Tag Archives: YEAR

A 2-year-old Ugandan toddler miraculously survived a hippopotamus attack after the herbivore swallowed half of his body before spitting him out. According to The Telegraph, a local man who witnessed the attack had to intervene before the humongous animal let the minor go. The minor, identified as Paul Iga, was …

A 35-year-old auxiliary nurse, Jimoh Ganiyat, has been arrested by the police for allegedly injecting a 22-year-old graduate, Omosebi Tomiwa, in the nerve and thereby causing permanent disability to one of his legs.   The suspect who has been parading herself as a registered nurse in the Arigbajo area of …

A 4-year-old boy who disappeared in Kenya’s hyena-infested Tsavo National Park was found after six days of searching. According to BBC, the minor, identified as Ayub, was in the company of his elder brothers when he disappeared. The group was said to be herding livestock. And though the area he …

An employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jude Ozuogu and his wife, Ifeoma Ozuogu, have been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for child abuse. The state police had in July 2020 arrested the couple for maltreating their 10-year-old maid, Nneoma Nnadi. Neighbours alleged that the couple subjected the victim …

Two infant boys had a close shave with death although one of them, the 3-year-old, had his penis eventually cut off. The other child, a 4-year-old, had the left-side of his chest bitten off, in what has been described as an act of alleged ritualism. Sharing the accounts of what …

A 22-year-old woman, Bongiwe Praise Magwaza is scheduled to appear in Boksburg Magistrate’s Court, Gauteng, on Wednesday, December 14, facing a charge of murder.   Gauteng spokesperson for the Hawks, Warrant Officer Bonnie Nxumalo, in a statement on Wednesday, said that on December 2, Sergeant Kgopotso Ntsana, 34, stationed at Elsburg police …

A nineteen-year-old boy is battling for his life at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after he fell victim to clashes between the Asanteman Senior High School and the Adventist Senior High School at Bantama in Kumasi. The clash ensued on Sunday afternoon when students of Asanteman alleged their colleague had …

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a 75-year-old man, Isa Nana Okpoku, for allegedly raping his 4-year-old niece in Obi Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement on Sunday, December 11, 2022, said police operatives attached to Obi Division …

A 29-year-old man identified as Kunle Abati has been arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command, for allegedly forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 27-year-old lady with down syndrome (name withheld). The suspect, Kunle Abati, was arrested on the 7th of December 2022, following the report lodged at Ilese ijebu …

A 57-year-old cocoa farmer, Emmanuel Addae, from Twifu Heman Nsuaem in the Central Region has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for stealing two bunches of plantain. Mr. Addae said he harvested the plantain, which belonged to his friend because he was hungry. But the mistake he said he did …