Corruption

Corruption, lack of rule of law will be…

Uganda is yet to fully appreciate the extent of the exposure that citizens have been put to, but this could happen within a week or two after a number of officials, who claimed to love…

Health crisis

Coronavirus death toll surpasses 12,000 in US

The United States has recorded 12,291 deaths from the raging Coronavirus pandemic sweeping through all its 50 States. There are at least 387,547 cases of coronavirus in the United States and at least 12,291 people…

Terrorism

Al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu claims two lives

A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has walked into a tea shop in Somalia’s capital and detonated, killing at least two people. Capt. Mohamed Hussein says the bomber, posing as a pedestrian, entered…

Death

Sudanese Defence Minister dies in Juba

Sudanese Defence Minister died of a heart attack in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. General Jamal al-Din Omar was suffering from chronic illnesses, the Sudanese army spokesman said. He became head of the Defense…

Over 60 Ethiopians suffocate to death on truck…

More than 60 undocumented migrants believed to be Ethiopians have been found dead in a cargo truck in Mozambique’s northwestern Tete province. The truck entered Mozambique from Malawi and was stopped early Tuesday at a…

Referendum

10 dead during Guinea referendum

Officials count votes are under way in Guinea after at least 10 people were killed in the violence as debris burns on the streets of Conakry, in the aftermath of clashes between police and protesters…

Demise

Nollywood loses another actor

Veteran Yoruba filmmaker and actor, Gbenga Ajumoko is dead. According to Daily Independent, the actor allegedly died after battling with a chronic ailment. This is coming weeks after Veteran Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu, popularly known…

Crime

Man beaten to death in Kenya by mob…

A suspected coronavirus sufferer in Kenya was beaten by a group of youths armed with stones and later died in hospital. The man, named locally as George Kotini Hezron, was going home after visiting a…

Explosion

Lagos explosion kills at least 17 people

Huge plumes of dark smoke billows in the air at the site of a major explosion in Lagos Sunday as dead bodies were carried away. A resident recounts the disturbing and tragic incident that killed…

Singer's death

Nigerian singer dies in Dubai

Nigerian singer, Ejiro Emokinovo, has passed away in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after performing at the 90th birthday celebration of the mother of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The late Ejiro,…

Collapse

Two feared dead as mine shaft collapses

Two artisanal miners are feared dead after a mine shaft they were working in collapsed on Tuesday morning in Shamva. The accident occurred at Lumbo18 Zuze Syndicate Mine. National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi…