The Ogun State Police Command had arrested a 26-year-old man for defiling an 11-year-old girl in Araromi Village via Idi-Oke, Ogun State, Nigeria. “The minor was heading out alone when the suspect lured her to a nearby bush in what was considered to be a fresh attempt to defile her,” …
Read More »Joe Biden’s convoy hit by a car
Joe Biden’s presidential motorcade was involved in an incident while leaving their campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. The U.S. President and First Lady Jill Biden were leaving their campaign headquarters when a Secret Service vehicle in the presidential motorcade was struck by a car in Wilmington, Delaware in United …
Read More »Husband kills wife over cooking argument
A man has murdered his wife over her failure to cook his meal in the Olota area of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, Nigeria. “The trouble stated when the man returned from work and discovered that the wife only prepared noodles rather than his favourite meal,” according to …
Read More »200 people killed by Lassa fever in Nigeria
Nigeria has recorded at least 200 deaths from Lassa fever in the last 11 months despite intensified government measures to reduce infections across the country. “The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that there had been 1,170 confirmed cases from 114 local governments in 28 states from the start …
Read More »Nigeria: driver arrested for s3xual assault
A Lagos driver has been remanded in custody for kidnapping, detaining and sexually assaulting a young girl on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, Nigeria. The defendant was brought before the Magistrate Patrick Nwaka on two counts bordering on unlawful confinement, detention and defilement of his supposed passenger. The …
Read More »Two candidates killed on the eve of the election
Two candidates for the legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo were shot dead in South and North Kivu, just a few days before the general elections. Sadiki Espoir Ndabuye and Joseph Kasongo Tshomba, legislative candidates were killed just a few days before the general elections scheduled for December …
Read More »Bandits kill four Katsina farmers
Suspected bandits have killed four farmers and abducted eight others from Nahuta village in the Batsari Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The farmers were harvesting their crops when the assailants struck,” according to the state spokesman ASP Abubakar Aliyu “One of the farmers who managed to escape sustained …
Read More »Ghana: man found dead behind drinking spot
A 40-year-old man has been found dead behind the Casanova drinking bar near Melcom in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased was found wearing an orange Lacoste and a jeans trouser and not known in the area,” according to residents. “Residents suspected he was killed …
Read More »Belgian priest murdered in DRC
An 82-year-old missionary was found lying dead on the ground in his room with two blood-stained machetes and a knife next to him in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Father Léopold Feyen is a member of the Salesian congregation of Don Bosco in the African vice-province of Congo-Congo (ACC). No …
Read More »World Bank lifts sanctions against Gabon
Suspended by the World Bank since the coup d’état that ousted Ali Bongo from power, Gabon has announced the restoration of cooperation with the institution. According to the government, the resumption of cooperation between the World Bank and Gabon is contained in an official letter dated December 11. The letter …
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