AFRICA

A suspected ritualist allegedly turned into a goat after being told to pick the money she dropped in Ido, Ekiti State, Nigeria The lady is said to have dropped money on the floor for a student of Oganganmodu Grammar school in Nigeria to pick up. Luck run out on her as …

Most of the West African migrants who fail to reach Europe eventually return to their own countries, but it can be a bitter homecoming. In Sierra Leone, returnees are often rejected by relatives and friends. They are seen as failures, some are ostracised because they stole from their families to …

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs And Regional Integration Minister, Mohammad Habibu Tijani (MP), says Nigeria will soon open its closed borders. Africa’s most populous nation unexpectedly closed its land borders to all movements of goods, banning both imports and exports through land. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Empire News’ …

Two Namibian government ministers resigned following allegations of corruption and money-laundering in the Namibian fishing industry. The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau and the Minister of Justice Sacky Shanghala were accused of receiving bribes in return for giving preferential access to Namibia’s rich fishing grounds to Samherji, …

Two years after being locked up in a dark room at her family residence, a mother of four has regained her freedom at Rigasa, Kaduna State in Nigeria. According to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN), Hassana Sale was locked up by her brother to prevent her from rejoining …

Tragedy struck at Sabo Area, Ugbe, Akoko North East local government area of Ondo state when a middle-aged woman, popularly called ‘Mama Olobi,’ was reportedly axed to death in the night. The house where the incident happened was few metres to a popular church in the town, where sympathisers besieged …

A domestic flight in India was delayed for nearly 12 hours after a rat was spotted scampering around the aircraft, news reports and officials said on Tuesday. Air India flight AI-952 was preparing for take off from the southern city of Hyderabad for Vishakapatnam, a coastal city, early on Sunday, …

Ghanaian Traders at Opera Square in Accra have embarked on yet another operation to lock-up shops owned by foreigners in the national capital Some of the traders accused the foreigners of hiring land guards to re-open the shops which were most recently locked up on November 4. after two previous …

The country’s second highest court is staring at a crisis with the retirement of more judges and the failure by President Uhuru Kenyatta to appoint 11 judges as recommended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Two judges, Justice Alnashir Visram and Philip Waki, retired in August and October respectively, after …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has hit back at allegations that he spied on opponents through their phones, saying the technology needed to do so is too expensive. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Kigali on Friday, Mr Kagame said he wished he could afford the technology “to know …