Society

Police in Ugandan city of Jinja have detained at least 20 supporters of English Premier League football side, Arsenal, over a trophy parade on the city’s streets following the club’s 3-2 defeat inflicted on rivals, Manchester United on Sunday, Dailymonitor reported. The arrests come after Arsenal fans were jubilant in …

A 58-year-old woman has been arrested for using unwholesome ingredients to prepare hot black pepper sauce, known as shito, for public consumption in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, Ghana. The suspect is reported to have been gathering disposed shito ingredients like rotten tomatoes, onion and ginger peels among others from …

A couple was arraigned before a Samuel Ilori Magistrate’s Court in Ogbà for allegedly torturing two children in the Egbeda area of Lagos State, according to reports. The case was reported to the police by neighbors who saw them subjecting the minors to torture. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual …

A 25-year-old man at Mankesim in the Central Region is in the grips of the police for failing to pay a Nigerian sex worker who rendered him services, Ghana, according to reports. “The suspect was charged GHC600.00 by the sex worker after an initial price of GHS1,200,” according to Adom News. …

A 45-year-old Irish man has drowned while trying to rescue his daughter as the duo was on vacation in New South Wales, Australia. “The incident happened at night at a popular Seven Mile Beach where the daughter was swept out to sea on a body board,” Daily Mail reported. The …

A man was arrested with three suspected human skulls in the Ayobo area of Lagos State, as he was taking them to a destination,Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was seen carrying a black nylon bag and the police demanded what was in the bag but he gave no meaningful …

A 29-year-old man was found dead hanging from a crossbar inside his room in Bibiani, in Ghana’s North West Region, according to reports. “The mother of the deceased went to check up on him son and found him hanging dead in his room,” according to Adom News. Some residents gave …

A 38-year-old security man was found dead in strange circumstances in Kpandai Zongo, a suburb of the Northern Region of Ghana. The decomposing body was discovered after neighbors invaded his room to investigate the source of an unusual odor emanating from his room. The deceased who was a worker of …

A man at the centre of a BBC African Eye investigation has been found guilty of trafficking disabled people in Kenya and ordered to pay a fine of 30,000,000 Kenyan shillings or face 30 years in prison. Many were taken from their parents with the promise of a better life. …

15 shops were razed following a fire outbreak at the Isuanuocha community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. “The shop owners had gone home when a security man on duty noticed the brazen fire from one of the shops and started alerting the people,” according to …