Police in the town of Ondo in Nigeria arrested a 54-year-old man for setting fire to five of his stepchildren when his wife refused him s3x, News agency of Nigeria reported. The police spokesperson in the state, Funmilayo Odunlami, who explained the incident, said the suspect was being investigated, while …
Read More »Tanzania: PM Majaliwa to lead funeral service for plane crash victims
Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will on Monday lead mourners in paying their respects at a funeral service for 19 people killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, the BBC reported. The plane crashed on Sunday morning near the shore at the end of the Bukoba …
Read More »Kenya Airways issues warning to striking pilots
Kenya Airways has threatened to take disciplinary action against its pilots who have been in industrial action since Saturday. The government backs the national carrier which maintains that the strike is unlawful. The labour ministry on Sunday said the airline was free to take necessary lawful measures against its pilots. …
Read More »Ghana: President Akufo-Addo called to resign
Faced with the galloping inflation in Ghana, currently estimated at 37%, hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of Accra on Saturday 5 November to denounce the deteriorating economic situation, French media RFI reported. “Resign or be impeached! Politicians eat, Ghanaians suffer!” : the slogans chanted by the crowd were …
Read More »Somalia prohibits use of the name al-Shabab
Somalia’s religious affairs ministry has banned the use of the name al-Shabab – “the youth” in Arabic – and asked the public to refer to the militant group as “Khawarij”, a derogatory term meaning a deviant sect. In a statement, the ministry also prohibited clerics from dealing with the al-Qaeda-allied …
Read More »50-year-old woman arrested for kidnapping a baby girl
Mankessim Divisional Police Command in Ghana announced the arrest of a 50-year-old woman for stealing a baby girl, Adomonline reported. The woman forced the two-year-old girl into a margarine rubber after she intentionally went there to play with the kid. “She intentionally went there to play with the kid when …
Read More »Here are the benefits of kissing
Everyone has a favorite kissing story, a favorite movie kiss, a kiss they wish had never happened, and a kiss they long for so much they can almost taste it. Who doesn’t love a great kiss? In short, every kiss is a cause for celebration. Just imagine that study found …
Read More »Ghana: boy shot and secretly buried by his uncle
A 12-year-old boy was reportedly shot dead by his uncle on a farm and secretly buried the same day under cover of darkness in Mankuma, Savannah Region, Ghana. The mother of the deceased left him under the care of his uncle who later picked him on a motorcycle to the farm with a …
Read More »Jerome Boateng fined for assaulting ex-girlfriend
A German court has fined German defender of Olympique Lyonnais Jerome Boateng 1.2 million euros for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. The former international and World Cup winner was found guilty of assault, battery, and insult at his appeal trial in Munich. He had initially been fined €1.8 million at his first …
Read More »Uganda: prison authorities suspend visits to detainees
Ugandan prison authorities announced the suspension of all visitations in their facilities due to the rising Ebola cases with the latest in Masaka District, Dailymonitor reported. In a press release on November 1, the prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine, issued standard operating procedures aimed at curbing the spread of the …
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