanitary pads
A 25-year-old suspected cultist is in the grips of the Bawjiase District Police Command after being busted in an attempt to buy used sanitary pads Ghana. “These sakawa boys often conspire with some of the students, especially the boarders, to get used pads for them for ritual purposes,”reports said. “The …
Read More »Morocco to spend $12bn to rebuild earthquake-hit regions
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has said that the country will spend $12bn to rebuild the regions destroyed by the 8 September earthquake. The funds will also be used to support the more than 4.2 million people in the provinces most affceted by the earthquake. The palace said on Wednesday said …
Read More »Three dead in South African navy submarine tragedy
Three South African navy submariners have died and four others injured after being washed off the deck of a submarine by high waves. The vessel was off the coast near Cape Town when the seven crew members were swept away. A helicopter was delivering supplies during a refuelling operation at …
Read More »A man butchered his mother to death
A 29-year-old man has hacked his mother to death at Wurumrumso, a farming community in the Asutifi South district of the Ahafo region, Ghana. “The suspect has bucthered his mother with machete,” according to reports. “The exact motive behind this horrifying act, remains a mystery, ” according to the eigth …
Read More »The ancient site of Cyrene in Libya, classified by UNESCO, risks collapse
The imposing ancient Greek site of Cyrene in Libya, classified since 2016 by UNESCO as world heritage in danger, is at risk of collapse after the devastating floods which hit the east of the country, according to testimonies and an archaeologist. “It is a gigantic site and the largest Greek …
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