Africa

Nigerian police have rescued 58 people who had been abducted and held hostage by criminal gangs in central Kogi State, local media reported. It was not clear how long they had been held. A police spokeswoman said the rescue was a joint operation in Udulu Forest which was carried out …

Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday. The diamond, which weighs 530 carats, was discovered in South Africa in 1905 …

A 25-year-old lady was found in her boyfriend’s room under mysterious circumstances at Atwima Agogo in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “I heard my daughter has passed on somewhere. When I was called I was told she died somewhere, so I asked them to verify …

The U.N. World Food Programme suspends food distribution in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray region in response to reports that significant amounts of aid were being diverted, the agency said. The announcement follows a similar one by the U.S. Agency for International Development, which said on Wednesday it had discovered that food …

The Nigeria senate has passed a bill recommending life imprisonment, without the option of fine, for manufacturers of unlawful explosives in the country. The passing of the bill on on Wednesday followed the consideration and adoption of a report by a senate committee on solid minerals, mines, steel development and …

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on the warring factions in Sudan to stop the fighting immediately, before the conflict escalates into an all out war. Mr Guterres said the people in Sudan were facing a humanitarian catastrophe, with hospitals destroyed, food and aid warehouses looted and millions facing food …

A mother describes herself as one of the unluckiest mothers on the planet, as she is the only one to have 11 children all with visual defects. “Shortly after her marriage, she welcomed her first child who was born blind, then a second and third, all suffering same predicament,” she …

A 42-year-old woman has been remanded to the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for the murder of her co-wife at her residence in Alejo Street, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The suspect learnt that her husband had married another wife,and became angry” according to her. “She visited the pregnant …

Leaders of Sudan’s warring army and paramilitary forces agreed to a seven-day truce from May 4 to 11 in a phone call with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, the ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. “General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane (…) and General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo (…) have agreed in …

A 53-year-old man was stabbed to death in an unfinished building at Salvation Estate in Owode community, Ajah area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The victim who engaged in menial jobs, returned home, had his meal and went to bed. A yet-to-be-identified assailant made his way into the building at midnight …