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Six peoples were killed as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded two communities in the Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria. The rampaging cultists first killed one person in the Abarikpo community, Ahoada East, while five persons were killed in the Odiereke-Ubie community, …

Hong Kong on Thursday launched a new regulatory scheme that allows retail investors to trade cryptocurrency on licensed platforms, bucking the global trend of tightening rules after the industry crashed last year. The spectacular bankruptcies in recent months of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and several US banks focused on this …

The Senegalese opponent Ousman Sonko has been sentenced on Thursday June 1, 2023 to two years in prison for corruption of youth, according to reports. The verdict is in for Ousmane Sonko in his trial against Adji Sarr. In a highly tense political context, the Dakar criminal chamber sentenced opposition …

A doctor has been dismissed for prescribed chocolate ice cream and video game sessions to a 9-year-old child suffering from a sore throat and flu-like symptoms in Brazil. “A 37-year-old mother from Osasco, took her sick child to a state-owned clinic for a checkup”, reports said. “The doctor displayed unprofessional …

A middle-aged man has raped a 12-year-old as she was hawking snacks in Igbokoda, the headquarters of the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect lured the victim into an uncompleted building in the town where he perpetrated the act,” reports said. “My daughter told me to …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps has arrested a 67-year-old man for molesting his 25-year-old daughter in Dutse Local Government Area, Nigeria, according to reports. “The victim was locked in a room within the house for many years,” reports said. The room, she was living in served as her …

General elections in Zimbabwe will take place on August 23,2023, outgoing president Emmerson Mnangagwa announced. Elected in 2018 following a coup that deposed President Robert Mugabe a year earlier, Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently completing a second term in office. His main rival, 45-year-old lawyer and pastor Nelson Chamisa, had expressed …

A 45-year-old lawyer was gunned down at his residence by unknown assailants in kitiko Birongo in Ndejje Division in Uganda, according to reports. “Unidentified individual was seen shooting before briefly withdrawing only to return and shoot him at close range multiple times in the head,” reports said. “Assailants quickly fled …

In addition to medical and therapeutic aids, more and more applications can now help smokers reduce or even stop their tobacco consumption. This Wednesday, May 31 marks World No-Tobacco Day. Here are four apps to become more aware of tobacco consumption or, even better, to approach its cessation in the …

A 16-year-old girl is fighting for her life after being attacked by her stepfather at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The victim was impregnated by her stepfather and she confronted him to seek a safe abortion,” reports said “The …