May 07
South Africa: Power Utility Eskom Sues Johannesburg for Unpaid Electricity Debt - South African News Briefs - May 7, 2024
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Ghana: Ghana's Supreme Court to Consider First Arguments On Anti-LGBTQ Bill Lawsuits On May 8
Accra Time
The lawsuits appear to have been one of the blockades to the signing of the bill by President Akufo-Addo - an action that has drawn much controversy Read more »
Nigeria: Police Confirm One Dead As Kidnappers Abduct Travellers On Sagamu-Benin Expressway
Premium Times
The police could not specifically say the number of people abducted, saying that the hoodlums killed one of the travellers yet to be identified. Read more »
Nigeria: Villagers Flee As Bandits Terrorise 10 Communities in Kaduna
Daily Trust
Residents of 10 communities in Giwa LGA of Kaduna State have fled their homes due to the activities of bandits in the area. Read more »
May 06
Uganda: Forced From the Flock - LGBTQ+ Believers Are Being Pushed Out of Churches in Uganda
Global Press Journal
"The gospel that is being preached on the pulpit these days is just meant to insult and belittle us," says a Ugandan churchgoer. Read more »
Liberia: Authorities Grapple With New Illegal Drug
FrontPageAfrica
Authorities of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) have vowed to intensity their crackdown on the trafficking and distribution of narcotics and other dangerous substances in… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Selling, Growing Genetically Modified Maize Seed Is Illegal- - Agriculture Deputy Minister
New Zimbabwe
DEPUTY Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Vangelis Haritatos, has warned that those illegally selling genetically modified organism (GMO) maize… Read more »
South Africa: Late Tembisa Hospital CEO Paid Millions While Suspended - South African News Briefs - May 6, 2024
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South Africa: Concourt Rules Out R2-Billion Damages Claim By Zimbabwean Farmers
GroundUp
Afriforum, supporting the farmers, says it will continue the legal fight in other countries Read more »
South Africa: Bodies Pile Up in Nyanga With Four Gunned Down in Latest Wave of Escalating Violence
Daily Maverick
The murders come barely a week after four other people were killed in the area, meaning eight people have been killed in Nyanga in seven days. Read more »
Nigeria: 10 Days After, EFCC Detains 19-Yr-Old Varsity Student Over Mum's Debt
Leadership
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained a 300-level Nursing student of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Miss Oluwateniola… Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Kill 6, Injure 8 in Fresh Kaduna Attack
Leadership
At least, six persons have been confirmed killed and eight others critically injured when bandits in their large numbers invaded the Ambe Community in the Southern Kaduna area of… Read more »
Nigeria: How British Charity Employed Nigerian Man Convicted for Sex Trafficking in France
Vanguard
A Nigerian man, Peter Omoruyi, convicted for sex trafficking in his absence in France has been allegedly employed by a British charity, Streetz Ahead Creative Housing. Read more »
Nigeria: Court Announces Date to Hear Cleric's Appeal Challenging Death Sentence
Premium Times
An Upper Shari'a Court on 15 December 2022, sentenced the cleric to death by hanging for blasphemy. Read more »
South Africa: Police 'Unapologetic' in Fighting Crime and Criminality in the Country
SAnews.gov.za
Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, says the South African Police Service (SAPS) remains unapologetic in its decisive stance on fighting crime and criminality in the country. Read more »
South Africa: DA Calls for Action Following Brutal Murder of Glen Couple
DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) extends its heartfelt condolences to the Morrison family following a horrific farm attack on the Rietfontein Farm in Glen, Mangaung Metropolitan… Read more »
West Africa: Togolese Authorities Expel French Journalist, Restrict Accreditation for Upcoming Elections [press release]
MFWA
A Lomé court has handed down a six-month suspended prison sentence to Thomas Pierre Dietrich, special correspondent for the Afrique XXL TV channel. Dietrich has also been… Read more »
Malawi: Govt Delay to Table Judicial Service Administration Bill Worries Malawi Law Society
Nyasa Times
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) says the delay in tabling the Constitution (Amendment) Bill alongside the Judicial Service Administration Bill both of 2023, is heavily impacting on… Read more »
Nigeria: Edo Assembly Speaker Suspends Three Over Alleged Impeachment Plot
Vanguard
THE Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Blessing Agbebaku on Monday during plenary suspended three lawmakers over alleged plot to impeach him and other Principal officer's… Read more »
Kenya: NCPB MD Sent Home Amid Fertilizer Scandal, Replaced By Samuel Kirogo
Capital FM
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has suspended Joseph Kimote as MD amid fertilizer scandal charges. Read more »
South Africa: Marchers Say Yes! and No! to New Cannabis Law
GroundUp
The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is awaiting the President's signature to become law Read more »
Liberia: 'Lawless Lawyers'?
Liberian Observer
The indoor program meant to climax celebration of the Law Day on the afternoon of Friday, May 3, at the Paynesville City Hall, was marred by disorder as tensions escalated among… Read more »
Nigeria: Ohanaeze Youths Condemn Demolition of Igbo Properties in Abuja
Vanguard
THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing has condemned the demolition of properties belonging to Igbo citizens in Abuja, describing the action as 'gestapo-style' and 'unlawful.' Read more »
Kenya: CJ Koome Directs Magistrates Courts to Finalise All Cases Over 3 Years
Capital FM
Chief Justice Martha Koome has directed Magistrates' Courts to conduct Rapid Results Initiatives to finalize all cases pending in court for over three years. Read more »
Nigeria: Why We Raided Enugu Community - Police
Premium Times
The latest development is happening less than a week after suspected herders invaded Nimbo, a community in the same Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, killing at least four persons. Read more »