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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a helicopter to the President of Zimbabwe, the country’s government announced on Thursday, as the Russian leader seeks support from African leaders meeting in St Petersburg. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is among African leaders taking part in the two-day Russia-Africa summit. Today I met …

A man has divorced his 14-year-old housewife for allowing a male medical practitioner to attend to her while giving birth to his baby,in Katsina State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The teenage mother had a complicated childbirth, resulting in being rushed to the hospital where there was no female medical practitioner …

Gunmen have killed seven people in Gara and Gamji villages in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State,Nigeria. “The bandits have attacked the villagers and shot sporadically into the air and in the process, killed seven people and injured many others,” reports said. Operatives of the command …

Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, also known by the alias Omar Tchiani, has been named the leader of the junta that took power in Niger on Wednesday, ousting democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. Here are five things we know about him: Gen Tchiani, 62, has been at the helm of the presidential …

A 45-year-old woman has been executed in Singapore, after being found guilty of trafficking 30.72 grams of heroin, local media reported. “The death sentence imposed on Saridewi Binte Djamani was carried out on July 28, 2023,” the Central Narcotics Bureau said in a statement. Saridewi Binte Djamani, who was convicted …

A community chief in Delta State has been arrested by men of the state police command for defiling a 14-year-old girl in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of the stat, Nigeria. “The victim was lured with N50 for the third time into an uncompleted building,” reports said. The suspect had …

The United Nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in Niger, after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country’s elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. It says more than four million people in the country are currently in need of humanitarian assistance. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanded the immediate and unconditional …

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have accused Rwandan soldiers of crossing into its territory. The Congolese army issued a statement describing the alleged incursion into North Kivu province as an intolerable provocation. It said the Rwandan soldiers had been forced back across the border. There has been no …

A Court in Kampala has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and political activist Samuel Walter Mukaaku after the two allegedly fled from court in a case in which they are accused of incitement to violence, Dailymonitor reported. The court’s senior magistrate, Asuman Muhumuza, was asked …

Men of the Borno State Police Command have arrested 10 persons for killing a police constable in Maiduguri, the state capital, Nigeria. “The suspects were two females and eight males,” reports said. The officer killed was attached to the command’s fissure police unit and deployed in Malari, in the Konduga …