Society

Police in southern Nigeria have arrested three people following the discovery of 20 mummified bodies near Benin city in Edo state. The corpses were found in a building suspected to be used for a voodoo shrine. A police spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, told the BBC that the corpses of 15 men, …

In complete ignorance that her husband had installed a surveillance camera in the kitchen, a 45-year-old dermatologist was filmed pouring a household product into her husband’s lemonade. The video that goes viral, outrages internet users. Police arrested the woman for attempted poisoning as soon as they received the CCTV footage. …

Chinese authorities are trying to bring rain to several provinces bordering the Yangtze River in the center of the country to alleviate the drought in the country. Faced with the drought currently affecting China, Hubei province is the latest to announce its participation in “cloud seeding” operations on Wednesday, US …

A French tourist died Tuesday of her injuries after being bitten by stray dogs in a resort in western Sahara, southern Morocco, local authorities said on Wednesday. The victim, 44, whose identity was not disclosed, was attacked by a pack of stray dogs while walking away from her hotel in …

Khaby Lame, the most followed influencer on TikTok, has officially obtained Italian citizenship, La Repubblica and The Guardian reported. Khaby, 22, who started on the social network after losing his job at the start of the coronavirus crisis, said he was “very proud”, the two media reported. The Tiktoker was …

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 …