A student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) was allegedly kidnapped on her way to Kogi state on Monday, October 26, and her kidnappers are asking for 100 million Naira.   Adebayo Oluwatomiyin Oyiza, 18, is a 200 level Human Nutrition and Dietetic Student of AAU. According to friends of Oyiza, the …

Looting has continued in Nigeria as people targeted government warehouses holding Covid-19 aid in the capital, Abuja, on Monday. The raid in Gwagwalada, on the outskirts of the city, is the latest incident in the wave of unrest sparked by anti-police brutality protests. Looters carted away bags of rice, noodles …

Security forces patrolled the mostly deserted streets of the Guinean capital Conakry on Saturday. Debris and smouldering garbage marked the aftermath of afternoon clashes between supporters of Cellou Diallo and the Police. President Alpha Conde was declared winner of last Sunday’s vote with nearly 60%. Speaking from his house where …

Gunmen have stormed a private school in a restive area of Cameroon killing at least six children and wounding a dozen others, officials say. Officials in the south-western city of Kumba blamed Anglophone secessionists for the attack. This has not been independently confirmed. A local education official said the victims …

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has said that while the Mahama administration built only 23 out of the 200 Community Day Senior High Schools (E-blocks) it promised, the Akufo-Addo government, in its first term of office, has been able to add 27 more E-blocks to accommodate senior high school students enjoying the …

The world may have long believed that Nigerian senators are the highest paid but there had been no internal confirmation until now. A Nigerian senator just bust the lid open on the amount he and his colleagues receive monthly in an effort to bring more transparency and accountability to governance. …

Relative calm has returned to Nigerian cities after more than two weeks of deadly protests against police brutality and widespread anger over the shooting of peaceful demonstrators. In Lagos, the country’s commercial hub and the epicentre of the protests, authorities on Saturday eased a 24-hour curfew, while the streets of …

Policemen allegedly opened fire on residents that tried to invade a warehouse holding COVID-19 palliatives in Enugu. Reports have it that the shots fired has led to the death of one of the guys at the scene and another stray bullet hit a young man in his house. This happened …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said at least 69 people have been killed during the #EndSARS protests across the country. According to the BBC, Buhari gave the number during a virtual meeting with former leaders and security chiefs on Friday. He was quoted as saying 51 civilians, 11 police officers and …

Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita returned to Bamako on Thursday after more than a month in the United Arab Emirates where he was receiving medical attention. The west African country he ruled until mid-August has new leaders. Keita was deposed by the military after weeks of civilian protests against …

Animals in the wild are at risk of going extinct due to illicit poaching, and a new breed of rangers is not having any of it. An armed all-female ranger unit in Zimbabwe, the women have made it their job to save the wildlife for future generations while making a …

The Nigerian presidency has said that at least sixty-nine people have been killed so far across the country in protests against police brutality. A spokesman for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted by the BBC as saying that those killed include eleven police officers and seven soldiers. On Tuesday at …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has urged the government to consult the necessary stakeholders within the education sector if it really wants to pass the Public Universities Bill. The comments come on the back of the announcement of the suspension of the Bill. Speaking to Citi News, the President of the …

Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of …

Reports of vandalism and destruction continue to flood in. The high court in Lagos Island, the city’s oldest neighbourhood, was set ablaze. Residents said the building was looted by vandals who took away goods that had been confiscated by the court, and that the fire lasted long into the night. …

Voters in Seychelles are starting to cast their ballots in the presidential and national assembly elections. It comes at a crucial time for the nation of 115 islands off East Africa, Voters will decide if President Danny Faure will be elected for the first time after taking over from predecessor …

Eight civilians and two policemen were killed in Guinea’s capital Conakry in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters after a tense presidential election with results showing President Alpha Conde in the lead. Guinea’s security ministry announced the death toll on Wednesday following last weekend’s vote. “This strategy of chaos …

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that to lasting peace with neighbours is layered with bitumen and straddled by high-voltage electricity lines. That appears to be the lesson from the Uganda government’s strategic shift in its regional policy towards the Democratic Republic of Congo, its large, …

There are strong indications that some Super Eagles stars may boycott next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nation double-header against Sierra Leone over safety concerns. #EndSARS protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings have turned Nigeria on its head as protestors take over roads and street in Africa’s most populous …

Peaceful End SARS protests in Nigeria yesterday turned into a bloodbath as military officers presumed to be working on the orders of the Presidency fired live rounds into protestors, killing ‘two’ and wounding several others. Fraud and Security Consultant, Richard Kumadoe has hinted that the actions of the military, under …

A care worker filmed warped home videos of her husband having sex with chickens in the basement of their home, a court has heard. The horrifying footage of Rehan Baig abusing the birds, which were family pets, was saved under the file name ‘family vids’ and were shot by his …

Political thugs have attacked the home of Nigerian singer Burna Boy and burnt down his house. In the video sighted by thedistin.com on the page of Gossip Mill Nigeria, a witness close to Burna Boy’s house narrates how thugs have set the house of Burna Boy on fire. According to …

Some angry mob on Wednesday, October 21 reportedly stormed the Lagos State Theatre in Oregun area in their numbers and set the building on fire. According to witnesses, while interacting with them they tried to stop them but they were already determined. Naija News reports that the Lekki Toll Gate massacre …

According to some Nigerian news reports in 2017, President Buhari got sick and was responding to treatment. He allegedly died in the course. In 2018, Nigerian President Buhari reacted to the rumors of being dead and replaced by a Sundanese imposter. This Sudanese imposter being talked about here is called …

his was announced via The U.S. embassy official Twitter handle @USinNigeria on Tuesday evening. “Multiple demonstrations are ongoing across Nigeria – to include areas within the consular districts of Abuja and Lagos. “Although most demonstrations are peaceful, some have become violent and have shut down major thoroughfares and bridges. “Some …

A video at the front desk of mynewsghana.net has shown moments police were seen firing guns at protestors who were demonstrating to call for an end to the SARS who kept brutalizing the people of Nigeria. The policemen were seen arming their weapons on some unarmed civilians who were peacefully protesting . …

Angry Nigerian protestors have set three new generational bank buildings ablaze along the Admiralty Way in Lekki, Lagos. The three banks have been identified as Polaris, GTB and Access Bank branches. The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday night following shootings by security agents at #EndSARS protesters demonstrating against police brutality …

Amnesty International said late Tuesday there was “credible but disturbing evidence” that security forces in the megacity of Lagos had fatally shot protesters who were demonstrating against police brutality despite a new curfew going into effect. The Lagos state commissioner for information, Gbenga Omotoso, said in a statement Tuesday night …

A Malawi court has issued a landmark judgment likely to be used as a precedent across the world after ruling that academic qualifications obtained during a marriage are a part of matrimonial property. The judgment was issued by the Malawi High Court on August 19, 2020, after a housewife named …

A Nigerian man sparked reactions on social media after he was spotted enjoying a free ride to work behind a petrol tanker in a new disturbing video that emerged on social media. In the video that has caused an uproar on social media, the man can be seen hanging behind …