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Nigerian police arrested a woman for beheading her 11-month-old son at Ugep in the Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The circumstances of the incident could not be immediately determined. The woman had been arrested, said the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Irene Ugbo, “Investigation is …

The Islamic State group, defeated in Iraq and Syria, announced on Wednesday the death of its leader, the Iraqi Abu Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, specifying that he had been killed “while fighting the enemies of God”. In an audio message, the spokesperson for the jihadist group announced that a new “caliph …

A Nigerian man has been arrested by the police for beheading his girlfriend in Accra, the capital of Ghana, local media reported. According to reports, the man committed this heinous act in an attempt to go for money rituals. But he was caught by his landlord who reported him to …

A South African Secondary School deputy principal at Kgagatlou Secondary in Polokwane, Limpopo was caught red-handed sleeping with a student in his office during school hours. The matter was instantly reported to the Mphahlele community whose members did not hesitate in administering mob justice on the teacher. In a video …

The US Senate voted on Tuesday (61 for, 36 against) the “Respect for Marriage Act”, a law protecting same-sex marriage. The “Respect for Marriage Act” will assure every married couple the validity of their marriage in any state in the United States, as long as the marriage is valid in …

Amotekun Police in Nigeria’s Ekiti State have arrested two men suspected of plotting to use a 17-year-old apprentice for ritual purposes in the state capital. The suspects were arrested while attempting to slit the lady’s throat, but luck deserted them. One of the suspects said to have ambushed the victim …

A 23-year-old native doctor was arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for shooting his client to death while testing gunshot charms at his shrine in the Umuaram area of the state, Nigeria. He was arrested after the case was reported to the Isi-Uzo Police Division. He confessed to have …

A woman known as a popular shopkeeper who operated her own provision store at Breman Essiam has committed suicide in her farm in the Central Region, Ghana. She went missing and residents thought she had traveled to visit her children. Several calls were made to reach her children to find …

Three pupils of the Akure High School were arrested for gang-raping a female colleague in a bush on the premises of the school in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Nigeria. The victim went into the bush to defecate during break period and on her way back, the three pupils accosted …

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly asked her services on Monday to summon the Russian ambassador to Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, following a series of anti-LGBT+ tweets, including one targeting an openly lesbian federal minister. Messages posted by the Russian Embassy’s Twitter account echo the Duma’s adoption last week of a bill …