AFRICA

A church pastor and two congregants were attacked by gunmen who raided their church in Diepsloot. The unidentified gunmen shot and killed the pastor and injured two members during the armed robbery. The police confirmed the incident revealing that murder and attempted cases have been opened. A group of Christians …

Natacha Akide better known by her stage name Tacha, a reality TV star, appears to have responded to a remark made by Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate. Remember when Tinubu advised Nigerians calling for a change in government to ‘SHUT UP’ and made a commotion on social media? Tacha, …

South Sudan’s plan to dredge the Jonglei Canal is sending jitters among local communities who are wary of a past bid to drain the Sudd swamps. Authorities had suspended the Jonglei Canal Project to conduct public awareness and explain to locals that the intention this time is to remove silt, …

Nigeria – Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old man, Okpegboro Avwerosuo, who allegedly killed his roommate, dismembered the body and sold the vital organs to a pastor for ritual purposes. It was gathered that the incident happened at Mile 2 Sagbama Town, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa …

The United States has returned 23 looted artefacts to Nigeria. The Benin Bronzes were handed over to a Nigerian delegation at a ceremony on Tuesday in Washington. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, who received the artefacts, hailed the US and its institutions for the repatriation of the …

The authorities in Nigeria say the number of people killed by floods ravaging the country in recent weeks has risen to more than 500. More than 1,500 others have been wounded while 1.4 million are displaced. Since the end of July, the West African country has been grappling with a …

At least 25 people have been killed in South Sudan on Tuesday, October 11, after youths from two neighbouring communities in the country’s north clashed over a disputed borderline separating their areas. Violence is part of daily life in parts of South Sudan where clashes triggered by localised disputes over …

A Nigerian soldier, Iorliam Emmanuel, has been arrested for stealing and selling ammunition to Boko Haram terrorists. In a viral video, Emmanuel, said to have been attached to the 156 Task Force Battalion, codenamed “Operation Hadin Kai”, in Mainok, Borno state was disarmed, searched and found to be carrying ammunition. …

A WOMAN has died after being brutally r@ped by three men and set on fire in South Africa. The 34-year-old was dragged to a park in Roodepan, Kimberley, and attacked shortly after 8pm on Friday. She was raped in Lethabo Park before being doused with paraffin and set alight, SABC …

A 50 year old Joseph Olukoyade has been arrested by the police for turning his 14-year-old daughter into a s€x machine. The 50 year-old man, Joseph Olukoyade, according to the report did not only sleeps with the daughter but also beats and s€xually harass her. The report suggests he has …