AFRICA

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the newly sworn-in ministers. The full list is below: Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State) -Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa State) -Minister of the Federal Capital Territory 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State)- Minsiter of Niger …

A 20-year old suspected bandit, Aliu Musa, revealed on Wednesday that he once watched an helicopter drop weapons for his boss inside Dinya Forest in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. Musa, along with another suspected bandit, Salmanu Isa, 18, were among other suspects paraded for various offences at …

A woman who left a hotel in Cape Town on Monday to fetch her mother at the airport has been reported missing after she vanished without a trace. According to non-governmental organisation Pink Ladies, Djamena Manjenje, 27, who was staying at the Double Tree Hotel in Salt River, Cape Town, left …

The military in Burkina Faso says the number of soldiers killed in a suspected jihadist attack on Monday has risen to 24. Dozens of militants are reported to have stormed the army base in northern Soum province, arriving on motorbikes and pick-up trucks. This is believed to be the heaviest …

Zimbabwe’s former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is being treated as a fugitive after fleeing from anti-corruption officials. Mr Mphoko was due at a police station to make a statement on allegations being levelled against him but drove away when his car was approached by the officials, AFP news agency reports. His …

A 70-year-old man was killed by one of his lions on a game farm east of Pretoria on Tuesday. Netwerk24 reports that the attack happened at the Mahala View Lodge near Cullinan, owned by the man who was attacked. Best Care spokesperson Xander Loubser told News24 that Leon van Biljon was …

Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from official sources. It was not immediately clear when and where Mr Wadume was taken into custody, but a source informed about the development informed PREMIUM TIMES about it on Tuesday. Mr Wadume was …

Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir has arrived at court to face corruption charges, which his lawyers say are baseless. Mr Bashir was ousted in April after months of protests bringing an end to his nearly 30 years in power. In June, prosecutors said a large hoard of foreign currency had …

Popular Kenyan musician John Ng’ang’a, known by his stage name John De’Mathew, has been killed in a car crash prompting an outpouring of tributes from his fans. Known as the King of Kikuyu music, the singer was on his way back from an event in the town of Thika, 45km …

Police in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, said on Sunday that an investigation had been launched into a case involving a FedEx package containing a gun. The Public Security Bureau of Jin’an District said it had earlier received a report that a gun was found in a FedEx package sent …