AFRICA

A beauty pageant was this week held in one of Nigeria’s biggest prison facilities. The event which was held at Kirikiri correctional facility was to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day. Several inmates participated in the event labeled ‘Miss Cell.’ Various female inmates brought out their talents and skills in …

Following the Russia-Ukraine war, another batch of Nigerians have been evacuated from Poland, where they sought refuge, to their home country. The 122 Nigerians, including an infant, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, at about 1:12am on Friday. This was announced in the early hours of Friday by the …

Two members of a vigilance group attached to Umukohia community, close to the Obingwa Council headquarters, in Abia State, were, on Wednesday, shot dead by suspected armed robbers. The deceased, whose names were given as Chidi Appolos and Ikechi Eliazu, were said to have confronted the gang who came to …

Sex workers in Mombasa county of Kenya have joined other citizens of the East African country in condemning acts of sexual violence meted on a female motorist in Nairobi last Friday. About 16 suspects accused of robbing and sexually molesting a female diplomat on Forest Road have been detained for 15 days …

In a move sure to upset his critics – notably the EFF – President Cyril Ramaphosa elevated Raymond Zondo from Deputy Chief Justice to Chief Justice. The Presidency made the announcement late on Thursday afternoon. “President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in accordance with Section 174(3) of the Constitution, decided to appoint …

A student of University of Jos, Obed Ejale, also known as Heavensent, has committed suicide after finding out the feeling he had for his lover was not mutual. Ejale ended his heartbreak by taking his life in his room with an insecticide. Friends and colleagues of the late student penned …

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday released a new guideline on abortion care in a bid to help prevent some 25 million unsafe procedures estimated to occur every year. Only half of the approximately 50 million abortions performed every year are carried out using a method recommended by the …

Twelve school children were injured in an accident on Thursday morning when the taxi they were travelling in collided with another vehicle in Inwabi Road, Isipingo, in KwaZulu-Natal. The rear of the taxi in which 12 children were being transported in Isipingo, in KwaZulu-Natal. SuppliedPHOTO: Supplied/ALS Paramedic Services ALS Paramedics …

Mpumalanga police arrested a 27-year-old woman on Monday after she allegedly abandoned her newborn baby in Bushbuckridge four days earlier. According to police, two women were walking next to a school in College View when they heard a baby crying in the nearby bushes. “As they drew closer, they then …

A deputy inspector general and the head of the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Joseph Egbunike is dead, SaharaReporters can authoritatively report. Egbunike collapsed inside his office in Abuja in the late hours of Tuesday, 8th of March. Until his death, Egbunike was in charge of the highest …