The Lagos State Police Command has alerted the residents of the state of a plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to attack soft targets in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this in Lagos yesterday while delivering a paper on ‘Appraisal of Security Situation in Lagos State’, […]
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The residence of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, was reportedly burgled yesterday. The house is on a street next to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The robbers were reported to have thoroughly ransacked Gambari’s residence and that of an administrative officer. Money and other valuable assets were […]
Years back, the Kwekwe or Eagle police squad evoked fear among members of the Mungiki sect and other suspects of crime. There was no doubt about it; if you were in the police squad’s list, you would surely be eliminated. The dreaded squad was implicated in enforced disappearance and extrajudicial execution of civilians, human rights […]
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Nigeria Drugs Syndicate Smashed
Abuja, Nigeria — Two women are among five individuals arrested on suspicion of being a drug trafficking cartel selling the illicit substances disguised as food in Nigeria. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested the suspects in the capital, Abuja, the capita of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Substances suspected to be […]
Maputo — The Mozambican police will set up an anti-kidnapping brigade, in line with a decision taken at the meeting of the police Coordinating Council held last week at the Police Science Academy (Acipol), on the outskirts of Maputo. According to the daily paper “Noticias”, the first unit of this brigade will be 200 strong, […]
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Zimbabwe: Gweru Woman Stoned to Death
Police in Gweru are investigating a murder case in which a 52 year-old woman was found dead along a footpath near Gweru’ Megawat complex. Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the deceased woman, Gladys Frank’s body was found by a passerby yesterday(Sunday) while lying in a pool of blood with her head crushed […]
The Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee meeting this morning was prematurely ended after a violent confrontation between MDC-T proportional representative, Ms Memory Mbondiya and Norton legislator, Mr Themba Mliswa. The meeting was supposed to receive evidence from Intratek Holdings and Finmark concerning their contracts with Zesa Holdings on the Gwanda solar project and supply of pre-paid […]
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has charged the incoming FCT Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Samuel Ogar Ochi, to ensure the enforcement of all traffic regulations on FCT roads. He also urged the FRSC to embark on enlightenment and advocacy in the discharge of his […]
A 33-year-old Zimbabwean man who was yesterday arrested while smuggling gold worth R11 million into South Africa has been granted R100 000 bail by a Kempton Park Regional Court, in Gauteng province. Tashinga Nyasha Masinire is facing charges of contravening the Customs Act 91 of 1964 and Precious Metals Act 37 of 2005 respectively. Masinire […]
Makurdi — The Nigerian military has commenced a seven-day operation with the codename: Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) to clear Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States of bandits’ activities This was disclosed yesterday by a military source in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The source said the operation was sequel to the incessant bandits’ operations in some […]
As Kenyans prepared for a rather dull Christmas marred by the Covid-19 pandemic, a family in Tabani village, Bungoma County, was worried about their kin. Unlike previous years where she either travelled home or sent goodwill messages, 47-year-old Sebezia Killong went silent. The family, which says their communication with her went off on December 22, […]
The enormity of gender-based violence (GBV) nationally and globally, cannot be gainsaid whether relying on anecdotal or scientific evidence. The rather dated information from the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey shows that one third of women aged 15 to 49 have experienced one or another form of GBV. Additionally, a 2016 study by the National […]
The DA can reveal that the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, is trying to enforce his will on the National Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, in the appointment of senior managers in key positions within the South African Police Service (SAPS). In a letter the DA has seen, Minister Cele berates General Sitole for not […]
A potential border war brewing between Sudan and Ethiopia threatens to destabilise the two nations and the entire region. How the issue is handled will also have severe consequences for political transitions in both countries. On 4 May, Ethiopia issued a statement accusing Sudan of ‘increasingly bellicose propaganda’ regarding their border and negotiations over the […]
Zimbabwe Prospectus Union (ZPU) has jumped to the defence of Mines Minister Winston Chitando after Fidelity Printers – a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) – sued the senior government official to court following a Kwekwe gold mine row. Fidelity Printers recently dragged Chitando to court over a gold mining claim in Kwekwe, […]
Beirut — Human Rights Watch Introduces Country Index Based on Laws, Policies Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should outlaw the violent discipline of children, Human Rights Watch said today, introducing an index categorizing countries in the region based on their laws and policies. The MENA region has some of the highest […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide sensitization campaign on product registration and value addition for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) operators across the country. A statement from the agency yesterday quoted its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, as saying the Federal Government had identified MSMEs as […]
Zimbabwe People First national spokesperson and youth chairperson Stephen Mazanza claims he is living in fear after his Kambuzuma home in Harare was petrol bombed last week by unknown assailants. Since the attack, the opposition told NewZimbabwe.com he was receiving numerous phone calls daily from an unknown person threatening more harm on him. Mazanza has […]