Society

Police command in Nigeria announced the arrest of a 16-year-old boy, for raping his brother’s wife as well as nine other women on different occasions. In an interview with newsmen, he admitted to committing the crime and then confessed to have raped nine other girls at a farm settlement in a …

French media RFI and France 24 have launched the seventh edition of the Africa App Challenge under the theme “digital at the service of sustainable agriculture”. This challenge is open to all Africans and companies from the continent with a project applicable in French-speaking Africa. Projects must be submitted in …

An eight-year-old boy had been kidnapped in Kenya by his stepfather who demanded a ransom from his wife before releasing the boy. The mother reported the matter of the missing child at Embakasi police station as she found a note by the husband demanding a ransom to release the minor. …

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing bread and other items worth N679,000 in Nigeria’s Osun state. Among the items he stole were packs of soft drinks, table water, a carton of wine and 50 loaves of bread, among others. He pleaded guilty to …

The world population exceeds 8 billion inhabitants on Tuesday, according to the official estimate of the United Nations, which sees in it “an important milestone in human development” and a reminder, in the midst of COP27, of “our shared responsibility to take care of our planet”. For the UN, “this …

Police in Nigeria say suspected Biafran separatists have shot dead a traditional ruler and his two aides in the south-eastern state of Imo, local media reported. The gunmen visited the palace in Oguta under the guise of reporting an emergency situation before opening fire. It was not immediately clear why …

A 39-year-old tricyclist beat his colleague to death after he got into a fight in the Oke-Aro axis of Akure South Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria, local media reported. He was said to have been hit in a delicate spot that made him collapse and fainted but was …

A thief posed as a guest at the wedding to get access to the head table was caught red-handed stealing phones of bride and bridesmaid. He almost ruined the wedding when the service was interrupted after he was caught red-handed stealing. Reports indicate that the thief stole the bride and …

An 80-year-old woman was murdered and her body parts cut off in the Assin North District of the Central Region, Ghana. A research was organized by the Chiefs and elders as she left her house to the farm but could not come back. Her lifeless body was found and an …

A 22-year-old lady was shot by an unknown gunman as she visited her fiancée at his house in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region, Ghana. She visited her boyfriend during which the unknown gunman attacked the house and in the process, shot her, her family said. It is not …