AFRICA

Nigerian soldiers have suffered yet another round of casualties in their patriotic battle to drive out insurgents from the country. PREMIUM TIMES reported a devastating attack on October 3 in which Boko Haram terrorists killed 11 soldiers and wounded 14 in an ambush on a military convoy in Borno State. …

The Kwara State House of Assembly has disclosed why it directed the seizure of the Alimi Chalet and a landed property popularly called Ile Arugbo which was allegedly acquired by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. It disclosed that it directed the seizure of the property because they belonged to …

Armed bandits have kidnapped six persons in Adamawa state. A source said the kidnappers stormed Gurin, a village in Fufore Local Government Area, Saturday morning, and took the six away. “The victims were kidnapped some four kilometers from Fufore along the Fufore-Gurin road in the early hours of Saturday,” the …

Report has it that rampaging insurgents who attacked Babbangida the headquarters of Tarmuwa local government area of Yobe State have set ablaze Emir of Jajere’s palace. The attackers reportedly drove into the town in a convoy of gun trucks According to a resident, normalcy was said to have returned in …

A serial rapist was sentenced to 14 life terms for each of the 14 counts of rape that he was found guilty of in the Mpumalanga High Court, sitting in Delmas, on Friday. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Sipho Alfred Sithole from KwaMhlanga was caught after raping a …

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has praised a senior government official for caning a group of secondary school students who were accused of setting fire to their dormitories. A widely-shared video shows regional commissioner Albert Chalamila administering beatings to a group of students who were lying face down. Earlier, a government …

Suspected gunmen on Thursday killed nine soldiers in Sunke village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state. Reports said the dozens of unidentified gunmen arrived on motorcycles, firing at the soldiers and policemen stationed at the community. Sunke community is just 30 km south of Anka town, the local …

At least 13 people have been killed and others injured after a bus collided with a truck in a town near the lakeside city of Kisumu. The accident happened on Thursday night in Awasi town, 42km (26 miles) away from Kisumu. The bus was heading to the capital city, Nairobi. …

In September, mobs armed with makeshift weapons attacked businesses and homes owned by foreigners, leading to at least 10 deaths, dozens of injuries and up to 400 arrests. In response Nigeria repatriated around 600 of its citizens living in South Africa. The local units of South African telecoms company MTN …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced a nationwide clampdown on motorcycles and tricycles without number plates. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja. Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi had said that …