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A 47-year-old farmer is battling for his life after a colleague farmer inflicted cutlass wounds on him to coma in Awutu Bokotu, Ghana, reports said. “The victim was accused of destroying the suspect cassava plantation with weed, which generated into a bloody fight,” according to reports. “The victim’s brother said …

A newborn baby girl, believed to be two-weeks-old, has been found dead at a refuse dump at Sehwi Bekwai in the Bibiani Ahwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region, Ghana. “I was on my working activities when I discovered what seemed like a pile of clothes on the dump,” …

A 61-year-old butcher was killed by a pig while attempting to slaughter it at the Sheung Shui slaughterhouse in Hong Kong, according to reports. “The butcher was about to kill the pig which he had already shot with an electric stun gun when it regained consciousness and knocked him over,” …

A Yaba Magistrates Court, Lagos State, has remanded a suspected cultist, aged 28, for allegedly killing a shoemaker in the Gbagada area of the state, Nigeria. The suspect committed the crime along with his cult members in the Sholuyi area of Gbagada years back, according to the police prosecutor. The …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a blind 67-year-old man and a leper for drug trafficking in Sokoto village, Owena Ijesa, Atakumosa East LGA, Nigeria. The old man was caught with 234 kilogrammes of cannabis, said the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA “In Osun State, NDLEA officers took …

Kylian Mbappé is among the most coveted single men in France right now and it turns out that the Malian-born singer Aya Nakamura is also single for a while since the separation with her ex, Vladimir. The singer and interpreter of Djadja posted a suspicious photo on her Instagram account. …

A Catholic bishop in northern Zambia has urged his congregants to avoid “gyrating” too much during mass because such dancing may encourage other people to sin. Ndola Bishop Benjamin Phiri says he is concerned about the manner in which some worshippers dance during Mass. He has called for regulation and …

Pope Francis’s visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo will remind the world not to ignore decades-long conflicts that have beset the mineral-rich nation and wrecked the lives of millions, the Vatican’s envoy to Kinshasa said. Pope Francis is expected to visit Congo from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3, the …

Seiji Kihara, a close friend of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has apologized after being filmed with his hands in his trouser pockets on January 13 during a trip to the United States, reports the Guardian. The attitude of the deputy had triggered strong criticism on Japanese social networks but …

Gunmen have killed four people in Gambar Sabon Layi community in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria, according to reports. The hoodlums also kidnapped one person while leaving the community, information gathered. “The gunmen stormed the area and shot into the air to scare people away …