Society

Voices are being raised in South Africa for pit bull dogs to be banned as pets, after an eight-year-old child was allegedly mauled to death last Saturday by a pit bull. According to reports, South Africa has one of the highest numbers of deaths related to dog attacks in the …

An old Benz school car carrying about 25 pupils on Terchire-Adrobaa Street in the Tano North district of Bono Region, Ghana was involved in an accident which left four dead and several others injured. Eyewitnesses narrated that the driver slid off the slippery road upon getting to a sharp curve, …

Market vendors in Essam-Debiso, Ghana are in shock after discovering a jar containing objects believed to be used for ritual purposes at the heart of the market. The pot concoction was discovered when the traders went to the market for business. The pot containing a live snake, a headless vulture, …

A 25-year-old man was arrested by Nigeria’s Bauchi State police, for the kidnapping and horrible murder of a five-year-old child. Investigation revealed that the suspect lured the victim into his room with sweets. Later, he called the victim’s father on phone and threatened him to bring the sum of 5 …

A woman reportedly left a taxi, walked to the third continental bridge in Nigeria, climbed it and jumped into a lagoon, after a stormy argument with her fiancé, local media reported. The cab driver said she was having a heated conversation with her fiancé before she got out of the …

The acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk continued to stir in the US, with the resignation of senior social network officials, and a rare warning from the American Competition Agency (FTC). “We follow recent developments at Twitter with a lot of concern. No managing director or company is above the …

There has been an increase in snake bites in Nigeria, due to serious floods faced by many parts of the country, said Dr Nasir Sani Gwarzo of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. According to Mr Gwarzo, snakes are jostling with humans for shelter in most cities experiencing floods. “After the …

A woman, HIV positive has confessed in a radio programme that she mixed her blood in the zobo drink and sells it to get other people infected in Nigeria. The show host had asked listeners to call in and confess what they do in the market that people are not …

A 43-year-old Zimbabwean church treasurer has been sentenced to three years in prison on 128 counts of theft by the Pretoria Specialist Commercial Crimes Court in South Africa. As a treasurer, her responsibilities was to transfer tithe and offering money deposited to the church account, to the Northern Conference of …

Lions thought to have escaped from a farm in Mozambique, are causing panic in the villages of Moamba in Maputo province, local media reported. The lions have killed the livestock of villagers – something that hyenas have also been doing since the beginning of the year by killing goats and …