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Nigerian soldiers have been accused of arresting men with dreadlocks and those with tinted hair in Aba, a city in the south-eastern state of Abia. “The masked soldiers flogged many of their victims and used scissors to cut off the hair and then threw the victims into their vehicles and …

Thousands of Togolese from several West African countries stormed Lagos last Thursday to protest against Faure Gnassingbe’s attempts to run for a fourth term in office as president. The protesters who sang and danced to revolutionary songs in native Togolese dialects. Some of the placards carried by the protesters read: …

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A Lance Corporal identified as Moses Oguche attached to the 4 Brigade Nigeria Army has been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a driver to death. The deceased driver simply known as Mr. Ogbimi works with the Big Joe Motors, Benin and had gone …

Troops of 1Division Nigerian Army have neutralized five bandits and arrested four others in two separate operations in Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Col. Ezindu Idimah, Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, made the disclosure in a press statement issued in Kaduna on …

Boko Haram gunmen on Saturday killed 23 mourners in Borno state in Nigeria’s restive northeast after they attended a funeral, local militia and residents said. ADVERTISING At around 1030 GMT, the attackers on three motorbikes opened fire on a group of men as they walked back from a funeral in …

Four Turkish nationals have been rescued a week after being kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s western state of Kwara, police say. The four, who are construction workers, were taken from a bar last week. The abductors had demanded a $1m (£800,000) ransom but police say no money was paid and …

A six-year-old child was one of the casualties in two separate shootings in Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain on Saturday morning, Western Cape police said. The little boy was wounded in Lagonda Crescent when he was caught in the crossfire of rival gangs at about 09:30, police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè …

Eight senior military officers are to be charged in Sudan with crimes against humanity over their alleged part in the killing of protesters on 3 June. Government prosecutors announced the charges after investigating the massacre, when at least 87 people died in the capital, Khartoum. Opposition activists say the number …

A dog that took a bullet to protect his family from would-be hijackers is on the mend – and his owner can’t wait to have his hero back home. Guluva was shot in the face earlier this month by three criminals who had set their sights on a Mitchells Plain …