A leader of the Daesh group, identified as Bilal al-Sudani, and “about ten people” linked to the terrorist organization were killed on Wednesday in a US raid in Somalia, the US executive said on Thursday. “Al-Sudani was responsible for encouraging the Islamic State group’s growing presence in Africa and funding …
Read More »89-year-old man burned for witchcraft
Police in Benue State have arrested the leader of a nine-man gang that tortured an 89-year-old man in Gwer East Local Government Area of Nigeria. “The 89- year-old man was abducted by a nine-man gang for alleged witchcraft against a young man who had been sick in the area as …
Read More »Kenya pushes one-pub-per-town order to fight alcoholism
Kenya’s deputy president has ordered government administrators in the country’s central region to enforce a one-pub-per-town directive that was issued last week. Rigathi Gachagua also wants entertainment joints in the region to only operate between 17:00 to 23:00 in new measures meant to deal with alcoholism. There are fears the …
Read More »Things people think prevent pregnancy but they don’t
Many people, even married ones, aren’t prepared for children, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be caught in the throes of passion. Here are some hilarious things people do under the false belief that it will prevent pregnancy, according to Pulse website. 1. Peeing after sex Some people believe that …
Read More »Man arrested for murder of 43-year-old man
The Nkwanta South Magistrate Court has remanded an 80-year-old man for the murder of a 43-year-old over a parcel of land in Ghana, according to reports. “There was a misunderstanding between the deceased and the accused person over a parcel of land”, the police prosecutor disclosed. “The deceased was knocked …
Read More »A man mysteriously died after alighting from a motorbike
A 30-year-old man has mysteriously died after he alighted from a motorbike on the street of Sehwi Kwasikrom in the Bodi District of Ghana. “They saw the victim get down from a motorbike walking tirelessly around the street,” according to eyewitnesses. “He was later seen laying on the ground and …
Read More »19-year-old fined for stealing yam tubers
The Nkwanta Magistrate’s Court has fined a 19-year-old unemployed youth from Kabiti, a farming community, for stealing 17 tubers of yam in the southern part of Nkwanta, Oti Region, Ghana. “The complainant caught the boy red-handed bagging the stolen tubers into a sack,” according to the police prosecutor. The suspect …
Read More »Yemi Alade reacts to rumors of being pregnant for Togo’s president
Nigerian singer Yemi Alade has reacted to the growing rumour that she is pregnant for the president of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé. The singer was said to be having an affair with Togo’s president and to be pregnant for him. The controversy began when gossip vlogger Tosin Silverdam took to …
Read More »France recalls ambassador to Burkina Faso
France is recalling its ambassador to Burkina Faso, a day after it announced that its military mission there was to end. The French foreign ministry said Luc Hallade was returning for consultations on the state of relations between Paris and its former West African colony. There have been weeks of …
Read More »Chinese engineer sentenced to eight years in prison
A Chinese engineer, Ji Chaoqun, was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison in the United States for having provided Beijing with information on the profiles of American experts with the aim of recruiting them. He was arrested in September 2018 for having provided services with information on the …
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