AFRICA

A thunderbolt has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and critically injured five others in Buliisa. The deceased has been identified as Howard Okello, a son of Peter Okecha, the LC III chairperson of Biiso town council. The incident happened at around 5:30 pm on Saturday evening. The children …

The Eastern Cape towns of Komga, Mthatha, Maclear, Ugie, Port Alfred and Keiskammahoek dominate the top 10 list of sexual offence capitals in the country for the first quarter of 2022. According to News24’s CrimeCheck online tool, the towns are among the 10 police precincts with the highest reported numbers for …

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe confirmed the death of “comrade Yasmin ‘Jessie’ Duarte, 69, during the early morning of Sunday”. He said Duarte, whom he described as “both a tower of strength to the organisation as well as a matriarch and pillar of her family”, was undergoing treatment for cancer and …

Gunmen suspected to be Islamic terrorists have again abducted two Catholic priests in the Lere local government area of Kaduna State. The priests who were identified as John Cheitnum and Donatus Cleopas, were reported to have been abducted on Friday at Gure Parish. Chietnum is the Christian Association of Nigeria …

Retired mental health counselor, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman has said Presidential candidate for the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unfit to lead Nigeria. Taking to his Twitter page, Gutterman alleged that Tinubu is a former drug lord who is campaigning to become Nigeria’s president. According to him, the former …

A former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, has allegedly influenced the police to arrest the father of his estranged wife, Kezia. Uwak is a former member of the House of Representatives who represented Oron, Mbo, Okobo, Ure-Offong/Oruko and Udung-Uko federal constituency of Akwa Ibom State at the …

Kent University in the United Kingdom on Friday, July 15, 2022 awarded an honorary doctorate to Nigerian Afrobeats diva, Tiwa Savage. “We’re super proud to have awarded the Queen of Afrobeats an honorary doctorate at Canterbury Cathedral this morning,” the school said in a tweet accompanied by a photo of …

The General Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, William Kumuyi has said politicians should always consider the desires of Nigerians when making decisions. Kumuyi made the remark while noting that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu took a slippery road in picking Borno Senator, Kashim Shettima …

Increasing inflation, debts and forex crisis are pushing Nigerian and other African economies to the brink, the International Monetary Fund has warned. SaharaReporters earlier reported that IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, had said the outlook for the global economy had “darkened significantly” since April. She warned that a global recession …

A bodyguard of Zululand district municipality mayor Thulasizwe Buthelezi was injured when he was shot during a coronation committee meeting in Mayville on Thursday. The injured person, who has not yet been identified, is in hospital. Buthelezi is part of the coronation committee that is working with the Zulu royal …