AFRICA

Head of Public Affairs at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Jonah Achema, said the Chairman, Col. Muhammad Abdallah retired, confirmed that the agency has uncovered another 40ft container loaded with tramadol and other banned drugs at the Brawal terminal in Lagos. According to the statement, the substances …

A Nigerian oil mogul and the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited, Abdulrahman Bashir, has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment in the United Kingdom. In February, Justice Butcher of England and Wales High Court ruled that Mr Bashir be imprisoned for breaching multiple orders of the …

Over a hundred Nigerian traders in Ghana on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, massed up at the Nigerian High Commission in Accra over the closure of their shops. Shops of foreigners operating in the retail sector in Ghana had been closed down by the Presidential Committee on Retail Trade under the …

A court in Egypt has sentenced five young women to two years in prison for posting “indecent videos” on the video-sharing app TikTok. The women – who have not all been named – were fined almost $19,000 (£15,000). The jail sentences are the first to have been issued by a …

The West Africa regional body, Ecowas, has condemned what it called a mutiny in Mali and has called on soldiers to return to their barracks. This comes after gunfire erupted inside a military base near the capital Bamako. Ecowas reiterated its opposition to any unconstitutional change of power. It is …

A man has been reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen at the Lanlete area of the Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State The incident was confirmed by his fiance, a businesswoman named Modupeoluwa Oyetoso. According to Punch Metro, the lovers were returning from the farm around 5 pm when …

Deputy President David Mabuza has written to National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise informing her that he is unable to attend to his scheduled parliamentary obligations. Mabuza told Modise that his medical team had extended his time off. He was scheduled to appear before the National Assembly on Thursday to answer …

The West Africa regional body, Ecowas, has condemned what it called a mutiny in Mali and has called on soldiers to return to their barracks. This comes after gunfire erupted inside a military base near the capital Bamako. Ecowas reiterated its opposition to any unconstitutional change of power. It is …

The captain of the ship that spilled hundreds of tonnes of oil off the coast of Mauritius has been arrested. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, a 58-year-old Indian man, was charged with endangering safe navigation, police said. He has not yet commented. The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef, Pointe …

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports. In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he was also dissolving the government and parliament. “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power,” he added. It comes hours after …