AFRICA

Ex-Mozambique president’s son gets 12 years in jail for graft

Ndambi Guebuza, the son of Mozambique’s former president Armando Guebuza will serve 12 years in jail after he was convicted in a $2 billion corruption case, a court ruled Wednesday. The scandal emanated from loans to three state-owned companies — Indicus, Ematum and Mam — meant to finance a fishing …

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Killer of South African anti-apartheid hero freed

South Africa’s justice ministry has confirmed that the man who killed the South African anti-apartheid hero, Chris Hani, has been released on parole. Last month’s decision by the constitutional court to free Janusz Walus drew widespread criticism in South Africa. Mr Hani’s widow described it as diabolical. The hugely popular …

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D banj arrested for alleged N-Power fraud worth over 100million Naira

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has arrested Singer Oladapo Oyebanji alias D’banj, according to a popular Nigeria news portal, PremiumTimes. He was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, forcing him to surrender himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja. Premium Times …

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Politician and Entertainer is dead

A popular Imo state-based entertainer and politician, Chukwunonye Irounno, is dead. The deceased is believed to be the MC of Peter Obi’s campaign. Chukwunonye was also the Labour Party (LP) House of Assembly Candidate for Okigwe Constituency in the state. According to report, he died on Monday night in Owerri …

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Tanzania scraps independence celebration, diverts funds to kids

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, money that will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools …

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Woman stabs her 74-year-old grandmother over fish

A Kenyan woman who was arraigned for stabbing her 74-year-old grandmother in the stomach after a quarrel over a piece of uncooked fish, has pleaded guilty to charges of causing grievous bodily harm.   The suspect identified as Binti Asma Juma, was arraigned before Mombasa Chief magistrate Martha Mutuku, on charges …

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Girl, 7, attacked by deadly viper

  A seven-year-old girl who was grabbing hold of a banana was bitten by a venomous snake.   The bothrops jararaca is Brazil’s fourth most dangerous snake with its venom capable of inflicting necrosis and limb loss,   At around 6.30am on Thursday, Dec. 1, a girl woke up at …

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Reason why a woman may urinate during intercourse

“Urinating during intercourse” is a “very widespread health problem” that “affects many people (primarily women) during intercourse,” according to Healthline. Male bodies have a natural defence mechanism that makes it difficult to urinate during a hard-on, making this a more common issue among women. In this post, I want to …

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A Teenager Kills His Father during A Fight With Him

A 17-year-old man from Nandi County has been arrested for killing his father over family issues. The young man exchanged words with his 42-year-old father, which led to a fight between them and the father was beaten and killed by his son. The CID said the father and son fought …

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Prospective teacher trainees to write entrance exams from 2023

Applicants seeking admissions into Colleges of Education in Ghana will from 2023 be expected to write an entrance exam. The exam will be based on two core subjects; Mathematics and English. The Chief Director at the Ministry of Education, Divine Ayidzoe, disclosed this at a conference on teacher training with stakeholders. Mr …

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Wall Gecko Allegedly Wipes Out Family Of 6

Most homes have a wall lizard or gecko, which is not poisonous at all. It only counts the number of bugs. The heloderma, which is also called the gila monster and the beaded lizard, is the only poisonous lizard in the world. Near the Gila river in the south-western United …

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14 people dead after river baptism went wrong

  Emergency search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of seven people yesterday morning, bringing the death toll to nine. Later in the afternoon five more bodies were retrieved from the river, raising the number to 14. As the mission continues along the river for the missing people, Renqe recalled …

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Father flogs 3-year-old daughter to death for entering neighbour’s room

A three-year-old girl has died following severe flogging by her 25-year-old father for entering a neighbour’s room. Nigeria’s Delta State police have arrested the young father, identified as Godsgift Uweghwerhen and he is assisting them with investigations. The suspect committed the heartless crime in the Aladja community of the Udu Local Government …

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Here are the Daily Lotto numbers

Here are the results for the draw:   Download the News24 app via the Play or iTunes App stores and get a free alert moments after each Lotto draw with the winning numbers. Please note that the information provided herein is third party information. While every effort is expended to ensure …

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Worshippers swept away in river flash flood

Two people have died in South Africa and 15 others are missing after a flash flood in a river swept away worshippers taking part in a church ceremony. Some of the more than 30 congregants were standing on rocks in the river on Saturday when a torrent of water surged …

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2022 WASSCE results prove Free SHS is working well – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as the best in the last eight years. According to President Akufo-Addo, “six (6) years on following the implementation of the …

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