Kenyan President William Ruto says his visible weight loss is his deliberate effort to keep fit amid concerns by some Kenyans on social media over his health, local media reported. Speaking during a televised media interview on Sunday, President Ruto explained he had added some weight during the campaign period …
Read More »US citizen sentenced to life in prison for “espionage” in China
A 78-year-old American, a permanent resident of Hong Kong, has been sentenced in China to life in prison for “espionage”, a local court announced on Monday. John Shing-wan Leung, also known as Liang Chengyun, “was guilty of espionage and was sentenced to life imprisonment as well as lifetime deprivation of …
Read More »Ghana: landlord’s son slaughters tenant’s grandson to death
Police in Ghana arrested the son of a landlord who butchered a tenant’s son to death while inflicting severe wounds on others. Reports say the suspect attacked the innocent toddler with a machete after he had an argument with the child’s father who is a tenant in their house. According …
Read More »Body of a woman found in a building in Gomoa
The decomposing body of a woman was discovered in an unfinished building in the Gomoa East District, in the Central Region of Ghana. “She was found after we traced a bad odor disturbing the community to the building,” according to eyewitnesses. She was discovered lying in a supine position in …
Read More »Ghana: 22 people hospitalized after eating at a funeral
Twenty-two people have been hospitalized due to an alleged food poisoning at a funeral in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, Ghana. “The victims have suffered acute diarrhea and other symptoms after eating at a funeral,” reports said. “The victims were served food including porridge, rice, banku, meat and …
Read More »Nigeria: a son killed his mother with a hoe
A 30-year-old man has clubbed his mother to death for refusing his request of N20,000 in the Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. “The boy asked his mother to withdraw N20,000 with his Automated Teller Machine card and bring it to enable him to purchase clothes to attend …
Read More »Woman arrested for abusing eight-year-old house help
THE Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old mother of three for abusing her eight-year-old house help in the Idemili North local government area of the state, Nigeria. “The woman battered the young child and inflicted numerous serious injuries on her after a child she was carrying fell while …
Read More »Ghana: John Mahama elected NDC flag bearer for the next elections
Former Ghanaian President John Mahama has been elected as the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the country’s largest opposition party, for next year’s elections. The former president was declared the winner on Sunday after securing 98.9% of the total valid votes in the party’s primaries held on …
Read More »Police officer kills four colleagues in a police station
A civilian police inspector from the Brazilian state of Ceara (north) shot and killed four of his colleagues on Sunday in the police station where they worked, authorities said. The crime took place on Sunday in Camocim, 354 kilometers from Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará, police said on Instagram. The …
Read More »Ghana: eight school children drown in a river
Eight school children have drowned after a boat carrying them capsized at Faana in the Weija Gbawe municipality in Accra, Ghana, reports said. “The children were returning from school when the canoe was hit by a wave,” assemblyman of the Bortianor Electoral area said. “The 13-year-old canoe operator who survived …
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