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  • March 16, 2024

Sports:Otto Addo to become Ghana’s new head coach

Otto Addo is returning for a second spell as coach of Ghana’s men’s national soccer team after Borussia Dortmund agreed to release him from his role in talent development at the …

Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital

The Somali extremist group al-Shabab said its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud explosion and gunfire were heard Thursday night. Al-Shabab said on its Telegram …

Republic of Congo reports its first mpox virus cases in several regions

The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions, the health ministry said, an indication of how the disease may be spreading across Africa since sexual …

Court rejects Oscar Pistorius parole request

Former South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp a decade ago, will remain in prison after a prison board denied his request for parole on …

Former Nigerian deputy senate president in court accused of organ harvesting in UK

Nigeria’s former deputy senate president and his wife appeared in a London court on Tuesday (Jan. 31) ahead of their trial for organ harvesting, but his accused daughter was unable to …

Shell pays 15 million euros in compensation to Nigerian farmers

Shell will pay 15 million euros in compensation to Nigerian farmers for oil spills that severely polluted three villages in the Niger Delta, the oil giant said Friday. A Dutch court …

262 protesters jailed after bloody crackdown in Chad

A court in a high-security desert prison in Chad has sentenced 262 people arrested during a bloody anti-regime protest in October to two to three years in prison after a mass …

Court sentences former president Sambi to life in prison

A court in the Comoros on Monday (Nov 28) handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. The 64-year-old was convicted of selling passports to stateless …

Tear gas mar “Arise Ghana” protest: 12 Policemen injured, 29 protesters arrested

The Ghanaian police arrested 29 people on Tuesday after dispersing a violent anti-expense protest in Accra with tear gas, according to a new report. Hundreds of demonstrators had been marching in …

No jurisdiction to try former PM Augustin Matata, DRC constitutional says court

  The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ruled on Monday in Kinshasa that it had no jurisdiction to try former Prime Minister Augustin Matata on charges of …

CJN refers 3 justices to NJC for disciplinary actions

The Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Ibrahim Mohammad has referred three judges involved in dishing out conflict court orders to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for necessary disciplinary action. The CJN took …

Shocking: 57-year-old rape suspect dies in court

A 57-year-old rape suspect, Sani Mohammed, yesterday died on the premises of the Chief Magistrates’ Court 2 in Yola, Adamawa State.Sani, a butcher from Wauru Jabbe in Yola South Local Government …

Ortom threatens legal action against Buhari

Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, has threatened to drag President Muhammadu Buhari to court should he insist on going ahead with any policy that would support open grazing or grazing reserves in the …