AFRICA

The Nigerian presidency has said that at least sixty-nine people have been killed so far across the country in protests against police brutality. A spokesman for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted by the BBC as saying that those killed include eleven police officers and seven soldiers. On Tuesday at …

Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of …

Reports of vandalism and destruction continue to flood in. The high court in Lagos Island, the city’s oldest neighbourhood, was set ablaze. Residents said the building was looted by vandals who took away goods that had been confiscated by the court, and that the fire lasted long into the night. …

Voters in Seychelles are starting to cast their ballots in the presidential and national assembly elections. It comes at a crucial time for the nation of 115 islands off East Africa, Voters will decide if President Danny Faure will be elected for the first time after taking over from predecessor …

Eight civilians and two policemen were killed in Guinea’s capital Conakry in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters after a tense presidential election with results showing President Alpha Conde in the lead. Guinea’s security ministry announced the death toll on Wednesday following last weekend’s vote. “This strategy of chaos …

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that to lasting peace with neighbours is layered with bitumen and straddled by high-voltage electricity lines. That appears to be the lesson from the Uganda government’s strategic shift in its regional policy towards the Democratic Republic of Congo, its large, …

There are strong indications that some Super Eagles stars may boycott next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nation double-header against Sierra Leone over safety concerns. #EndSARS protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings have turned Nigeria on its head as protestors take over roads and street in Africa’s most populous …

Peaceful End SARS protests in Nigeria yesterday turned into a bloodbath as military officers presumed to be working on the orders of the Presidency fired live rounds into protestors, killing ‘two’ and wounding several others. Fraud and Security Consultant, Richard Kumadoe has hinted that the actions of the military, under …

A care worker filmed warped home videos of her husband having sex with chickens in the basement of their home, a court has heard. The horrifying footage of Rehan Baig abusing the birds, which were family pets, was saved under the file name ‘family vids’ and were shot by his …

Political thugs have attacked the home of Nigerian singer Burna Boy and burnt down his house. In the video sighted by thedistin.com on the page of Gossip Mill Nigeria, a witness close to Burna Boy’s house narrates how thugs have set the house of Burna Boy on fire. According to …