Tag Archives: BBC News

By Gloria Aradi BBC News High levels of poverty and unemployment have fuelled money-making rituals in Nigeria Five men have been jailed for 12 years each in Nigeria after they were convicted of exhuming a human skull. They had planned to take it to a traditional doctor who said it was needed for rituals that would make them rich. The ...

Police say the situation is now under control By Laurence Peter BBC News The French prime minister has put the country on its highest state of counter-terrorism alert after an assailant fatally stabbed a teacher and seriously wounded two others. Witnesses say the knifeman shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is greatest”, during the attack at a school in Arras, northern ...

Image caption, Health authorities are encouraging parents to get their children immunised By Gloria Aradi BBC News More than 600 people, mostly children, have died of diphtheria in Nigeria since the current outbreak began in December 2022, officials say. With 14,000 suspected cases, this outbreak is far worse than the last one in 2011 when 98 cases were reported. Kano state, ...

By Derek Cai & Mahfouz Zubaide BBC News Another earthquake has hit western Afghanistan just days after two large quakes in the same region killed more than 1,000 people.  The new 6.3 magnitude quake struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Wednesday, 28km (17 miles) north of the city of Herat. More than 100 were injured and sent ...

Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú BBC News, Lagos A police officer in Nigeria has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Lagos-based lawyer Bolanle Raheem. A Lagos State High Court judge found Drambi Vandi guilty of shooting Mrs Raheem, who was pregnant with twins, at close range on Christmas Day in 2022. Mrs Raheem had been in a car with ...

Image caption, Yoni Asher says he recognised his wife Doron (C) and daughters Aviv (L) and Raz (R) being loaded into a truck by militants Families have spoken of the sheer panic of learning their loved ones may have been taken hostage by Hamas, after the militant group attacked Israel. The Israeli military suggests dozens of people, including foreign nationals, have ...

By Yolande Knell, Raffi Berg and David Gritten BBC News, Jerusalem and London At least 70 people have been killed in Israel after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest attack in years. Militants crossed into Israel from Gaza under the cover of heavy rocket fire – and have since taken dozens of Israelis captive. Some hostages – both soldiers ...

Image caption, The US-Mexico border has become a political challenge for the Biden administration By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington President Joe Biden is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after his administration announced new border wall construction in Texas. Mr Biden said he was unable to stop the work because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump ...

Image caption, Sydney Feder and Alyse McCamish are unhappy with how the college dealt with their allegations By Jordan Davies BBC News Two former students have won their case against the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama after accusing staff of failing to properly investigate allegations of sexual assault. Alyse McCamish and Sydney Feder, both 26, waived their right to ...

Image caption, Naira Marley says he hopes the truth about MohBad’s death will be uncovered By Gloria Aradi BBC News Nigerian police have detained Afrobeats star Naira Marley for questioning over the death of a fellow singer. MohBad’s mysterious death led to a huge outpouring of grief among his fans, who demanded a thorough investigation. Outrage was directed at Marley, with ...