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The United Nations has said it will resume delivering humanitarian supplies and evacuating staff in Niger after the country’s ruling junta lifted domestic flight restrictions, the BBC reported. “The national aviation authorities in Niger have informed the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) that flight restrictions are now lifted for domestic …

A final-year student of the Federal University of Agriculture has been arrested for poisoning his girlfriend in the Surulere community in the Camp area of the city, Nigeria. “The suspect administered a poison believed to be a mixture of brownie, alcohol and an unknown noxious substance after inviting his girlfriend …

Nigerian Helen Williams, from the city of Lagos, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest handmade wig. “Helen Williams, from Lagos city, set the record after making the wig stretching more than 350m (1,150ft),” the Guinness World Records (GWR) said in a statement. A professional wig maker …

A 9-year-old girl was defiled in a sorghum farm by an unknown man at Shauri Yako estate in Homa Bay townin Kenya, according to report. The victim was on her way to her grandmother’s house before the suspect grabed her into the farm. The victim stabbed her eyelids with a …

A young man was attacked with a machete while trying to steal dried cocoa beans in Osedzi, in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district, in the Central Region of Ghana. “The victim and two accomplices have found the cocoa folded in a dry­ing mat on the compound of a farmer as they turned …

South African Police Service has announced the arrest of three men accused of sexually abusing three children and a dog in an operation conducted with the aid of the US Department of Homeland Security last week. “As a result of these operations, three South African children who were used during …

Justice Abiola Sholadoye of the Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Volence Court has sentenced a 32-year-old street sweeper to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl in Lagos State, Nigeria. The man was convicted on one count of defilement of the girl, whom he claimed was his girlfriend. The convict …

Mauritanian authorities said the bodies of 16 people thought to be migrants have been found on the country’s northern coast. The discovery on the beaches of Lagouera comes a week after 13 corpses were found in boats in the same area, near the city of Nouadhibou. This latest incident appears …

A young woman allegedly poisoned her 11-month-old baby to death in Logo Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria. “The woman has fed the baby witht a substance suspected to be a chemical,” according to reports. “She was impregnated by her boyfriend and after she gave birth to a baby girl, …

The government in Kenya declared Monday a public holiday to encourage residents to plant 100 million trees across the country. President William Ruto has pledged that 15 billion trees will be planted by 2032 to boost Kenya’s forest cover following the Horn of Africa region’s worst drought in 40 years. …