Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts oversees South Africa's 10 million tree cover expansion project spanning five years from her office as Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment minister. South African staff members started "One Employee One Tree" in…
Police arrest three in possession of human skull
Police in Lagos have arrested three suspects alleged to have been responsible for the removal of a human skull from a cemetery for ritual purposes. A statement issued by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public…
COVID-19 confirmed cases close to 100,000 – WHO
The World Health Organization says confirmed COVID-19 cases is almost at 100,000. At a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland Friday, Director General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus appealed to all nations to make containment of COVID-19 their…
Three suspected robbers caught red handed
Officers of the Rapid Response Squad, (RRS), havs apprehended three suspected robbers at Baruwa Gate area of Ipaja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The Police officers on patrol of Iyana-Ipaja onThursday arrested the suspected robbers who snatched…
Qatari royal owner dethroned at struggling Malaga
A member of the Qatar royal family was forced out of the presidency of financially troubled Spanish football club Malaga on Thursday by the official receiver. "As soon as the administrator takes office, all the…
Malaga owner Al Thani used club money for…
The family of Malaga owner Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani used the club’s money for their personal expenses and business interests, say police reports. It is said that the club leant the family €5.5m on top…
Local court suspends Malaga club’s Qatari president
Qatari businessman Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani has been removed as president of Spanish club Malaga for six months on a series of charges including alleged illegal appropriation, a regional court said. The alleged charges,…
Internet fraud: Four Nigerians who were arrested in…
Four Nigerian men were on Tuesday arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday, for alleged online fraud. The suspects were also arrested for kidnapping and other offenses. It was gathered that they were caught during a search…
CAN unite against insecurity
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, from the South East and South-south zone of Nigeria, have condemned the rising rate of insecurity in the country and urged religious leaders to promote reconciliation and peaceful coexistence…
Guinea-Bissau Interim President Resigns After Two Days in…
Guinea-Bissau interim President Cipriano Cassama stepped down on security concerns, two days after he was sworn into the post. “An interim president needs to have all the security conditions to fulfill his duties,” Cassama told…
Auditor general employee, wife arrested over child torture
Kiira Division Police, in Wakiso district, has arrested a 33-years-old woman for allegedly torturing her husband’s three-year old-niece identified as Anna Gabdiella. The Kampala Metropolitan deputy Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, said they have preferred charges…
Erdogan’s Party Says It’s Getting Difficult to ‘Hold’…
Turkey’s policy on Syrian refugees remains unchanged but it’s getting increasingly difficult to “hold” them, said Omer Celik, spokesman of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party, AKP. “Our refugee policy is the same but there…
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian migrant flow…
Turkey has decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land and sea, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday, in anticipation of the imminent arrival of refugees from Syria's Idlib…
FedEx welcomes first black female CEO
Ramon Hood who began as a receptionist at FedEx has been named its newest CEO. The company announced on Wednesday, February that the former VP of operations, strategy, and planning is now CEO, bringing more…
East Africa’s huge locust outbreak has spread to…
A small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944, the UN Food and Agriculture Agency said Tuesday as…
AU says Africa feeling coronavirus socioeconomic effects due…
The African Union (AU) says despite the continent having only one confirmed case of coronavirus, the effects of the outbreak that have hit China the hardest will be felt in the continent owing to its…
Riek Machar is appointed South Sudan’s vice-president for…
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir on Friday appointed rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, paving way for the formation of a unity government that seeks to end six years of war. “I President Salva…
SA pulls Olympic team out of Japan friendly…
South Africa will not send its Olympic football team to Japan to play a friendly in March because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The two teams were due to play in Sanga on 27…
Kwara Customs Seizes 3,593Kg of Marijuana Worth N448M
Kwara state command of Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) has seized forty weight sacks of 3,593kg of Cannabis Saliva popularly called Marijuana worth N448M and other illegal items along with Bukuru town in Baruten local government council…
