AFRICA

The United Nations says about 100,000 people have fled into Ethiopia from the self-declared republic of Somaliland in the past month. Many others are internally displaced following fighting in the disputed city of Las Anod which has killed more than 200 people. The UN said the refugees have gathered in …

A passenger train derailed Tuesday (Mar. 7) north of Cairo, killing at least 2 people and injuring a further 16, Egyptian authorities said. At least 20 ambulances were dispatched to the scene and the injured transferred to nearby hospitals. A ministry statement said “the injured were in a stable condition.” …

A 17-year-old boy identified as Elijah Akinrinlola has been found dead five days after he went missing in Ondo State. The deceased, who lived with his father Mr. Tope Akinrinlola, along College road, at Bagbe, Ondo West local government area, was found hanging from a tree in the agrarian community. A source, …

A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome, Italian police said in a statement on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.   Joy Jeff, 48, was tried in absentia in 2010 and sentenced to 13 years in jail for criminal conspiracy, slavery, people …

Two cattle herders have pleaded guilty to abducting and raping a woman after being arraigned before an area court in Gwagwalada in the FCT on Tuesday, March 7.   The Prosecutor, Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the defendants, Nuru Tukur (21) and Yusufa Haruna (29), on February 25, abducted …

Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested at the Mumbai airport for trying to smuggle in cocaine worth nearly Rs 30 crore packed in capsules ingested by them, an official from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Acting on intelligence inputs, DRI officials intercepted two …

A 37-year-old woman, Blessing Edet, was on Tuesday docked in a Federal High Court, Abuja for allegedly defaming Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State. Ms Edet, who was arraigned before Justice Ahmed Mohammed by the Nigerian police on a six-count charge, however pleaded not guilty. The News Agency of …

Veteran Nigerian actor, Arowosafe, popularly known as Baba Fadeyi Oloro, is dead. Mr Arowosafe, who played Fadeyi Oloro in a Yoruba TV series titled ‘Arelu’ in the 80s, had been ill for over three years before his shocking death. Fadeyi Oloro’s daughter, Fasunwon Bidemi oluwafunke, confirmed the news when PREMIUM …

AWestlake High School senior has received acceptance letters from over 50 colleges and over $1.3 million in scholarships. Daya Brown, who has been a member of the Harvard Diversity Project and was student council president during high school, said her goal was to ultimately not pay for college. She explained …

A Kenyan man accused of selling potato chips fried with transformer oil was sentenced to two years in prison or pay a fine of Ksh.200,000 (around $1,500). According to Citizen Digital, authorities found 11 liters of transformer oil in Elijah Mwangi Muthoga’s possession when he was arrested in December 2021. …