Society

A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Britain on Thursday for stealing 200,000 chocolate eggs, local media reported. According to reports, Joby Pool, 32, broke into a warehouse in Telford, central England, on February 11 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Using a stolen tractor, he left with …

A man has lost his life in an explosion that injured no fewer than 48 persons in Johannesburg, South Africa, according to reports. “The company that supplies gas to that part of the city said it did not believe its underground pipelines were responsible for the explosion,” reports said. “The …

150 students of Nakanyonyi Senior Secondary School have been taken to hospital over suspected food poisoning in Nagalama, Uganda, according to reports. “The students had supper before they started complaining about stomachache and developed diarrhea,” a teacher said. “They were given tablets but the situation became worse as some of …

The Rivers State Family Court has sentenced a 55-year-old cleric to seven years in prison with hard labour for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl in the Ndele community, Emuoha Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The presiding Pastor of the Glorious Covenant Church in Ndele had pleaded guilty …

A mysterious explosion hit the center of Johannesburg on Wednesday afternoon at rush hour, tearing the roadway off a traffic axis and injuring around 40 people, authorities said. Emergency services initially pointed to a possible explosion of underground gas pipes, but the Egoli gas company said in the evening that …

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a man to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a-32-inch LG television set and money box valued GHC135.00 and cash in Ghana. The convict is the complainant’s neighbour. He pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing and was ordered to serve his …

South African authorities have adopted sign language as the country’s 12th official language, local media reported. President Cyril Ramaphosa formally approved the Sign Language Bill into law during a ceremony in Pretoria. Some of the country’s other languages are Afrikaans, English, Xhosa and Zulu. South Africa is the fourth country …

A 10-day-old baby has died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Hospital in a suspected case of medical negligence in Kumasi, Ghana, reports said. “The baby was sent to the facility for a male circumcision procedure and suffered cardiac arrest during the procedure,” reports said. He died …

British foreign intelligence chief on Wednesday called on Russians “appalled” by their country’s invasion of Ukraine, to join his services in London, in a rare public appeal for new operatives. In a speech in Prague, Richard Moore, head of MI6, said that “many Russians today are silently appalled at the …

A Zion Christian Church bishop sent nude photos and asked for love from his nephew’s wife in Zimbabwe, according to reports. The church is at the brink of splitting after the act of the bishop. “The bishop wanted his nephew’s wife to be his fourth lover, as he already has three …