AFRICA

China has offered Rwanda a $7.1 million debt relief or 50 million RMB Yuan on a loan used to build the 6.36-kilometre Masaka-Kabuga road under the Kigali urban road upgrading project. According to a statement issued by Rwanda, the move is part of the Chinese government’s decision to cancel the …

The Enugu Command of the Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested a 23-year-old native doctor, Odoh Emmanuel, who allegedly shot and killed one Onunze Benedict while testing a gunshot amulet. The suspect, who hails from Umuaram village in Ikem community in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state …

Barefooted, wearing all white gear with a black belt. This is not quite how you expect to see a Foreign Minister dressed overseas. But that was how Alfred Mutua, Kenya’s top diplomat was captured when he visited the Taekwondo Headquarters in South Korea. Mutua was in Soeul together with President …

A well known man of God known as Pastor Mustapha was caught sleeping with his best friend’s wife and was beaten by angry residents. Pastor Mustapha, reportedly in his 30 from Zimbabwe, was stripped naked and nearly burned to death by his friend who caught him in the act. In …

A 50-year-old man, Adamu Habib, has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by an Upper Area Court, Karu, Abuja for stealing two packs of chewing gum.   The convict, who resides in Garki Village, pleaded guilty to theft.   Delivering judgment on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, the judge, Ishaq Hassan, …

Parents of Aminu Azare, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested over his comment against the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, has called on the first lady to forgive and release their son. Azare, a final-year Environmental Management and Toxicology student at the University, had …

The police in Bauchi state have arrested a 20-year-old woman identified as Maryam Ibrahim for allegedly killing her co-wife, Hafsat Ibrahim, at Gar Village in Pali Ward in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State on November 22. In a statement released, the spokesperson of the state police command, Ahmed …

East Africans are second-guessing what the projected global recession in 2023 could mean for them, given the International Monetary Fund says about a third of the world will be in recession, led by the globe’s largest economies including the US, China, and Europe. The recent growth projections by the international …

Armed robbers invaded a Johannesburg church in South Africa and stole from the congregants at gunpoint over the weekend. The gunmen stopped the sermon before proceeding to collect cash and valuables from the people inside the Johannesburg Central SDA church, according to reports. The moment the gunmen stopped the preaching …

President of Equatorial Guinea has won re-election for the sixth consecutive time extendig his stay in office to beyond four decades. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, secured almost 95% of votes, in a vote he was largely expected to win. Officials results were released over the weekend by the national poll …