AFRICA

A South African king, a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela, has been arrested after allegedly going on the rampage with an axe in the palace. Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, freed from jail on parole in December, broke into the Thembu royal palace in the early hours. Witnesses said he was searching …

A bricklayer is currently in hot soup after he was caught trying to strangle a four year old girl in the oyero area of Ekiti in Nigeria. The suspected child abductor, Ola Ibidapo, had held his victim, Tola by neck and was about to strangle her in an umcompleted building …

Nigeria, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia account for 50 per cent of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Brookings Institution, a globally renowned American research group said in a new report. The report, titled Illicit Financial Flows in Africa: Drivers, Destinations, and Policy Options, said revelations …

A Western Cape man has told News24 that his attempts to get tested for Covid-19 on Thursday proved futile. Cameron Jansen, 26, says he went to the Melomed Mitchells Plain Hospital to get tested as a precautionary measure, after being in contact with a colleague from India. It is believed …

Tourists from a number of European countries were unable to leave after flights were suspended to many European countries and also to China and Algeria on Saturday. French nationals were allowed to leave on repatriation flights, according to the French Foreign Ministry. Tourists were stranded in Morocco on Saturday after …

Reports reaching My News Ghana confirms that the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has been involved in a fatal accident on Friday evening. The convoy of the Vice President is said to have been on the way to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja …

Katsina State Police Command has killed six kidnappers and rescued 18 passengers, including 13 prospective corps members abducted on their way to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Zamfara. Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, said the freed captives were forcefully seized along Funtua-Gusau road, Funtua Local Government …

One Sunday Ogaji, who allegedly raped a she-goat, on Friday, appeared before the Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Ogaji, with ”unnatural offence”. The prosecution counsel, Sgt.Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 4 at about 2. 30 p.m at Basiri area in Ado-Ekiti. …

There was a moment of panic in Kebbi yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari’s security was breached by a young man who moved briskly and menacingly towards him while taking photograph with host Governor Atiku Bagudu and Jigawa governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar. How the security men missed the intruder was unclear …

A man who was caught with a human head and hands in his possession has made a startling confession. According to a report by The PUNCH, the Ondo State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded some suspected criminals arrested for allegedly terrorising residents of the state in recent times. The suspects were paraded at …