AFRICA

The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday said it had designated a network of six individuals connected to Nigeria-based terrorist group, Boko Haram. According to a statement on OFAC’s website, all six were found guilty of establishing a Boko Haram cell in the …

Veteran Nollywood actor, John Ikechukwu Okafor, also known as Mr. Ibu, has dismissed reports that he is in an extremely critical condition at the hospital. Speaking in a video, the ailing actor explained that he is steadily recovering and as such the public should disregard any false news. Mr. Ibu …

A 57-year-old woman and her son were arrested near Middelburg in Mpumalanga after they were linked to the murder of a man reported missing last month. Police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said Trueman Nkabinde was reported missing on 26 February. His car, a red Kia Picanto, was traced and found …

Actress Takor Veronica has been found dead in a hotel room in Benue State. According to multiple reports, Veronica was found dead one week after celebrating her birthday. She was reportedly found dead in the hotel room at Nyinma area of Makurdi. She informed Three suspects have been arrested in …

The leader of an anti-migrant group in South Africa was detained overnight at a police station in the commercial capital of Johannesburg. The reason for the arrest of Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini, 33, remains unclear. His group, Operation Dudula, has been campaigning against undocumented foreign nationals in the country. “We are …

A Nigerian father lost four of his children after they drowned following a boat accident in the northern state of Kebbi. Musa Labaran, who survived the accident, told the BBC that he made unsuccessful attempts to save the fifth child who was closer to him on the boat. He said …

Five people have been arrested for fraud after they allegedly transferred money from a dead person’s bank account. The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit in Mpumalanga arrested Dorcas Nyambi, 35, Patricia Mnisi, 40, Cyprian Themba Magagula, 38, Clement Shongwe, 32, and Thapelo Modika, 43, on Thursday, Hawks spokesperson Captain …

Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested former Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji over money laundering charges. The anti-money laundering agency also seized Mr. Malanji’s two helicopters on Wednesday. The 56-year-old is suspected of having used proceeds of crime to upgrade his Gibson Royal Hotel situated in the country’s mineral-rich …

A man who raped and murdered his mother-in-law has been handed a 35-years sentence at Giyani Regional Court in Limpopo, South Africa Police said that the victim was home alone when Alpha Ngobeni,28, from Xikukwani under Greater Giyani municipality, broke into the house on 13 February 2021 and raped her. …

Two men were burnt to death in an alleged mob justice attack in Diepsloot, Gauteng, on Monday. A murder investigation was launched after two men, aged 21 and 24, were burnt to death after community members claimed they were involved in a house robbery on Sunday. According to a Diepsloot …