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Two Chinese have been apprehended for illegally mining gold in Nigeria, the Nigerian Minister responsible for Solid Minerals, Dele Aleke, shared this information on X. “We have charged alleged illegal miners recently arrested in Kogi and Ondo states. These include two Chinese nationals and a Nigerian in Kogi, as well …

Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants roared into a northeastern Nigerian village on motorcycles, opened fire on a market and set shops and homes ablaze, killing at least 37 people, according to a military official. Residents said the death toll could be even higher, with villagers still missing and feared dead …

A 19-year-old self-proclaimed native doctor has been arrested for shooting his client to death while testing a bulletproof charm he had prepared in Edo State, Nigeria. The incident occurred after the native doctor who specializes in creating charms against firearms and cutlasses, attempted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the charm …

A tiger tamer was bitten by a tiger at Dreamworld on Monday (September 2) near Brisbane, Australia, according to local hospital services. “The woman suffered a lacerated arm but was in stable condition,” Queensland Ambulance Service said. Queensland Ambulance Service official Justin Payne said the victim was 47 and an …

At least 129 people were killed and 59 injured in an attempted prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said. “The incident happened in the country’s largest prison, Makala, in the capital Kinshasa,” Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said. “The provisional death toll is 129, 24 of whom …

The tragic death of a family of four has brought fear and apprehension in Nsukka Local Government Area in Nigeria. The incident, which occurred on Sunday, September 1, 2024, has plunged the entire community into deep mourning. The victims, including a woman, her daughter, mother and sister, died in their …

A former Australian childcare worker in his 40s has pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting dozens of children in his care for more than 20 years, ABC News Australia reported on Monday (September 2). Originally from the Gold Coast, in the Brisbane region, Ashley Paul Griffith is being tried …

The German car manufacturer Volkswagen is not ruling out closing factories in Germany as it seeks to save billions more in a cost-cutting program at its namesake brand, the automaker and its works council said Monday. The group considers a major vehicle plant and a component manufacturing site in Germany …

A middle-aged market woman was discovered dead in a bush by the roadside at Kumasi Anwomaso-High Tension, in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “The woman, a food vendor turned gari seller, was well-known in the area,” reports said. Her daily routine involved visiting her daughter, who operates …

Authorities in Guyana announced the seizure on Sunday (September 1) of about 4.4 tons of cocaine worth $200 million buried near a clandestine airstrip intended to be shipped by boat to Europe. “The drugs were found inside underground bunkers in the west, near the border with Venezuela,” said James Singh, …