Ghana’s president has said he will not decide whether to sign a controversial anti-LGBTQ bill into law until the Supreme Court rules on a legal challenge. Last week lawmakers approved the bill which seeks to severely curtail LGBTQ rights, drawing condemnation from rights activists despite gaining wide support in the conservative West African state. […]

  Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency and a nighttime curfew on Sunday in a bid to quell a wave of violence sparked by a gang assault on the capital city’s main prison that allowed thousands of inmates to escape. The government said in a statement that the state of emergency and 6:00 pm […]

  At least 15 civilians were killed and two others injured during a “terrorist” attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in northern Burkina Faso, a senior church official said. “We bring to your attention a terrorist attack which the Catholic community of Essakane village was the victim of today, February 25, while they […]

  The military authorities in Guinea have lifted restrictions on internet access, which were imposed three months ago and sparked protests, residents observed overnight on Thursday. The move came a day after trades unions in the West African country announced an unlimited general strike from Monday to pressure the ruling junta to release a prominent […]

  In an intercontinental operation against Nigerian criminal networks in Europe, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, Europol, has arrested 15 Nigerians. This operation, which took place in December last year, was influenced by criminal activities including fraud, money laundering, human trafficking for sexual exploitation and other crimes perpetuated by Nigerian criminal syndicates in countries […]

  A high court in Ghana has sentenced six people to death, including three soldiers, after finding them guilty of plotting to carry out a coup against the country’s government in 2019. The case which has been in court since 2021 has drawn significant attention due to the severity of the charges and the involvement […]

  The Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome, Italy, has upheld the life sentence for Innocent Oseghale, a Nigerian man convicted of killing and dismembering 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro. The court’s decision marks the end of a legal battle that began in 2018. The Crime and Initial Sentencing In January 2018, Oseghale killed Mastropietro in the […]

  Russia said Wednesday that an IL-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war had crashed in the western Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine.   Unverified videos on social media showed a large plane, purportedly in the Belgorod region, falling from the sky on its side before crashing in a fireball. “At around 11 […]

  Popular actor and former US politician Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by German customs officers at Munich Airport on Wednesday for failing to declare a valuable luxury watch. “He is sitting with us, that’s right,” a spokesman for the main customs office in Munich told dpa on Wednesday afternoon. Criminal tax proceedings had been initiated […]

  American-based Nigerian singer Osazuwa Agbonayinma popularly known as Zuwa and as one part of the duo known as Roze has been shot and killed in the United States of America. Although details about the circumstances around his death are still sketchy, his father and former Nigerian lawmaker Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma confirmed to Entertainment News on […]