GUTU South MP and Zanu PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi Tuesday said South Africans should allow Zimbabweans to work in peace without attacking them as happened to the late Elvis Nyathi. Nyathi was brutally attacked and burnt to death by a mob in that country after failing to produce a passport or South African identity […]
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Cape Town — President Cyril Ramaphosa Visits Flood Stricken KwaZulu-Natal KwZulu Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala is calling on the government to declare KwaZulu-Natal Province a disaster area, after devastating floods this week, that has seen roads and bridges washed away and the collapse of homes and business premises. Thus far, over forty people have […]
QUIS custodiet ipsos custodesâ (Who will guard the guards) was the satirical query posed by poet-philosopher Juvenal in Ancient Rome. It has for centuries been generally used to describe a situation in which a person or body having power to supervise or scrutinise the actions of others, is not itself or themselves subject to supervision […]
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said yesterday it stopped more than 80 fake drugs manufactured in China and India shipped into the country by fraudulent importers. It also disclosed that Nigeria was set to begin the production of vaccines by the end of 2022. Director-General of the agency, Prof. […]
Monrovia City Government has effective immediately, suspended the Director of the Monrovia City Police, Thomas Garwo, Jr. for disorderly conduct carried out earlier today. A post on the social media page of the MCC said Director Garwo unilaterally took unto himself the authority to stall the movement of several peaceful citizens when he parked his […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, the senator for Plateau South in the National Assembly, Professor Nora Dadu’ut, and her counterpart in Plateau Central, Hezekiah Dimka, have described the recent bloody terrorist attacks on Kanam and Wase communities in Plateau State as atrocious, saying the perpetrators must be brought to justice. The condemnation came as the Bishop of […]
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu,yesterday, lodged fresh suit before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, insisting that preventing him from wearing his native Igbo attire, Isi-Agu, for his ongoing trial, would amount to an infringement on his fundamental human rights. Kanu, who is facing treasonable felony charge, […]
Troops yesterday arrested an unidentified security personnel conveying N60 million ransom to free some captives in the custody of terrorists in Kaduna State. It was gathered that some of the suspects were personnel of some security agencies. The troops also rescued kidnapped victims including some women and children. The operations were undertaken by ground troops […]
The police said one of the attackers was killed in a shootout with the security operatives. A combined team of police and military troops foiled an attack on Akwando Village in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday. The police spokesman in Kaduna State, Mohammed Jalige, stated on Tuesday that the troops killed […]
MUSICIAN, Stunner, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of assaulting his wife following an altercation sparked by a cellphone after a performance at a music concert at the Harare International Conference Centre on Saturday night. Born Desmond Chideme, Stunner, through lawyer Mr Dumisani Mthombeni, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Harare magistrate, Mrs Evelyn […]
The fresh attacks were carried out in some communities in Kanam and Wase LGAs of the state. Gunmen have reportedly killed at least 142 persons in fresh attacks on some communities in Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau State, North-central Nigeria. The attacks were carried out in Kukawa, Gyambawu, Dungur, Kyaram, Yelwa, Dadda, […]
Nairobi — An activist has filed a petition challenging the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji to exclude politicians from any prosecution before the August elections. Charles Robinson through lawyer Danstan Omari stated that its unlawful for the DPP to make a pronouncement that politicians will not face any prosecution until […]
Cape Town — There has been mixed reactions following the decision by soldiers loyal to Khalifa Haftar to suspend their participation in the 5+5 committee. The military committee was set up at the Berlin political agreement and is one of the three dialogue processes which led to the ceasefire in Tripoli in 2020. This committee […]
The Edo command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has destroyed 17 suspected cannabis sativa farms measuring over 15 hectares in the state. Mr Buba Wakawa, state Commander of the agency, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Benin, on Tuesday. Wakawa explained that the […]
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has dragged Chinhoyi Mu-incapacity to court accusing it of spewing 18 megalitres of raw sewer into key rivers, Manyame and Hunyani daily. EMA argues that the local authority is endangering aquatic life and downstream communities that rely on the rivers water for domestic uses. The matter will be heard on […]
Murang’a — The main suspect in the murder of six family members from Nguthuru in Kandara, Murang’a county, will remain in police custody for the next 21 days to give detectives time to investigate the matter. Alice Wagikuyu Njoroge was arraigned at the Kandara law courts as the main suspect in an arson attack which […]
No fewer than 94 persons have been killed in Plateau, Kaduna and Osun states by rampaging terrorists and assassins in the last 24 hours. While 78 people were confirmed killed in some communities in the Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday by bandits, with scores sustaining injuries, 15 others were shot dead […]
Mr Wike, who expressed confidence that the PDP would win the presidency in the next election, said that the APC has failed in tackling insecurity and economic security. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has pledged to tackle festering insecurity and poverty bedeveling the country, if elected as president of Nigeria in 2023. He made the […]