The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
The World: Two sheriff’s deputies from Los Angeles…
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies have been shot on Saturday night in an obvious ambush and are in necessary condition, local police stated on social media. One male officer and one girl officer…
NEWS: Former President of Mauritania in Police Custody…
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz used to be taken into police custody where he is being held underneath charges of corruption in the course of his reign as the Mauritanian president. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz used…
Nigeria: Gunmen murder educationist in Taraba
Unknown gunmen on Sunday nighttime hacked down proprietor of Winners Comprehensive High School (WCHS) in Jalingo metropolis, Taraba State, Danlami Shamaki. The late Shamaki also reportedly headquartered the famous New Edition Primary School, Jalingo. The…
Uganda: Man steals chicken, radio from family members,…
A 33-year-old man has been detained for allegedly killing his two spouse and children who had accused him of stealing their radio set and a chicken in Lira District. It is stated that the attacker…
Breaking: 20 Years in Prison for 13 Military…
2 Decades Behind Bars Fifteen militiamen have been sentenced to twenty years in prison, introduced the Congolese army court stated Wednesday, for their participation in a political uprising in Ituri in the northeastern region of…
The World: 17 year old arrested as mastermind…
A Florida teen was once recognized Friday as the mastermind of a scheme before this month that commandeered Twitter money owed of outstanding politicians, celebrities and science moguls and scammed human beings around the globe…
Uganda: Man, 48, arrested over infecting five minors…
Police in Masaka District in central Uganda are holding a 48 -year -old man for allegedly defiling underage female who he later infected with HIV/Aids. The suspect is a chippie in Masaka Town and is…
Kenya: Man kills wife in Gilgil
A domestic feud ended on a bitter notice after a man stabbed and killed his wife in Gilgil town earlier than surrendering himself to the police. The Tuesday morning incident took place in Gilgil sub-county…
Why Nigeria must decisively end rape menace
Rape is dishonorable, immoral and sinful to humans and must be outrightly condemned by all. Every man or woman in this country called Nigeria that has a wife, a sister, a niece, or a daughter…
South Africa: Battered and bruised, another woman found…
East Rand residents came out in numbers to support the family of a 31-year-old woman who was allegedly killed by her live-in lover in yet another episode of gender-based violence. Thokozile Kubheka died on Friday…
Uganda: 16-year-old girl killed in suspected ritual sacrifice
Police in Busia District have launched investigations into the death of a 16-year-old girl, whose body was found decapitated in a suspected act of child sacrifice. Mercy Bridget Mwanga, a Primary Six pupil at Mawero…
South Africa: Top cop gets 2-year jail term
Former officer-in charge of Gweru CID, Detective inspector, Leonard Gwandu, was on Thursday jailed for an effective two years after being convicted of criminal abuse of office after he released a stolen vehicle. Gwandu released…
Breaking: Man kills own four-year old son in…
A 35-year-old man, Mr Christian Alisigwe from Ihite Azia, Ihiala local government area of Anambra State has killed his four-year-old son. KnowAfrika gathered that he butchered him with a cutlass. Police authorities, who are working…
The World: Six arrested after ‘Dutch torture chambers’…
Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands following the discovery of seven shipping containers converted into cells and torture chambers. The containers were located in Wouwse Plantage, south of Rotterdam, after French police cracked…
French court rejects probe into Rwandan president assassination
Rwandan authorities have welcomed a decision by a French court to reject a bid to reopen an investigation into the assassination of Rwanda’s president in 1994. This assassination ignited a 100-day genocide that led to…
The World: New Zealand mosque shooter sentencing begins…
Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty earlier this year to 51 charges of murder, 40 charges of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act. Justice Cameron Mander said the hearing is estimated to last…
NEWS: Teenage girl held over murder of 60-year-old…
Police in Seme have detained a 14-year girl accused of killing a 60-year-old woman following a quarrel over grazing land. The girl is said to have hit the old woman with a stone on the…
Breaking: Four arrested for smuggling cigarettes worth over…
Four suspects have been arrested for allegedly smuggling illicit cigarettes worth over R1m into SA, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the K9 unit, soldiers and custom officials arrested the suspects…
