GLOBAL COMMUNITY REPORTERS

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice,she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group.

Afeez Hanafi reports that Ibeshe; a drowsy area in Ikorodu, Lagos State, is in the throes of vicious crime.  For some time, communities in Ibeshe in Ikorodu area of Lagos State have not known peace. Residents sleep with their eyes open.

By Afeez Hanafi A 42-year-old livestock farmer, Segun Onagunwa, has drowned inside a well on his farm on Joe Arubiewe Street, Mosan, in the Egbeda area of Lagos.

By Victor Azubuike A man identified as Chinedu Peter Ogwa has committed suicide in Wokoma Street in Mile Three Diobu area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital The 45 years old Ogwa, who hailed from Ebonyi State, was reported to have dropped a written note for his family after taking a substance that was believed to be responsible for his death. The wife of the victim, Chidinma Ogwa, who spoke to newsmen, said her husband recently developed a frustrated attitude after he complained how he had been abandoned by friends and relatives because of his current situation. Chidinma, while recalling the last time she talked with her husband, said she never had any quarrel with him before he took his life. “On Monday afternoon, he called me to ask what we were having for dinner, I told him not to bother that I’ve prepared dinner already that he should come home. “By the time he returned, I was washing. So he stood by me and started talking about his intention to consume rat poison. I asked ...

A woodworker for over 50 years, 67-year-old Mamatta Sadi from Avati County Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region tested his purely hand-made wooden bicycle on the road attracting many onlookers. 

China's latest family planning policy, which allows all parents to have a second child, is facing a major setback and demographic change seems irreversible, sohu.com reported on October 20.

By Kieron Monks, CNN They destroy like swarms of locusts, breed like rabbits, and are masters of disguise.  Multiple species of armyworm moths are laying waste to vast tracts of farmland across southern Africa. In their larval stage, the inch-long pests have destroyed thousands of hectares of crops in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi -- threatening food security and livelihoods in a region still reeling from a devastating spell of drought.

Communal dispute is now brewing between the two neighboring communities of Iwada and Okerisa-Aruwayo in Okitipupa Local Government  Area of Ondo State over the ownership of a parcel of land located in Okerisa-Aruwayo. While Okerisa-Aruwayo claimed to be the original owner of the land, Iwada also claimed that the land belongs to the town but gave it out to Okerisa-Aruwayo in the time past and now ready to take it back. The tensed situation is heightened as neighboring communities are taking sides. Some of them have queued behind Iwada threatening to foment trouble should Okerisa-Aruwayo continue to lay claim to the disputed land. Many residents of Okerisa-Aruwayo including the head of the community and traditional chiefs have vacated the community and moved to Okitipupa, headquarters of the council for fear of being attacked again. They appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Idris Abubakar, and the state government to rescue them i...

Police in the Indian city of Bangalore have arrested the driver of a van carrying cash for ATMs who is accused of stealing 9.2m rupees ($134,000; £107,000) in new 2,000 rupee notes.

A suspected suicide car bomb in Turkey has killed 13 soldiers aboard a bus and wounded 55 more, Turkish officials say.