Military-led Burkina Faso has passed a law criminalising and banning homosexuality, imposing jail sentences for whoever violates the law. The country’s unelected transitional parliament on Monday passed the law, imposing up to five years’ jail term and fines as punishment for homosexual acts. In a broadcast on state-owned media, Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said,…
At least 54 people were shot, seven of them fatally, across Chicago during Labor Day weekend, police said, including a drive-by shooting that left seven people injured. The shootings came as President Donald Trump renewed threats to send federal agents and National Guard troops to Chicago, a move opposed by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and…
Police in Tripoli, Libya, have arrested two Nigerians for allegedly carrying out a series of robberies in the city. The suspects, both undocumented migrants, were arrested on August 25 after they were captured on CCTV robbing a convenience store. Migrant Rescue Watch, an organisation that monitors migrant activities, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday….
United Kingdom police have confirmed the death of Liverpool bodybuilder Akinwale Arobieke, also known as Purple Aki, at the age of 64. Arobieke was a British man known for his criminal convictions for harassment. He had been convicted of touching and measuring the muscles of young men and asking them to squat with his body…
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced a former senior government official, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, to eight years in prison for embezzlement, months after he gained global notoriety over a sex tape scandal. The Bioko Provincial Tribunal found Engonga, who once headed the country’s national financial investigation agency, guilty of diverting public funds meant for…
A protestor was arrested near the White House after setting fire to an American flag to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting such acts, police said Tuesday. The arrest on Monday evening came hours after Trump signed an order directing the Justice Department to pursue legal action against flag-burners, despite Supreme Court rulings…
Japan has dismissed claims that it plans to introduce a special visa category for Nigerians seeking to relocate to Kisarazu, the city it recently designated as Nigeria’s official “hometown.” At the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama last week, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) unveiled the ‘JICA Africa Hometown’ initiative…
The President of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema, has urged African leaders to dismantle colonial boundaries and unite under one president, currency, parliament, and military command. Malema made the call while addressing thousands of lawyers and dignitaries at the Nigeria Bar Association’s Annual General Conference in Enugu on Sunday. He advocated for a…
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, says critics who question her rise to the top are relying on racist tropes. Speaking during an interview with The Times, Badenoch said some persons within and outside the party believe she only became leader due to a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy. DEI refers to…
Boko Haram Leader, Ibrahim Bakoura Doro, alias Abu Oumaimah, has denied reports by the Government of Niger Republic that he was killed in recent military operations in the country’s Diffa region. The Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) had, on Thursday, announced that Bakoura was eliminated alongside several insurgent commanders during precision airstrikes carried out on Aug….