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A mentally unstable man stabbed a worshipper with a cutlass as he was being taken for deliverance in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. “The suspect was brought to church for deliverance session while he picked up a cutlass from the altar and matcheted the victim,” …

The convoy of the wife of the Vice President of Ghana, Samira Bawumia has been involved in an accident on Saturday January 13, 2024 while travelling to the Ashanti region. “A sprinter bus run into two vehicles in Mrs. Bawumia’s convoy,” according to reports. The wife of the Vice President, …

The Kasoa Tollbooth Police have arrested a young man for allegedly stealing a 2-year-old baby girl from a community in Ghana’s Greater Accra region. “The suspect was with the little in a vehicle before the arrest,” according to reports. “The small girl started crying from kaneshie to Mallam Juction then …

Ugandan authorities have arrested Kenya’s former Assistant Minister for Internal Security Stephen Tarus on allegations of smuggling gold into the country using forged documents. Mr Tarus was arrested last week and arraigned before a Ugandan anti-corruption court on Wednesday for falsification of export documents, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) said. …

Zambia expects to receive one million cholera vaccine doses from the World Health Organisation amid an outbreak that has killed 249 people since last October. Roma Chilengi, the health adviser to President Hakainde Hichilema, said the doses will be deployed to the most at risk regions and are due to …

A court in Kenya has said it may release suspected cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie if the state prosecutor fails to charge him within two weeks. Mr Mackenzie has been detained since last April in connection with the deaths of at least 400 people, many of whom starved themselves to …

Two female students were crushed to death by a moving trucka few metres away from the schools premises, near the junction of Ikot Inyang village, along Aba Road in Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria. “The driver of the truck lost control and rammed into the girls killing them instantly on the spot,” …

More than 5.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines bought on loan by the Ugandan government have expired, an audit report has said. The vaccines are valued at 28.1bn Ugandan shillings ($7.3m; £5.8m) and were purchased using a World Bank loan. Authorities say the expired vaccines will be withdrawn from health …

President Emmanuel Macron has announced Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister following the resignation of Elisabeth Borne on January 8, 2024 in France. Gabriel Attal, former Minister of National Education, has been entrusted with the onerous task of breathing new life into Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term. President Macron expressed his …

A Nigerian man has been arrested for the murder of another Nigerian in the Kufra District of Libya, according to reports. “This was made known in a post by the Migrant Rescue Watch on their X account,” reports said. The accused, during interrogation admitted to killing the victim also of …