AFRICA

Police in Cameroon say Islamist militants have killed seven people in a suicide attack on a village bordering Nigeria. A police spokesman said two Boko Haram militants blew themselves up in the village of Amchide on Sunday night. A village chief is reported to be among the dead.

Funke Akindele and her husband, AbdulRasheed Bello popularly known JJC Skillz have been arraigned before a Lagos court. The pair were arraigned amid tight security on Monday April 6, 2020 for defiling the orders of the Lagos state government which had ordered Lagosians to stay at home. A Video sighted by …

The Lagos state police command has arrested a suspected ritualist, 30-year-old Dona Asogba, pictured above, in the Ikorodu area of the state. A statement released by the police command spokesperson, Bala Elkana on Sunday, April 5, says the suspect was arrested after residents of Panuse area, Okoafo in Ikorodu reported …

Actress Funke Akindele has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for hosting a party on Saturday for her husband, JJC Skillz’s birthday in contravention of the lockdown order in Lagos state. The party had over 20 people in attendance including singer Naira Marley. Kemi Filani News gathered that the policemen …

Libya’s former interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jebril has died from the coronavirus, according to his political party. The 67-year-old contracted the virus in Egypt in late March and died at a hospital in Cairo, according to his aide. He was in power as head of the National Transitional Council during …

Even as residents of Nasarawa state are trying to grapple with the partial lockdown of the state following the outbreak of the coronavirus, they may have to contend with the woes of kidnappers. The Special Adviser to the Nasarawa state Governor on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development Mr …

Prominent Nigerian actress Funke Akindele has been widely criticised for holding a party during the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. The party in her Lagos mansion was held to celebrate the birthday of her husband, producer JJC Skillz. Akindele has appeared in a Nigeria Centre for Disease Control video to …

A lady, identified as Rosemary Osegba claimed she hacked her mother-in-law to death to save her marriage, following her arrests in Nassarawa State. The imminent threat to her marriage forced her to get an axe, walked into her mother-in-law’s room and hacked her to death in her sleep. In an …

Carolina Police and the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) arrested three men during a lockdown operation for operating a licensed liquor outlet. The men were charged with contravening section 27 (2) of the Disaster Management Act 57/2002 Regulations 11B 1(b) for operating their business during the national lockdown. The …

South Africa now has 1585 cases of coronavirus infections, and nine confirmed deaths, health minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement on Saturday. 53 937 tests have been done. Gauteng has 693 cases, most of all provinces, followed by the Western Cape with 433 cases and KwaZulu-Natal with 232. Of …