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Tanzanian police said on Friday that 34 suspects were arrested following the killing of four villagers from the same family after they were suspected of involving in witchcraft. Liberatus Sabas, Chief of Police Operations and Training, said that the suspects were arrested in a crackdown in the Kigoma region between Jan. 4 and Jan. 9, 2020. “Police are still investigating the suspects before charging them to court on murder charges,” Sabas said in the Lake Tanganyika shore town of Kigoma. On Jan. 4, authorities said that four villagers from the same family were killed and their houses demolished by fellow…

Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament on Friday approved the country’s first legislation on gun control. The Weapons Administration and Control Proclamation, passed by the House of People’s Representatives, envisages streamlining the administration and control of weapons possession, according to the state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA). The new legal framework is believed to facilitate Ethiopia’s efforts to combat the illegal trafficking of weapons across the country. The proclamation will help maintain rule of law and ensure peace and stability, and address “the lack of uniformity with regard to regulating and controlling weapons and their usage in the country,” ENA said. 2020…

The Kano State Government has earmarked N52.2 billion in the 2020 budget for the education sector. The Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Alhaji Nura Dankadai, said this while addressing newsmen on the 2020 budget breakdown on Friday in Kano. “To actualise our policy of free and compulsory education in both primary, secondary and Tsangaya schools, the government has planned to spend a total sum of N52.2 billion in this critical sector representing 25.32 per cent,” he said. Dankadai said that the present administration would continue to sustain the giant strides made in expanding access to basic quality education in the…

Seinye, widow of the Founder of Moni Pulo Limited, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, has again cried out over the continuous machinations by her stepson, Dumo Lulu-Briggs to falsely hold her for murder by conducting a manipulated and sinister autopsy on the late Lulu-Briggs. Recall that Dumo Lulu-Briggs had accused his stepmother and father’s widow of having a hand in the death of her 88-year-old husband who died on the 27th, December, 2018 and to whom she was married for almost 20 years. One year after the demise of Lulu-Briggs, Seinye who was mindful of her husband memorial, said she…

Angel Correa scored late on as Atletico Madrid stunned Barcelona 3-2 in Saudi Arabia to reach the Spanish Super Cup final

A man in Germany has died four years after eating a sandwich his co-worker poisoned with mercury.

Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) on Thursday claimed its fighters killed eight Nigerian soldiers in an attack in Borno State.

An Abuja High Court has sentenced the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Olusegun Runsewe, to prison.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has been caught on camera kissing a Nun just a week after he was filmed slapping the hands of a woman who grabbed his hands.

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has revealed he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. “It’s been a rough couple years,” the 25-year-old wrote on Instagram, adding that he was also suffering from a chronic viral infection. The star said he was aware of social media speculation that he had a drug problem, after he was pictured looking unwell with blotches on his skin. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by ticks. The symptoms often include a rash, muscle pain, and tiredness. What did Bieber say? On his Instagram page, the artist wrote that people had suggested he looked like he was…