Africa

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a commercial bus driver and his 18 passengers in Ochadamu, the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. The bus driver was conveying the passengers to their destinations in Abuja when the gunmen laid a siege to the vehicle and abducted the driver and the 18 …

Two students of Community Secondary School, in Mile Diobu, Port Harcourt, were arrested for indulging in erotic acts in a secluded classroom in the school premises and two others for sharing the video. The students were filmed by their classmate without their knowledge. The video of the erotic scene was …

South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party plans to table a motion in parliament calling for an early election, as President Cyril Ramaphosa grapples with a scandal that has the potential to cost him his function. Accused of covering up a $4 million theft from his farm in 2020, including …

Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan early next year, the Vatican said on Thursday, after having to cancel a scheduled trip to the two countries in July because of health problems., Reuters reported The Vatican said Francis would go to Congo from Jan. 31 …

Churches and mosques in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, have been urged to be “considerate” and reduce high noise levels at their premises. In a tweet, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said he will be having a discussion with religious leaders on regulating noise levels. The city recently banned nightclubs from operating in …

A fight between deputies broke out Thursday in the Senegalese Parliament after controversial remarks by an elected official about a religious leader who is a member of the opposition, according to images authenticated by AFP. An opposition deputy first slapped this parliamentarian, Amy Ndiaye, who retaliated by throwing a chair …

A 25-year-old man was arrested for whipping his three-year-old daughter to death after the child entered his neighbor’s apartment in Delta State, Nigeria. He whipped the baby, who was ill for some time, with a cane and inflicted bodily harm on him, for entering the neighbor’s apartment. He fled the …

A court in Nigeria has sentenced inspector general of police, Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying an earlier order to reinstate an officer who has waged a lengthy battle to get back his job. Officer Patrick Okoli has been fighting his forced retirement since 1992. He …

A man and his mistress were involved in an accident as he was chasing his wife and her lover in Mombasa, Kenya. The husband spotted his wife kissing her boyfriend and began chasing them at top speed, reports said. The wife’s boyfriend who is a retired Safari rally driver, sped …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a possible threat of impeachment following the “Farmgate” scandal that broke in June. The president has been accused of covering up a $4m theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence. A three-volume report from an independent panel …