Society

Egyptian authorities have arrested three people who attempted to steal a 10-ton statue of Pharaoh Ramses II using a crane to lift the statues and excavate the antiquities in the area, according to reports. Ramses II, one of the most famous pharaohs of the 19th Dynasty, ruled for 67 years. …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country has been facing Russian invasion for nearly a year, delivered an optimistic message to the Golden Globes audience, saying the world will not experience a third war. The president appeared on the giant screen of the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles where the award …

Gunmen have killed four people at Nzomiwu Street in Eziani community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, according to reports. The gunmen invaded the community, started shooting in the air and killed three men and a woman, who was apparently pregnant. “The gunmen immediately fled the scene …

A 10-year-old girl was electrocuted and a 6-year-old girl was injured after an Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cable fell on them in the Gomoa East District of Ghana’s Central Region. “The children were playing under cable when the unfortunate incident happened,” according to family. “I heard the children shouting …

A Kenyan media outlet has shared camera footage of the moment four police officers allegedly attempted to rob two people of 2m Kenyan shillings ($16,000; £13,000) on a street in the capital, Nairobi. The victims were employees of a forex bureau and had withdrawn the money from a nearby bank. …

The Nigeria Police Force have arrested a man for sharing a substance, suspected to be marijuana, with an infant in a viral video posted on Twitter. The suspect is seen smoking what looks like a wrap of marijuana and then forcing it into the mouth of the baby girl he’s …

Is rapper Young Thug a member of a gang, is his music label a front for criminal activity, and are his song lyrics evidence that can be used against him? The trial of this hip-hop figure tried with 13 other people began Monday in Atlanta with a very long jury …

A man died after being shot dead in Bomaa in the Tano North Municipality of Ghana’s Ahafo Region, following a chieftaincy dispute. The shooting occurred as a result of contention between two families in the town over who succeeds the late chief of the town resulting in others being injured …

A 200-level student of the Department of Philosophy at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, was shot dead while trying to retrieve his phone from armed robbers in his pavilion in Nigeria. “The victim obediently gave his phone to the armed robbers but requested his SIM card as the robbers agreed …

A fire has engulfed a 14-room apartment in Odomase, in the municipal capital of Sunyani West, Ghana, according to reports. There were no casualties but everything in the apartment was burnt to ashes.   The fire has destroyed personal belongings and property running into thousands of Ghana cedis.  People around the …