Crime Africa

A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the southern Somali town of Baidoa has killed six people, officials have told the BBC. There has also been a suicide bomb attack close to the port of the capital, Mogadishu, which injured at least seven. Militant group al-Shabab said it was behind …

A woman has been accused of pouring hot water on her stepdaughter which left the young girl’s face and hand badly burnt. According to Amanda Chisom, a Facebook user who shared pictures showing the injury sustained by the girl, the woman has shown no remorse over her action. Read her …

Suspected cultists who kidnapped a young girl in Bauchi State have revealed that all they needed from her was her virginity.   The 20-year-old girl, Patience, a 100 level Pharmacology student at the Bauchi State University, Gadau, was kidnapped on her way home from visiting a friend. This has placed …

Nationnewslead has learnt that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday, June 27, added six Nigerian nationals among its most-wanted cyber criminals list. The six Nigerians who made the list on the FBI website are Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Felix Osilama Okpoh, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, Nnamdi Orson …

  Unidentified gunmen have abducted 10 humanitarian aid workers as they were distributing food in a village in southwestern Niger, their NGO said in a statement. Kadidiatou Harouna, of the Action and Impact Progress (APIS), said on Thursday the assailants drove into the village in the Tillaberi region on Wednesday afternoon on …

61 years of inscrutable great Breakthrough “Dr Godwin Maduka is a blessing to many, a friend to all, a mentor to too many, a saviour to most, a brother to some, a father to so many, a motivator to all, a kind hearted man, silent achiever, a staunch believer of …

  Zimbabwe’s health minister is appearing in court in Harare charged with corruption over the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment. Obadiah Moyo was arrested on Friday after the government came under pressure from the opposition and on social media. A $20m (£16m) contract was awarded to a Hungary-registered firm, …

  Ronayerin Ogolor who’s a 51-year-old US-based Nigerian has been sentenced to prison for 3 years over internet fraud. Ogolor who has naturalized as a US citizen was able to scam 13 victims in Italy and US of hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to LIB, in October 2019, Ogolor pleaded …

  A 42-year-old Zimbabwean man who raped his 11-year-old daughter on numerous occasions since she was eight years, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in prison by a Bindura magistrate. The man from Mhasvi Village in Chiweshe, kept his daughter isolated and silenced her by saying no one would look …

  A woman in Kenya’s eastern town on Makueni has been hospitalised after being attacked by her ex-husband with a machete, local media report quoting medical sources. The doctors had to amputate Purity Muthoki’s hands after she sustained 31 deep cuts. Her ex-husband, Boniface Mutua, was at her home and …