AFRICA

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 472 cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed, while 70 deaths have been recorded in 92 council areas of 26 states between January and February 9, 2020. It also said no fewer than 14 health workers were affected within the …

Portugal has ordered the seizure of dozens of bank accounts belonging to Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire businesswoman currently under investigation for fraud in her native Angola. Last week during a state visit by Germany’s Angela Merkel, Angolan President Joao Lourenco said his government was fighting to recover assets taken …

Two old men suspected to be kidnappers have been arrested after they were caught allegedly trying to snatch a baby from her mother’s back in Nigeria. In an account by the mother of the 2-year-old baby, the suspected kidnappers trailed her from Aga area of the town with the hoodlums …

A woman allegedly stabbed her husband twice while he was sleeping because she suspected him of having a side chic. Facebook user Chinonso Chibuogwu claimed the incident happened in Owerri, Imo state. He added that the victim is his friend. He said the wife of Mr Jude Mmadu suspected him …

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet… Mattew 24:5. (Not Religious bias) …

Reports from Nigeria say 16 members of the same family have been burned to death during an attack in north-western Kaduna state. Witnesses said they were locked in a room before their house was set on fire. A number of other people were shot dead when dozens of gunmen arrived …

A young man popularly known as Alfa and his accomplices have been arrested after one of them dug into a man’s grave to steal his head for money ritual purposes. Samson, who got the name Alfa after he completed his Islamic studies, came up with the idea after he was handed …

A senior member of the Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, has made damning disclosures over the conduct of the body in the annulled election results. According to commissioner Mary Nkosi, MEC “made a mistake” in declaring Peter Mutharika the winner of the election. According to her the elections had glaring irregularities …

Mulanje Police has arrested a 20 year old woman for stealing a baby girl at Mulanje Hospital,Dorothy Mponda hails from Bango village,T/A Mabuka in Mulanje. Repots indicate that the biological mother is Rhoda Charles(16 years) who is originally from Mozambique, she was receiving antenatal treatment at Mpala Health Centre. Later …

During her free time, Nigerian Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem controls traffic in the capital, Abuja, eight years after her son was killed in a hit-and-run accident. On the day I met her she was clad in her blue traffic vest, feet spread apart, sweaty arms slicing the air at a frantic …