The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said it had nabbed a 38-year-old man, Adelani Ayomide, with a bag containing 18 human skulls. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, said the suspected ritualist was arrested at 6:48am, yesterday, on Ado-Odo, Owode Road by policemen attached to a division in Ado-Odo-Ota Local ...

A former police officer has testified that evidence was mishandled on the scene were Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius contends that he shot Steenkamp through a locked door in the belief that there was an intruder hiding behind it. (AFP).

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has arrested and handed over to the Police, three building inspectors at the Okaikoi North Sub metro and the owner of the six-storey building that collapsed at Nii Boi town in Accra. The building inspectors were found liable for acts of negligence. According to the AMA, the inspector instead of ...

Hearts of Oak coach Mohammed Polo insists he did not attack the referee in the aftermath of his side’s 2-1 defeat to Medeama on Wednesday.

The Minister of Energy has indicated that the nation will undergo a load management program from next week. According to the Ministry, the current power crises being experienced in the country is as a result of the shortfall in supply of gas from Nigeria. CitiFM’s Anim Boadu in a series of tweets at the press ...

The Jamaican dancehall reggae star Vybz Kartel and three of his associates were found guilty of murder on Thursday evening, the Jamaica Observer reported. He is to be sentenced on March 27. Vybz Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, along with ...

Russian markets tumbled Friday on fears that a weekend referendum in the Ukrainian region of Crimea will trigger Western sanctions against Moscow. Stocks fell by 2% and the ruble was trading at a record low of about 36.7 to the dollar. The vote on whether ...

Pretoria - A former police officer testifying in Oscar Pistorius's murder trial was put through a rigorous set of "spot the difference" questions on Friday. These related to police procedure in the hours after the Paralympian shot dead his girlfriend Reeva ...

Maritzburg United are sweating over the fitness of Ghanaian winger Frank Sarfo Gyamfi ahead of their PSL clash against AmaZulu on Friday night.

A woman has given HIV to her lesbian lover in an extremely rare case of female-to-female HIV transmission, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 46-year-old Texan woman 'likely acquired' the virus from her HIV-positive ...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he called President Obama to voice his frustration over the U.S. government's ongoing surveillance programs according to The Telegraph. Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook wall Thursday telling users of the ...

Outgoing Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Avea Nsoh says the decision to tag Fulanis in the Jirapa District will pass as one of his achievements. The tagging system of the Fulani nomads has drawn criticism from human rights activists since the Jirapa District announced it. Critics say tagging the Fulanis is inhumane and amounts to ...

Police officers stood guard near the site of a fatal stabbing incident in Changsha, Hunan Featurechina/European Pressphoto Agency Police officers stood guard near the site of a fatal stabbing incident in Changsha, Hunan Province. An argument between two ...

Two name sakes-Ebenezer Abeka and Ebenezer Mensah, both 18 - who allegedly conspired with another young man and gang raped a 13-year-old girl at Millenium City, Kasoa  have been remanded in custody  by the Agona Swedru Circuit Court. Their alleged accomplice, identified only as Kofi, is said to be on the run.  Abeka and Mensah, both labourers working on a building project at Millenium City, Kasoa, pleaded not guilty  to the charges  of conspiracy and defilement. Their  plea prompted the Presiding

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that the balloting for positions on the ballot paper for the four National Chairman aspirants of the party has been scheduled for March 16, 2014. The process was suspended following investigations into alleged drug related offences against one of the aspirant, Paul Afoko. The Vetting Committee on Wednesday ...

Pretoria — An ex-police officer told Oscar Pistorius's murder trial on Friday that his colleagues were clumsy with evidence and even stole a luxury watch from the crime scene. Former station chief Giliam van Rensburg, who was among the first on the scene of ...

A woman cries after her parent was killed in a knifing incident in Changsha, Hunan province March 14, 2014. Photo: Reuters. mail · print. View all comments. Share on Tumblr · Tweet. Published: March 14, 10:16 PM. BEIJING — At least six people died after a ...

BEIJING — Six people were reported dead after a knife-wielding man slashed passersby Friday morning following a fight in a market in Changsha, in China's central Hunan province. Initial witness reports indicated that multiple people — perhaps members of ...

The fresh spate of attacks in Maiduguri has forced the League Management Company, LMC, to announce the suspension of the Nigeria Professional Football league matches scheduled for Maiduguri until further notice. Premier League side, El Kanemi ...

When a young Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire in December 2010, the desperate act fanned a flame that spread through the Arab world, threatening to burn down long-entrenched autocracies.