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The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a bricklayer to life imprisonment for deflowering a 13-year-old girl in Agbawaye Street, Agbado Oke-Odo Command Area of the state, Nigeria. “The victim was asked to be seen by her aunt when she arrived at the place, she found the suspect,” …

A 4-year-old has been rescued from an alleged ritual murder Wassa Nsuopun in the Amenfi-East constituency in the Western region, Ghana. “The boy was the victim of a horrific abduction on his way home from school,” reports said. Shockingly, the perpetrators attempted to remove the boy’s intestines while he was …

Popular Nigerian rapper Oladipupo Oladimeji, known as Oladips, has died at the age of 28, local media reported, citing his management. “We are still in shock as we speak,” his management said in an Instagram post. It did not give the cause of his death, but said that the rapper …

Four people have died in an accident on the Aba River bridge at Ogbor-Hill in the commercial center of Abia State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The accident occurred when a trailer conveying a 40-foot container, descending from Ogbor-Hill, lost control after a brake failure and collided with two vehicles,” reports …

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 …