AFRICA

A man in Benue state, identified as Terhemen Anongo, popularly called Doc K or Bob Korna, has cut off part of his genitals to curb his libido. Since he couldn’t control his thirst for women, he decided to take the advice in the Bible by cutting off that which causes …

9 Cameroonians suspected of being homosexuals have been arrested in western Cameroon. Two of the suspects are still in custody, a police officer and a lawyer told AFP on Thursday. “We arrested them to check if they are homosexuals,” an officer in the town of Bafoussam, where the nine men …

Cameroon has launched an awareness campaign among the population after two cases of polio were detected in Yaounde, health officials said Thursday. “The response consists of sensitizing communities for the observation of hygiene measures, intensification of routine immunization, and epidemiological surveillance,” Dr. José Shalom Tchokfe, head of the Ministry of …

The Mthatha magistrate’s court on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest against the AbaThembu King Buyelekaya Dalindyebo. The monarch failed to appear in court on charges that he allegedly assaulted his son, the former acting king, Prince Azenathi Dalindyebo, in 2020. NPA spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said Dalindyebo was due to …

Nigerian airlines are beginning to reduce airfares on local routes as new airlines spring up, passenger traffic gradually improves and more aircraft are being deployed on local destinations, intensifying competition on these routes. Few weeks after the resumption of local flight operations across Nigeria, BusinessDay had reported a 100 percent …

A South African court has sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend by dousing her with petrol and setting her alight at her flat in Johannesburg in 2018. The magistrate described Mpho Thobane as a “cold-blooded killer” and a coward who fled after torching Viwe …

Abubakar Shekau led faction of the terror group Boko Haram has given a week ultimatum to the Federal Government to secure the release of Pastor Bulus Yakuru who was abducted on Christmas eve in Borno State. The Pastor was abducted in an attack in which about seven people were killed …

A yet-to-be-identified Greendale woman has been arrested after she was caught red-handed having sex with a 13-year-old boy at the teenager’s parents’ home in Houghton Park, Zimbabwe. The minor’s mother got the shock of her life when she returned home on Tuesday, February 23, and caught her son being sexually abused by …

The 31-year-old woman was admitted to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg with severe burn wounds but succumbed to her injuries. The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has sentenced Mpho Thobane to 20 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Viwe Dalingozi, in 2018. Thobane was found guilty of premeditated murder …

Two men died when a structural wall collapsed on their shack in Siyanda, north of Durban, after a mudslide caused by heavy rainfall in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele identified the victims as Simo Mkhize, 28, and Nathi Mbatha, 25. “Two men died at …