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A final-year student of the Federal University of Agriculture has been arrested for poisoning his girlfriend in the Surulere community in the Camp area of the city, Nigeria. “The suspect administered a poison believed to be a mixture of brownie, alcohol and an unknown noxious substance after inviting his girlfriend …

Nigerian Helen Williams, from the city of Lagos, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest handmade wig. “Helen Williams, from Lagos city, set the record after making the wig stretching more than 350m (1,150ft),” the Guinness World Records (GWR) said in a statement. A professional wig maker …

The United States announced the resumption of food deliveries to Ethiopia from December, six months after they were suspended due to corruption allegations. The US international development agency (USAid) said significant reforms would ensure that the food supplies reached those who needed them most. “The aid resumption will be on …

A 9-year-old girl was defiled in a sorghum farm by an unknown man at Shauri Yako estate in Homa Bay townin Kenya, according to report. The victim was on her way to her grandmother’s house before the suspect grabed her into the farm. The victim stabbed her eyelids with a …

The Malian armed forces have entered the northern town of Kidal, which has been in the control of rebel forces. This happened after inflicting heavy losses and carrying out a raid, according to Mali’s army. Tuareg-dominated rebel groups have long controlled much of the north from Kidal, which is reported …

A young man was attacked with a machete while trying to steal dried cocoa beans in Osedzi, in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district, in the Central Region of Ghana. “The victim and two accomplices have found the cocoa folded in a dry­ing mat on the compound of a farmer as they turned …

South African Police Service has announced the arrest of three men accused of sexually abusing three children and a dog in an operation conducted with the aid of the US Department of Homeland Security last week. “As a result of these operations, three South African children who were used during …

Justice Abiola Sholadoye of the Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Volence Court has sentenced a 32-year-old street sweeper to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl in Lagos State, Nigeria. The man was convicted on one count of defilement of the girl, whom he claimed was his girlfriend. The convict …

A Zimbabwe opposition activist who was abducted at the weekend while campaigning ahead of key by-elections has been found dead. Tapfumanei Masaya’s body was found in a decomposed state on the outskirts of the capital Harare, his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change, said. “We demand the police to investigate …

Mauritanian authorities said the bodies of 16 people thought to be migrants have been found on the country’s northern coast. The discovery on the beaches of Lagouera comes a week after 13 corpses were found in boats in the same area, near the city of Nouadhibou. This latest incident appears …