Society

Three farmers from the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region were arrested by the Sawla police for eating suspected human meat in Ghana. They were reported to have cooked the meat they thought was that of a chimpanzee, which was burnt by bush fires on their farm. The farmers then …

Gunmen raided a maternity hospital in Nkpologwu, Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria, stealing four newborn babies, local media reported. No one was injured, and no one was killed in the attack, reports said. The motive for the invasion of the hospital is not known to anyone. Some people …

A security guard was gunned down by unidentified assailants at the Mobik Energy Fuel Filling Station along the Tarkwa-Banso road in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, Ghana. The deceased was on his normal patrol duties when the suspects, dressed in jackets with hoods and caps stormed the premises and shot him to …

A 27-year-old young man was arrested by the police at Sehwi, a farming community in the Akontombra district, for shooting a motorbike rider he boarded to transport him to the Bodi district, Ghana. The suspect allegedly diverted his route through a remote area explaining that he was receiving the prize …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky succeeds billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, boss of SpaceX and Tesla, as Time magazine’s 2022 personality of the year. He succeeds Greta Thunberg, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or even Elon Musk. By crowning the Ukrainian president, the US magazine also paid tribute to the “spirit of …

Spanish police were on Wednesday looking for 14 migrants, all passengers on a commercial flight, who fled after their plane made an emergency landing at Barcelona airport following a medical emergency believed to be put on on stage, authorities said. In total, around 30 people tried to “escape” from this …

A boxer representing Imo State at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Nigeria, slumped and died in the boxing ring after the opponent landed a heavy punch to his chin. During the 86kg duel, the boxer fell face flat in the ring and failed to rise up for the remaining …

A missing 17-year-old girl has been found abandoned by her captors in Ugbolu in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It was learnt that three men bundled her inside a tricycle and zoomed off but later abandoned her. “The girl was found at Ugbolu in the Oshimili …

A 50-year-old man has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for strangling his 22-year-old lover in Ogbomoso area of Nigeria. Investigation revealed that the suspect lured the deceased to an isolated place where he strangled her to death. He feared she would reveal details of their administered oath …

Humanity has become a “weapon of mass extinction” of nature that “we treat like a toilet”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday at a ceremony in Montreal on the eve of of COP15 on biodiversity. “With our boundless appetite for uncontrolled and unequal economic growth, humanity has become …