AFRICA

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered the military to shoot on sight on anyone seen with AK-47 rifle in the bush. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu told BBC Hausa Service in an interview on Wednesday. Bandits and several Fulani herdsmen operate with AK-47 and have …

With the noose of banks that he is indebted to closing in on him, beleaguered businessman and former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, Dr Tunde Ayeni, is now mounting pressure on the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, to raise $1m to bribe the banks. Ayeni is the chairman of …

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has announced the establishment of a Ministerial Committee that will review all permits and visas issued since 2004. The Committee, said the Minister, comes three weeks after the Minister in Parliament expressed an intention to set up a task team to review some permits …

Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of fake Covid-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests according to Interpol says. In China, 80 people were arrested at a factory allegedly making fake vaccine, where at least 3,000 doses of their fake vaccine were found.   3 …

Reggae music legend Bunny Wailer has died. Born Neville Livingston, the singer 73 died in his native country of Jamaica. Wailer formed The Wailers in 1963 with the late Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. They would later catapult to fame with the album, “Catch a Fire.” According to Bunny Wailer’s …

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State be declared a no fly-zone. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of National Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Monguno said the President had also …

Zimbabwe’s second Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has resigned a week after he denied accusations of sexual impropriety. Mr Mohadi, 71, repeated his defense that he was the victim of hacking and “voice cloning” after an online newspaper published lurid phone call recordings with several women allegedly including a subordinate. “I’m a …

Award-winning Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage has revealed that she featured in the remix of a popular track by reggae legend, Bob Marley. The announcement was followed with appreciation to the family of Bob Marley for giving her the opportunity of a lifetime. This is arguably one of the most historic collaborations by …

  Police in Amuru District in Northern Uganda have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife after she reportedly took family planning pills without his consent. Robinson Ojok is said to have beaten and injured his wife, Beatrice Amito, on Saturday evening after returning home from a nearby …

Lightning has struck a 13-year-old girl to death while two others have sustained serious burns in Dowa district. Dowa Police Spokesperson Sub-inspector Gladson M’bumpha confirmed of the development in an interview with the press, saying the incident happened on Sunday night According to M’bumpha, Ruth Benjamin, Melina Mpandang’oma aged 12 …