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Cops in Ondangwa grabbed a doctor named Fillemon Nakanduungile for allegedly being involved in the attack on prosecutor Justine Shiweda. Deputy commissioner Fredrick Ndjadila said the suspect got hauled before a magistrate and bail got shut down. The hit on the 30-year-old prosecutor went down...

Jacob Zuma's daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla bailed from parliament after cops started looking into claims she tricked 17 South African guys into becoming Russian mercenaries for the Ukraine war. Her half-sister dropped an affidavit saying Zuma-Sambudla and two other randos promised security...

Zimbabwe's Public Service Commission got caught letting 66 teachers keep their government paychecks after winning council seats in the 2023 elections, which straight-up breaks the constitution. The country's legal framework requires civil servants to bounce from their jobs when they take...

Zimbabwe's military boss, Valerio Sibanda, just retired, and political watchers think President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa orchestrated the whole thing to strengthen his grip on power. Analyst Ricky Mukonza figures Sibanda will jump into politics as a weapon against Vice President Constantino...

Mike Arnold, who used to run Blanco as mayor, went off on Tinubu for putting Reno Omokri on the ambassador shortlist. The Texas politician has beef with Omokri going back years over claims he downplays Christian persecution back home. Arnold dropped a Facebook rant calling the president deaf...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio told people at a church event in Uyo that divine intervention completely changed his life, and he wants Nigerians to get serious about serving God wherever they end up. The guy described himself as the highest-ranking Christian in government and said he belongs...

Nigeria's resident doctors wrapped up their month-long walkout after the government signed off on some promises. The strike yanked about 11,000 doctors out of 91 teaching hospitals around the country and trashed healthcare access for a solid month. Dr Shuaibu Ibrahim from NARD said they...

Goodluck Jonathan rolled up to the Presidential Villa in Abuja after getting yanked out of Guinea-Bissau when the military decided to stage a coup. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed the ex-president linked up with Tinubu following his safe return. Jonathan had been over there leading...

Adamawa State officials went around Yola shutting down businesses that stayed open during the monthly cleanup time. They dumped out food from street vendors, killed cooking fires under bean cakes, and flipped tables where people were selling stuff. The state requires everyone to stay home and...

Abia State's governor, Alex Otti, met with Jewish community leaders and basically told them his government doesn't play favorites with any religion. The Commonwealth Jewish Council president, Clive Obe, brought up how Saturday elections make it rough for Sabbath observers to participate, but...

President Tinubu told everyone his government wants to totally overhaul the country's security setup and make the police force way more professional. The Nigeria Police Academy in Kano just pushed out 1,187 new cadets who finished their degrees and training. Tinubu's guy, George Akume, showed up...

Kaduna Governor Uba Sani wants Nigeria to set up a unified North-West Theatre Command that merges two army divisions to share intel better and wreck criminal operations across state lines. He pitched this at a Senate security hearing, and he pushed for extending the Lake Chad task force to cover...

Zimbabwe plans to bring in a private investor to fix up the National Railways system through a resource-financed infrastructure deal. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said the government will trade mining rights for railroad repairs, with the investor putting up cash and expertise while getting...

Archbishop Paul Mwazha got buried at Chirasauta in Chikomba District after dying at 107. The founder of The African Apostolic Church had thousands show up for his funeral service at Guvambwa Tabernacle, where heavy rain hit the crowd but nobody left. President Mnangagwa gave him national hero...

Edith WeUtonga-Katiji scored a nomination for Folk Album of the Year at the first-ever Folk Music Awards happening in the UK. Her upcoming record Varipasi made the shortlist alongside eight other albums, and the winner gets announced next March at Rochdale Town Hall. She's the only African...

Raisedon Baya runs the Intwasa Arts Festival in Bulawayo and has basically shaped Zimbabwe's theatre scene for years. The guy went to Sobukhazi and Mzilikazi high schools, and he got into drama because his teacher thought he was being disruptive in class. Growing up near Amakhosi Theatre...

A musician who left Zimbabwe five years back is planning a charity concert in his hometown of Njube to raise money for the local hospital and community hall. Bruce Ncube got famous for throwing the Africa Day festival that pulled massive crowds to the township, and he wants his comeback show to...

Zimbabwean kids picking their high school subjects need to actually think about what careers they want instead of just copying their friends or chasing whatever seems trendy. The subjects you choose basically lock you into specific university programs later, since medicine needs biology and...

Zimbabwe's first lady threw a massive dinner party at State House to thank everyone who helps fund her charity work across the country. Auxillia Mnangagwa hosted the African-themed event with her husband, President Mnangagwa, watching, and guests showed up wearing traditional Zimbabwean fabrics...

A Zimbabwean woman got appointed as regent chief in March for the Mabhikwa chieftaincy in Lupane District, but her uncle and 32 family members sued to block the move. Zanele Khumalo was supposed to hold the position until her nine-year-old nephew turned old enough to take over, making her the...