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Gunmen kidnapped local officials from Kwara State on Friday evening on the Omu-Aran/Ilorin Road. The head lawyer of Oke-Ero Local Government, Elizabeth Arinde, was taken with another department head as they traveled home for the weekend. Police spokesperson SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi said about...

Rastafarians slammed Niger State Governor Umar Bago for ordering police to arrest people with dreadlocks. The group called his rules mean, harsh, and blind to history. The Rastafari Continental Council said the governor should fix real problems instead of targeting hairstyles. They pointed out...

Labour Party leader Ayo Olorunfemi asked Peter Obi to stay with the party for the 2027 election. He told Obi to fix the party problems instead of leaving. Some people want Obi to return to PDP, where he came from before the 2023 race. Former PDP candidate Segun Sowunmi said Obi should come back...

Kogi police say a social media video claiming officers killed a bus driver on Okene road is false. The police called it misleading after user Oma Amina TV posted about driver Danjuma Sule being shot. Officials state this never happened in Kogi State. Police spokesman William Ovye Aya released a...

Armed herdsmen forced people from 50 communities across Benue State. The attacks hit villages in 25 council wards spanning five local areas. Gwer West suffered the most, with all 15 council wards affected at different times. The Benue State Emergency Management Agency shared this data just...

Army leader Major Gen. Gold Chibuisi told soldiers how to handle civilians wearing military clothes. He said regular people must not wear army uniforms since it breaks Nigerian law. Soldiers should act properly when they find someone in military gear. They must make the person take off the...

Armed criminals tried to kidnap a local businessman with his two children in Shanono Saturday night. They entered the town at 2:20 a.m. carrying guns and weapons. Neighbors heard shots near the family home during the attempted abduction. The targets escaped, but one person suffered injuries and...

A religious leader told a top government official he might lose his job soon. Primate Elijah Ayodele warned Secretary George Akume that hidden enemies want him out. The INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church leader said these political foes will try hard to ruin Akume's position. He shared this...

Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa caused anger after saying his children and parents will go to heaven. He made this claim at his United Family International Church, wearing all white clothes. He told church members he does not doubt his family is going to heaven, even if they become angry sometimes...

Gospel singer Mambo Dhuterere finally spoke about leaving his pregnant wife Dorcas Vambe, known as Mai Dhuterere, after rumors spread that he abandoned her with four children. He shared his side through a video released by socialite Joey Nyikadzino. Sources said the couple had problems for years...

Zimbabwe officials brushed off British lawmakers who want action over jailed reporter Blessed Mhlanga. Information Secretary Nick Mangwana said foreign emotional outbursts mean almost nothing for Zimbabwe's affairs. He posted this message after Liberal Democrats member Lord Jonny Oates pushed...

Malawi faces power cuts today between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. because of repair work at Kapichira Power Station. The Electricity Generation Company plans maintenance that will reduce the power supply by 97.2 megawatts across the country. ESCOM will run rotating outages throughout the day. The exact...

A group of 50 youth graduated from free skills training at One for All Organization Technical School in Zomba on Saturday. The ceremony took place at Thondwe, where 35 students finished tailoring courses and 15 completed electrical installation programs. These skills will help them find jobs or...

The town of Okahandja stopped its tourism expo after locals wanted time to grieve for Rosalind Fabian. Officials planned this fair from April 29 to May 3 at the sports stadium, but postponed it with no new date. Around 100 residents came to the municipal building Saturday morning, where leaders...

The government wants tighter checks for anyone who takes care of kids after two children were killed in Okahandja. Home Affairs Minister Lucia Iipumbu called these murders awful because losing even one child is terrible. She said both deaths happened within weeks of each other, which makes this...

The head of Nudo plans to step down from her leadership role. Esther Muinjangue told people she gave notice about leaving back in March. This comes right after Joseph Kauandenge quit his job as secretary general on Wednesday. Both say they will stay members of the party despite leaving their top...

A former top official says putting agriculture, land reform, and fisheries under one ministry could harm sectors worth N$87 billion to Namibia. Moses Maurihungirire believes the merger will weaken both areas because they have different needs. He worries fisheries might fade into the background...

Nicola Brandt explores her mixed German-Namibian roots through photos made over ten years. She went across Namibia taking pictures of places, people and things that show links between German colonial rule, Nazi ideas and apartheid. Her book combines these images with writings from experts on...

Kunene governor Muharukua blames the Opuwo Town Council for selling the region's only stadium. He says Popular Democratic Movement leaders chose money over young people when they sold the land to businessman Shapumba in 2013. The businessman later sold it to Schoeman for about N$5 million...

South African teens face a growing vaping problem as laws fail to limit who can buy these products. A major study from Cape Town and Utrecht universities surveyed 25,149 students across eight provinces last year. They found that almost 17 percent of students currently vape, with numbers rising...