AFRICA

Al-Shabaab militants target Somalia’s telecom infrastructure

Somali militant group Al-Shabaab is targeting telecommunications infrastructure in areas where a concerted military effort is removing them from the villages, officials said on Tuesday. Somalia’s biggest telecom firm Hormuud said its infrastructure in Galmuduug, Central Somalia, had been destroyed in an apparent futile bid to limit communication and coordination …

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‘This time we are going to clamp him’ – Bullgod tackles Shatta Wale

Artiste manager Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, popularly known as Bullgod, has said he wouldn’t let the allegations levelled against him by his former artiste, Shatta Wale, for killing ‘Fennick’ pass by. Speaking on Hitz FM, Bullgod said he’s accustomed to Shatta Wale’s tricks due to his long relationship with him. According to him, Shatta Wale sees life …

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Metro FM news presenter Pearl Shongwe passes on

The SABC’s Metro FM news presenter Pearl Shongwe has passed on. It is understood she died at her Polo Fields home north of Johannesburg. Details are still sketchy at the moment. The newsreader also presented sport on SABC’s 404 News channel and Morning Live on weekends alongside Simphiwe Ncongwane. A …

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Nigerian TikTok stars sentenced to 20 lashes for defaming governor

Two Tiktok stars in in Nigeria’s Kano State have been found guilty of defaming state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The magistrate’s court also found them of engaging in actions that could disturb public peace. The sentence included offering a public apology to the governor, being given 20 lashes each, an …

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Kinds Of People Who Mosquitoes Always Target More Than Others

You and your pals probably prefer to go on evening adventures, but you spend the whole time complaining about the insects. Asking “Why do mosquitoes target me so much?” is a common occurrence. A common misconception has it that this is the case because the “blood is great.” Scientists have …

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VIDEO: Couple bath daughter’s vl_gina with hot pepper

A  45 year old woman and her 51 year old husband are in the police custody over punishment they meted out to their 21-year-old daughter. Mrs. Adioke Nasali and her husband Paul Nkejinke compelled their daughter, Soli Hawa to bath her own va_gina with hot pepper🌶️. In the video available …

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15-year-old student hangs himself

Police in Mubende District are investigating circumstances under which a Senior One student at Kasenyi Secondary School committed suicide According to police preliminary investigations, Julius Ssekiziyivu, 15, a day scholar hanged himself a few minutes after returning from school for reasons not yet established. By the time Sekiziyivu committed suicide, …

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6 common s*xually transmitted diseases in Nigeria

Syphilis is another serious transmitted disease that has the tendency of becoming deadly if not treated beforehand. As far back 1963, WHO found Lagos to be the highest carrier of gonorrhea in the world. Decades after, it has been made known through available data that the rate at which sexually …

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Why People Under 50 Years Of Age Die From Cancer

In the past, cancer was solely associated with people who are aged or above 50 years. However, since the 1990s many more people below 50 years are currently suffering from different kinds of cancer. Cancer which is the second leading cause of death globally is caused by a genetic mutation …

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Habits That Could Cause An HIV Positive Individual An Untimely Death

The idea that receiving an HIV diagnosis means your life is over and should be forgotten. HIV-positive people are increasingly living longer and in better health thanks to the development of antiretroviral therapy, especially if they begin treatment early and adhere to it religiously. However, several behaviours HIV-positive patients exhibit …

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Twitter will ban unlabelled parody accounts, says Elon Musk

Elon Musk says Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a parody account will be permanently suspended. Twitter previously issued a warning before suspending accounts, but there would now be no warning, he announced. A number of accounts that changed their name to Elon Musk and mocked …

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What causes one testicle to be bigger?

It’s normal for one of your testicles to be bigger than the other. The right testicle tends to be the bigger one. One of them also usually hangs a little lower than the other within the scrotum. However, your testicles should never feel painful. And even if one is bigger, …

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We’re losing the importance of teachers – Okyenhene bemoans

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has bemoaned Ghana is losing the importance of teachers hence the revered profession has rather become a stop gab job for many. He blamed the situation on poor condition of service for the profession, therefore urged government to have better look into remuneration of teachers …

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen hack two to death, injure another

Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed two persons in Zongo Akiki, Makurdi Local Government Area in Benue State. Zongo Akiki is a community located along Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering , NASME, Northbank, Makurdi. It was the first herdsmen attack in the metropolitan council since gunmen launched a blistering attacks on Benue …

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Africa’s oldest President marks 40 years in power

Africa’s oldest president and one of the continent’s longest-serving rulers – President Paul Biya – will mark 40 years in power this weekend. Nationwide commemorative activities have been planned and his supporters are celebrating his achievements. But the 89-year-old’s opponents are lukewarm, calling on him to step down and hand …

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Okafor Emmanuel sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for drug trafficking

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.   The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the …

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Five killed in suicide bombing at Somalia military camp

Deadly attack on Mogadishu military training camp comes a week after twin explosions in the city killed at least 116 people. A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a military training camp in Somalia, killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, according to the state-run SONNA news …

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