Crime
Kenyan Pastor Stabs Wife and Kills Himself at the Pulpit
A Kenyan pastor has stabbed his wife several times before turning the knife on himself inside a church they founded together in Mombasa.
Pastor Elisha Nadoya Mizigo of Goods for God’s Gospel Ministries left several notes accusing his wife of...
Crime
Albino Killings: Malawi Gives Personal Security Alarms to Albinos
Malawi is distributing personal security alarms to people with albinism, - a condition that causes whitening of the skin from lack of pigmentation - in hopes of battling persecution
The alarm sound is activated when the holder pulls a safety...
Crime
Travel and Tourism Sector Facilitating “Child Sexual Exploitation” in Africa, Report
Weak laws regulating sexual exploitation in travel and tourism are turning the African continent into a “new frontier for child sexual exploitation”, according to a new report.
The study, by the African Child Policy Forum, sheds light on the continued...
Crime
Herdsmen Killed More Nigerians in 2018 Than Boko Haram – GTI Report
Attacks from herders killed more Nigerians in 2018, compared to the number of deaths caused by Boko Haram in the country, according to 2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI).
The GTI report released on Wednesday ranked Nigeria, for the fifth consecutive...
Crime
UK Receives £90bn stolen Funds from Nigeria, African Countries Yearly, Report
The United Kingdom (UK) receives about £90 billion illicit funds from Nigeria, Africa and countries in third world every year, according to report by Christian Erikson and Lionel Faull, anti-corruption advocates.
The advocates disclosed this in a joint paper tagged,...
Africa Ranking
Lagos Is The World’s Most Dangerous City – EIU Report
A newly released report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked Lagos as the world’s most dangerous city.
The report, named Safe Cities Index, ranked 60 cities across the world based on digital security, health, infrastructure and personal securityIn...
Crime
This Man Spent 30 Years On Death Row For A Crime He Didn’t Commit
False ID, a racially biased prosecutor and a constitutionally deficient lawyer sent Anthony Ray Hinton, to Alabama’s death row in 1985.
False ID, a racially biased prosecutor and a constitutionally deficient lawyer sent Anthony Ray Hinton, to Alabama’s death row...
Crime
You Can Now Go to Jail For Lying On Your CV in South Africa
According to the newly enforced National Qualifications Framework Amendment Act, anyone who lies about holding a tertiary education on their CV or social media platforms could face up to five years in jail.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law...
Business
South Africa: Black African Foreign Owned Shops Looted in Soweto
Black African foreign-owned shops were targeted in Soweto Wednesday evening as some residents went on a looting spree.
A night of violence and intimidation erupted in Soweto, Johannesburg on Wednesday night, as dozens of local residents turned on the black...
Crime
UN Accuses North Korea of Stealing from Nigeria, others through Cyber Attacks
North Korea launched 35 different cyberattacks on Nigeria and 16 other countries to illegally raise money for weapons of mass destruction programs, according to United Nations experts.
North Korea is being probed by United Nations experts for cyberattacks on 17...
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Samuel Green, the Abolitionist Who Was Convicted for Possessing a Copy of an Anti-slavery Novel
Samuel Green was an African-American self-emancipated abolitionist who was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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