Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency. They will be off work without pay for a month...
Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate violence and bloody battles. “We are always...
At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say. Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda,...
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria’s Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was...
In a crime that reads like a Hollywood thriller, Sibusiso Mahlangu and his wife, Lerato, masterminded a chilling plot that saw them fake his death, murder an unsuspecting lover, and cash in on a...
Police operatives at the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Zone 2, Onikan, have arrested a popular Lagos hotelier for allegedly sodomising secondary school boys. The suspect identified simply as Mcdon was arrested yesterday at his hotel, Empire, located at...
Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was a Special Guest Speaker, at Nigeria’s National Conference on Strengthening Democracy, in Nigeria. The high-level forum, under the theme “Strengthening Nigeria’s democracy: pathways to good governance and...
Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his 19-year-old wife. Officers came across 29-year-old John Kiama Wambua while patrolling Huruma, a...
A young man, Yemie Fash has disclosed how a pastor and his wife squandered money that was donated by people for their sick child. According to the young man, people donated an amount of ₦4.5M but the...
The Catholic Diocese of Warri has suspended Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe from the priesthood following his reported marriage in the United States. This was made known in a statement titled ‘Decree of Suspension’, dated...
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency. They will be off work without pay for a month or “until they submit the required declarations”, according to the presidency. Boakai said that the...
Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate violence and bloody battles. “We are always with the dead. In some battles, I’ve seen 40, 50 or 100 dead people,” one...
At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say. Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda, Zamfara state, for treatment. It is believed that the fire broke out in a nearby...
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria’s Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working on her farm, beating and stabbing her to death. Ms Abubakar’s family went to...
In a crime that reads like a Hollywood thriller, Sibusiso Mahlangu and his wife, Lerato, masterminded a chilling plot that saw them fake his death, murder an unsuspecting lover, and cash in on a fraudulent insurance claim. A Deadly Affair Turns Fatal The twisted tale began when Lerato engaged...
Police operatives at the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Zone 2, Onikan, have arrested a popular Lagos hotelier for allegedly sodomising secondary school boys. The suspect identified simply as Mcdon was arrested yesterday at his hotel, Empire, located at Bucknor in the Isheri-Osun, Ejigbo, after weeks of evading police arrest. It was gathered that...
Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was a Special Guest Speaker, at Nigeria’s National Conference on Strengthening Democracy, in Nigeria. The high-level forum, under the theme “Strengthening Nigeria’s democracy: pathways to good governance and political integrity,” brought together distinguished personalities, including Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima and respected Nigerian...
Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his 19-year-old wife. Officers came across 29-year-old John Kiama Wambua while patrolling Huruma, a district east of Nairobi, just before dawn. Suspecting Wambua was carrying something illegal, they searched...
A young man, Yemie Fash has disclosed how a pastor and his wife squandered money that was donated by people for their sick child. According to the young man, people donated an amount of ₦4.5M but the pastor and his wife spent the money in the space of two months. The pastor reportedly used...
The Catholic Diocese of Warri has suspended Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe from the priesthood following his reported marriage in the United States. This was made known in a statement titled ‘Decree of Suspension’, dated Thursday, January 16, 2025, and jointly signed by the Bishop of Warri, Rt. Rev. Anthony...
