AFRICA

A bereaved Nigerian pastor is calling on the country’s law enforcement agencies to help him get justice for his wife who was kidnapped, gang-raped and killed. According to Pastor Lawyer Steward in Rivers, the cultists accused his now-deceased wife, Chigbewejim Steward of gossiping about them. The unfortunate incident occurred at Abarikpo …

The Ghana Wheelchair Tennis National Team were attacked and robbed of their valuables by armed robbers in Nigeria The team were on their way to Ghana after participating in a tournament. The unfortunate incident occurred around 2:30 am on Tuesday at Ogun Stage in Nigeria. Despite efforts to escape, the …

  Photos have been released from the 90th birthday of Cameroonian President Paul Biya who is currently the longest serving political leader in the world. Biya’s birthday falls on February 13. The president’s official social media handles shared photos of Biya in the company of the First Lady Chantal Biya …

Panic gripped Kahama airport in Tanzania’s Shinyanga region on Monday morning over a private plane crash said to have killed at least 10 passengers in what turned out to be an accident drill. The airport manager, Hamza Kiemo, issued an initial report saying the Garet 5Q ATM aircraft, travelling from …

South Sudan’s government has suspended the use of the US dollar and instead directed all transactions be executed in the local currency, the South Sudanese pound (SSP), in a move feared to stifle economic activity in the war-ravaged economy. Most transactions in the country are carried out using the US …

A Non-Governmental Organization, Brave Heart Initiative has secured a court victory against a man who raped an 8-year-old girl in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State.   The NGO, in a statement on Sunday, February 12, 2023, said the convict, Frederick Agbozuadu was found guilty and sentenced to five …

Vincent Okoth, a farmer from Mwea, married Eunice Adhiambo in 1999. Adhiambo couldn’t get pregnant, even though she and her husband went to several doctors and healers recommended by their friends and family. The woman said her inability to have children had been hard on her for years, and that …

Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs have attacked some supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the standard bearer concludes his campaign with a rally in Lagos State on Saturday. Videos and pictures shared on social media showed some individuals with bruises, as well as vandalised buses …

A Nicaraguan court sentenced Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez to more than 26 years in prison on Friday, a day after the cleric and critic of President Daniel Ortega turned down an offer to be sent to the United States as part of a prisoner release. Alvarez was found guilty of …

The lives of two South African musicians, Lucky Dube and AKA, were cut short by gunmen who murdered them in separate years. The wounds from the 2007 murder of Lucky Dube, the man regarded as Africa’s reggae giant remain fresh. The latest murder case involving a musician was reported on …