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Five Nigerians were injured in a knife fight while sharing drinks during a birthday celebration for one of the Nigerians, at Buduburam ghetto, known as ‘Gab’, Gomoa East district of the central region. Police sources said a provocation from a guest from the Kwame Nkrumah Circle led to the bloody …

Lagos State Police Command announced the arrest of a 22-year-old primary school teacher and her boyfriend for brutalizing her two-year-old daughter and burning her buttocks. The suspect, teaches in a local school at Bariga, owned by her boyfriend’s mum. An Instagram platform, Instablog9ja, while speaking to a resident, said the …

At least 15 people have died in a boat accident in Shagari Local Government Area in Nigeria’s Sokoto State as the boat they were in was en route to Maulaudi. The local government’s Chairman, Aliyu Shagari, said the incident happened on Tuesday evening and confirmed the death of 15 people. …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declared three-week lockdown in two high-risk districts as the country battles a rise in Ebola infections. “Given the gravity of the problem and to prevent further spread and protect lives and livelihoods, the government is taking extra measures that require action from all of us,” President Museveni …

A giraffe killed a 16-month-old toddler at a game park in South Africa in a rare attack by the animal, local media reported. The toddler and her 25-year-old mother were in the park in northern KwaZulu-Natal when they were both trampled by the giraffe. The child died after being taken …

A woman is reported to have mysteriously lost her voice just moments before she was supposed to testify at a High Court in Zimbabwe. Words failed this distraught woman when it came to testifying at the trial against her daughter’s alleged rapist, she could only sob and gesture as she …

A 21-year-old student of Assin Manso Senior High School, Ghana is on the verge of losing her sight as she also suffers a stroke after allegedly being whipped by her teacher. Her condition is deteriorating as her vision is blurred with her mobility also affected due to the incident, according …

A 37-year-old sales representative has been charged in a magistrate’s court with allegedly stealing four Bibles from a supermarket in Nigeria. The prosecutor, Inspector Felicia Okwori said the defendant was at the supermarket in December and stole two bibles, an operation that was captured on CCTV. “The defendant came again …

The number of cholera contaminations continues to increase in Haiti, according to a new bulletin from the Ministry of Public Health obtained on Tuesday. The new figures fuel fears of a new disaster in this country already plunged into a humanitarian and security crisis. As of Monday, 606 suspected and …

A fight between Nigerian and Indian students at GD Goenka University in the capital, New Delhi, sparked by a football match last weekend has caused panic in Nigeria. The incident forced more than 60 Nigerians to flee and take refuge at the country’s embassy. The chairwoman of the Nigerians in …