Lydia Mugambe (pictured below) is a supreme court judge in Uganda. She is also a United Nations (UN) judge. She is a very highly qualified lawyer and currently studying towards a PhD in Law...
The petition filed by a Nigerian senator alleging sexual harassment by the senate president has been dismissed. Godswill Akpabio, one of the country’s most senior politicians, on Wednesday denied the allegations made against him...
The mother of a six-year-old girl who disappeared more than a year ago in South Africa has gone on trial accused of organising her kidnapping. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend...
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency. They will be off work without pay for a month...
Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate violence and bloody battles. “We are always...
At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say. Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda,...
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria’s Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was...
In a crime that reads like a Hollywood thriller, Sibusiso Mahlangu and his wife, Lerato, masterminded a chilling plot that saw them fake his death, murder an unsuspecting lover, and cash in on a...
Police operatives at the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Zone 2, Onikan, have arrested a popular Lagos hotelier for allegedly sodomising secondary school boys. The suspect identified simply as Mcdon was arrested yesterday at his hotel, Empire, located at...
Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was a Special Guest Speaker, at Nigeria’s National Conference on Strengthening Democracy, in Nigeria. The high-level forum, under the theme “Strengthening Nigeria’s democracy: pathways to good governance and...
Lydia Mugambe (pictured below) is a supreme court judge in Uganda. She is also a United Nations (UN) judge. She is a very highly qualified lawyer and currently studying towards a PhD in Law at the University of Oxford, England, UK. But all those credentials matter less in the...
The petition filed by a Nigerian senator alleging sexual harassment by the senate president has been dismissed. Godswill Akpabio, one of the country’s most senior politicians, on Wednesday denied the allegations made against him by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The ethics committee which was mandated to look at the petition cited...
The mother of a six-year-old girl who disappeared more than a year ago in South Africa has gone on trial accused of organising her kidnapping. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after Smith’s daughter, Joshlin, went missing from outside her home...
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency. They will be off work without pay for a month or “until they submit the required declarations”, according to the presidency. Boakai said that the...
Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate violence and bloody battles. “We are always with the dead. In some battles, I’ve seen 40, 50 or 100 dead people,” one...
At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say. Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda, Zamfara state, for treatment. It is believed that the fire broke out in a nearby...
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria’s Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working on her farm, beating and stabbing her to death. Ms Abubakar’s family went to...
In a crime that reads like a Hollywood thriller, Sibusiso Mahlangu and his wife, Lerato, masterminded a chilling plot that saw them fake his death, murder an unsuspecting lover, and cash in on a fraudulent insurance claim. A Deadly Affair Turns Fatal The twisted tale began when Lerato engaged...
Police operatives at the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Zone 2, Onikan, have arrested a popular Lagos hotelier for allegedly sodomising secondary school boys. The suspect identified simply as Mcdon was arrested yesterday at his hotel, Empire, located at Bucknor in the Isheri-Osun, Ejigbo, after weeks of evading police arrest. It was gathered that...
Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was a Special Guest Speaker, at Nigeria’s National Conference on Strengthening Democracy, in Nigeria. The high-level forum, under the theme “Strengthening Nigeria’s democracy: pathways to good governance and political integrity,” brought together distinguished personalities, including Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima and respected Nigerian...
