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Police in Benue State have arrested the leader of a nine-man gang that tortured an 89-year-old man in Gwer East Local Government Area of Nigeria. “The 89- year-old man was abducted by a nine-man gang for alleged witchcraft against a young man who had been sick in the area as …

Kenya’s deputy president has ordered government administrators in the country’s central region to enforce a one-pub-per-town directive that was issued last week. Rigathi Gachagua also wants entertainment joints in the region to only operate between 17:00 to 23:00 in new measures meant to deal with alcoholism. There are fears the …

Many people, even married ones, aren’t prepared for children, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be caught in the throes of passion. Here are some hilarious things people do under the false belief that it will prevent pregnancy, according to Pulse website. 1. Peeing after sex Some people believe that …

The Nkwanta South Magistrate Court has remanded an 80-year-old man for the murder of a 43-year-old over a parcel of land in Ghana, according to reports. “There was a misunderstanding between the deceased and the accused person over a parcel of land”, the police prosecutor disclosed. “The deceased was knocked …

A 30-year-old man has mysteriously died after he alighted from a motorbike on the street of Sehwi Kwasikrom in the Bodi District of Ghana. “They saw the victim get down from a motorbike walking tirelessly around the street,” according to eyewitnesses. “He was later seen laying on the ground and …

The Nkwanta Magistrate’s Court has fined a 19-year-old unemployed youth from Kabiti, a farming community, for stealing 17 tubers of yam in the southern part of Nkwanta, Oti Region, Ghana. “The complainant caught the boy red-handed bagging the stolen tubers into a sack,” according to the police prosecutor. The suspect …

A Chinese engineer, Ji Chaoqun, was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison in the United States for having provided Beijing with information on the profiles of American experts with the aim of recruiting them. He was arrested in September 2018 for having provided services with information on the …

A man has reportedly beaten his girlfriend to death at Ogobiri community in the Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The two lovers had a serious disagreement which resulted in a fight,” according to residents “He might have hit the lady badly, which caused her to bleed to …

A man has reportedly shot dead his brother-in-law over alleged infidelity in Umunede, in the Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect shot his brother-in-law to death just because he claimed that the man was dating another lady. “He said the brother-in-law …

At least 27 Fulani herders were killed in an explosion near the border between Nigeria’s central Nasarawa and Benue states on Tuesday, local media reported. The police say they are investigating the cause of the explosion. The area has seen frequent disputes over resources between pastoral and farming communities, the …