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A 37-year-old man has been found dead after going missing during a downpour in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Ghana. “The deceased went missing after embarking on a fishing expedition in the Okwe River,” according to his brother. “Residents supported family members to launch a search operation along the riverside …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has remanded a man in custody for allegedly deflowering his lover’s four-year-old daughter in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The defendant is facing a charge of defilement of a child preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. “The defendant …

The Italian government adopted a decree providing for the expulsion of unaccompanied young foreigners if they have lied about their real age. According to reports, 21,000 unaccompanied minors, 85% of them male, have landed in the country, and they continue to pour in as migrant boats continue to converge on …

A woman has been arrested for hitting her 67-year-old husband with a pestlwhile he was asleep, at the Government Reserved Area of the community, Ghana. The son of the deceased who witnessed the incident confirmed that his mother hit the head of his father while he was sleeping and ran …

A 62-year-old fetish priest has murdered his 25-year-old junior wife for alleged suspicion of infidelity in Pru East District of Bono East Region, Ghana. “The man therefore stabbed the woman to death and later committed suicide by stabbing himself too,” reports said. “The man suspected that his wife had been …

Tanzania has culled millions of quelea birds to prevent them from destroying rice fields, using drones and planes to monitor commercial farms. The Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority (TPHPA) which is also responsible for controlling desert locusts, killed five million quelea birds in the northern region of Manyara where …

A 20-year-old man was found hanged in an abandoned government public toilet in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region, Ghana. “A note was found inside the deceased’s pocket,” according to eyewitness. “However, the police did not allow them to read,” he said. “The body has been deposited …

At least 100 people died and 150 others were injured in a fire during a mega-wedding organized in a village hall in northern Iraq, according to a “preliminary assessment” announced Wednesday by the authorities. According to emergency services, “fireworks” and “highly flammable construction materials” were at the origin of the …

A landlord has poured hot water on an 11-year-old girl in Mowe, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The landlord had made it a habit to beat the girl and her mother when the mother was still with him,” according to a tenant. “The …

No fewer than 15 persons were killed in an accident involving a trailer and a commercial bus in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The incident occurred after the trailer had a brake failure and crashed into a Toyota bus,” according to an eyewitness. …