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Three former Nigeria football officials who were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday night have been freed, a police spokesperson has confirmed without giving details. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom before setting the trio – including a former secretary-general of the country’s football federation – free. Ahmed Sani Toro spent …

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect LGBTQ+ people from laws in force in Republican-controlled states. To this end, a reception was organized this Wednesday at the White House in honor of LGBTQ+ people. “My message to all young people: just be who you are, you are …

Some Senior High School (SHS) female students in Ghana issued a warning to married women, urging them to hide their husbands in order to avoid losing them as they return home for the holidays, Pulse website reported. The students gave the caution in a video widely shared on social media, …

Tetraplegic for 12 years, a 40-year-old died peacefully at home after receiving the lethal drug and a self-injection device in Italy, a first in the country. The Luca Coscioni Association, which campaigns for the right to assisted suicide and euthanasia, has received funds to provide this 40-year-old with the device …

A Nigerian sex worker who plied her trade in Lagos has been killed and burnt after rendering her services to a customer who later found a Quran under her pillow, Pulse.ng reported. According to website, the sex worker charged the customer N1,000 for the sexual service but realized later that …

At least 35 teenagers have been rescued from a so-called ‘baby factory’ where women and girls are kept to give birth to babies for sale in Nigeria. Authorities said four of the girls in the building in the south-eastern state of Anambra were already pregnant. Police spokesperson Torchukwu Ikenga is …

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) promoted two officers for their position in effecting the arrest of one of their co-workers carrying suspected Indian hemp. The two police officers identified as Azumah Komla Justice and Felix Diameh arrested their colleague Lotsu Agbeko. The police in a statement said “The above police …

An Indian couple divorced after the man accused his wife of only cooking the same meal in the morning, noon and evening. Indeed, on May 27, an Indian judge named ML Raghunath spoke at a press conference in Mysuru, the second largest city in the state of Karnataka in southwestern …

A Tunisian military court has ordered arrest of journalist Salah Attia for claiming the army refused orders from the president to shut down the headquarters of the powerful Union Generale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT). Mr Attia told the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera on Saturday that President Kais Saied asked the military …

A military truck heading towards Bawku from Bolgatanga ran through some residents of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, Saturday evening leaving one dead and others with life-threatening injuries, local media reported. Senyalah Castro, a local journalist said the military truck was “going at top …