At least five people dead after a violent strrom hit Bauchi State in northern Nigeria, according to the first toll. The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, announced in a statement, that heavy rains and a strong storm had occurred in Bauchi. Ahmed Mohammed Wakil noted that …
Read More »Foreign nationals can now join the Australian army
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said that from July looser eligibility criteria would allow “permanent residents who have lived in Australia for 12 months” to serve in its military. Recruitment of British, Canadian, New Zealand and American citizens will be favored, he added. Australia has a very large coastline but …
Read More »Bodies of missing Ghanaian women found in Nigeria
A man arrested in connection with the disappearance of two Ghanaian friends, whose decomposing bodies were found near his home in Abia State, Nigeria. The body was reportedly discovered in a bizarre state on Monday, June 3, 2024, by a team of Police officers as part of investigations. Nigerian activist, …
Read More »Power cuts in Nigeria amid workers’ strike
Millions of Nigerians are without electricity after the national grid was shut down as part of a general strike over the rising cost of living. The country was plunged into darkness shortly after 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT) when union members prevented operators at the country’s power control rooms from …
Read More »Lilwin arrested in Ghana
kumawood actor, Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lilwin has been arrested by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Manhyia Divisional Police Command. The Police explained the delayed arrest was due to his ill health. This is in connection with an accident which led to the death of …
Read More »Akufo-Addo leaves for Korea
At the invitation of the President of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Friday May 31, 2024 for Seoul, Korea. President Akufo-Addo is leading the Ghanaian delegation to this year’s edition of the Korea-Africa Summit scheduled to be held from 4th to 5th June, 2024 in …
Read More »At least 18 people injured by lightning in park in Czech Republic
Lightning struck a tree in the grounds of a castle, injuring 18 people in the north of the Czech Republic this Sunday, June 2, emergency services said, revising an initial report which reported at least 13 injured . The incident took place in the park of Liberec-Vratislavice Castle, about 90 …
Read More »Housewife kills husband with pestle over side chick
A housewife has been accused of killing her husband over alleged infidelity in at Akungba Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria. “The suspect used a pestle to smash her husband’s head while he was asleep in their residence,” according too reports. The couple had been …
Read More »Israeli far-right ministers threaten to leave government
Two ministers, belonging to the Israeli far right, threaten to leave Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition if the latter accepts the ceasefire agreement proposed by the United States. Friday, May 31, American President Joe Biden presented a new “comprehensive” agreement in Gaza in the eighth month of the war in the Gaza …
Read More »Farmer stoned to death over a woman
A farmer was stoned to death on suspicion of having an affair with another man’s girlfriend in Assin Otabilkrom, in the Assin South district of Ghana’s Central Region. “The suspect had information that his girlfriend had visited the deceased to spend the night with him,” reports said. The suspect then …
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