Society

A young mum in Nigeria sold her six-week-old baby to an orphanage for 200,000 naira for an unbelievable reason, sparking outrage in the country, local media have reported. According to local press, the 23-year-old mother used some of the money to buy a cell phone. Later arrested by Edo State …

A combined team of Ghanaian Police and Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Task Force demolished the Apostolic Movers and Shakers Chapel building in Dansoman on Monday for operating without a permit, Pulse news agency reported. This follows an earlier warning by the AMA to the Church to vacate the area in …

A 39-year-old Nigerian street vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu, was shot dead in broad daylight on a shopping street in the Italian seaside town of Civitanova, RFI reported. His attacker, a 32-year-old Italian, was filmed by passers-by for four long minutes, without anyone intervening to help the seller. On the images, we …

At least 82 people are appearing in a South African court on Monday on suspicion of illegal mining, attempted murder, possession of explosives and contravening immigration laws, local media reported. According to the police, the suspects – most of whom are illegal miners – may also be linked to the …

A 34-year-old Spaniard, who had been in coma since late April after contracting an infection following cosmetic surgery, died on Sunday, Spanish newspaper Diario de Navarra reports. It is in the clinic of the European Medical Aesthetic Center (Ceme) in Madrid where the patient, originally from Palma de Mallorca, underwent …

Nigerian Police Inspector General, Usman Baba, issued a warning to film producers who used to portray police officers in a bad light, without prior permission. Inspector General Usman Baba says movie scenes of actors in police uniforms must now be approved as set out in law and defaulters will be …

Will Smith once again apologized in a lengthy video shared on Friday, nearly four months after he slapped comedian Chris Rock live at the Oscars. In the more than five-minute sequence, the Oscar-winning actor apologized to Chris Rock, the comedian’s family, his own family and everyone he hurt. “I want …

At least eight people died following torrential rains which caused immense flooding in the eastern US state of Kentucky, its governor announced on Thursday, fearing that the toll could rise further. “We are witnessing one of the worst and most devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky’s history,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. …

A villager has been indicted for involuntary fire in the province of Larache in northern Morocco, the region most hit by violent forest fires, a judicial source said. The province of Larache has been particularly affected by forest fires which have killed three people and destroyed thousands of hectares since …

The Barcelona public prosecutor’s office in Spain announced this Friday they will seek more than eight years in prison for tax evasion against the Colombian star. The singer, who claims her innocence, refused on Wednesday to seal an agreement with the prosecution and want to go to trial. The prosecution …