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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 …

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 …

A man has reportedly beaten his girlfriend to death at Ogobiri community in the Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The two lovers had a serious disagreement which resulted in a fight,” according to residents “He might have hit the lady badly, which caused her to bleed to …

A man has reportedly shot dead his brother-in-law over alleged infidelity in Umunede, in the Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect shot his brother-in-law to death just because he claimed that the man was dating another lady. “He said the brother-in-law …

At least 27 Fulani herders were killed in an explosion near the border between Nigeria’s central Nasarawa and Benue states on Tuesday, local media reported. The police say they are investigating the cause of the explosion. The area has seen frequent disputes over resources between pastoral and farming communities, the …

A Madina District Court has sentenced a 26-year-old Nigerian Computer Engineer, to 450 days imprisonment for attempting to obtain a Ghanaian Passport twice, according to reports. The suspect was charged with attempting to obtain Ghanaian passports by false declaration and was pleaded guilty.   The Court, therefore, sentenced him on his …

France has received the denunciation by the government of Burkina Faso of the defense agreement that has linked the two countries since 2018 and will withdraw its soldiers from the country within the agreed period of one month, the Quai d’Orsay said on Wednesday. Authorities in Burkina Faso had confirmed …

A dog stepped on a loaded rifle, fatally shooting a passenger in his owner’s car during a hunting trip in Geuda Springs, Kan, sheriff’s deputies said. The deceased, aged 30, was shot in the back while sitting in front of a pickup truck, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office said in …

A judge of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Lagos State has sentenced an Islamic teacher to life imprisonment for deflowering eight students in his class, aged between 6 and 11, in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. The convict was arraigned on eight counts of sexual assault preferred against …

Former American boxing champion Mike Tyson is accused by a woman, who filed a civil complaint, of having raped her in a limousine in the early 1990s near New York, a court document indicates. The alleged victim, who insisted on remaining anonymous in the proceedings because she fears being “attacked …