Society

Authorities in Japan are venturing down an unexpected path to make up for their budgetary shortfall: reviving alcohol consumption among young people. To achieve this goal, tax authorities launched a campaign to collect ideas from young people aged 20 to 39 to make the drink popular again. Decline in alcohol …

Founder of the Living Faith Tabernacle also known as Winner’s Chapel, David Oyedepo is today ranked as the richest pastor in the world with 150 million dollars. “(…) Nowadays, our books are published in different languages around the world without us having to pay and yet they send us copyrights. …

Nigerian musician Buju BNXN will have questions to answer after boasting on Twitter of how he spat on a police officer’s face, police have said. The musician, whose real name is Daniel Benson, has since deleted the tweet. A spokesman of Lagos state police said the star “will surely answer …

A Saudi court has sentenced Salma al-Shehab, a student to 34 years in prison for “providing assistance” through her tweets to political opponents who seek to “disturb public order”, according to a court document seen by AFP on Wednesday. This is bad news for Salma al-Shehab who is not only …

Moroccan authorities arrested and sentenced Fatema Karim, a blogger to two years in prison, accused of “undermining the Muslim religion” in a Facebook post deemed offensive to Islam. Fatema Karim, 39, was questioned by police on July 15 and has been in detention since, her brother Bouazza Karim said. She …

The Donkorkrom Magistrate Court remanded four suspects who were arrested for cultivating about 80 hectares of cannabis in a forest reserve in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region, Adomonline website reported. The suspects, Blewu Nomenyo, Korsi Mawuena, Charles Kale, Emmanuel Kojo and the leader, Anakpo Micheal, a teacher …

At least three firefighters died on Monday evening during a fire in a forest in northern Morocco, the country’s authorities said. Two others were seriously injured. The five firefighters were in their vehicle which fell into a ravine as they battled the flames, they added. “A preliminary investigation says this …

An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, Reuters agency reported. Most of the victims are children and have suffered from smoke inhalation. The blaze started just before 9 a.m. in the Abu Sifin church …

A Saudi man wanted for a deadly attack in 2015 detonated an explosive belt during his arrest this week in Jeddah, killing himself instantly and injuring four, the state news agency said on Friday. Abdallah Al-Shehri was on the list of people suspected of having participated in an attack that …

The author of the global hit ‘Buga’, Kizz Daniel is in trouble in Tanzania after his arrest by the police, when he was supposed to give a show to his many fans. He is unquestionably one of the most talented and fashionable artists of his generation. Kizz Daniel, already popular …