Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa, has apologised to Mozambique for the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners, which resulted in the death of three Mozambicans.Zuma, who was speaking on Thursday in Maputo during a two-day state visit to Mozambique, said such acts had no justification, taking into consideration the ties of brotherhood between people from the two nations.He said that from all [...]
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A total of 579 officers of the Nigerian army have been court-martialled for sundry offences at the army headquarters garrison and 81 division in Lagos.Sani Usman, acting director of army public relations, confirmed this to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday.“There are currently two separate court martials going on at the army headquarters garrison and 81 division, Nigerian army, with a [...]

Suspected assailants stabbed two pupils of Fagge special primary school in Kano metropolis on Wednesday.Ibrahim Dansarki, the school's security guard, told NAN that the incident took place around 1:00 pm shortly after the closure of the school.He said the suspects reportedly crossed over a collapsed portion of the school's fence and stabbed the children, a boy and a girl, before [...]

An official of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said that Togo and Gambia were the countries who blocked attempts to limit presidential terms in West Africa during the commission’s summit in Accra, capital of Ghana.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said John Mahama, outgoing ECOWAS chairman and Ghana’s president, tabled the motion for a regional [...]

Chadian lawmakers have voted to indefinitely extend the mandate of troops participating in a regional effort to combat Boko Haram insurgents until the joint mission is completed.A release from the national assembly authorities in N'djamena noted that the assembly authorizes the prolongation of Chad's military engagement in Nigeria and Cameroon.It said Chad had deployed 2,500 troops to Nigeria, Cameroon and [...]

The Borno state government on Tuesday appealed to the national emergency management agency (NEMA) to take over the daily feeding of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state.Alhaji Mustapha Zanna, deputy governor of the state, made the appeal while receiving a donation of relief materials worth about N7 million for the IDPs by the Nigeria Flour Mills in Maiduguri.He said [...]

South Africa has repatriated 5,645 foreigners since the end of xenophobia attacks in late April, its government said on Sunday.Jeff Radebe, a minister in the presidency, confirmed this in a statement but added that the foreigners chose to leave South Africa voluntarily.Malawians made the bulk of the foreigners, numbering 3,506, followed by Zimbabweans (1,440) and Mozambicans (682), while Tanzanians had [...]

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Adamu Usman, the member representing Toungo Constituency in the Adamawa state house of assembly.Usman was said to be kidnapped by the gunmen, who stormed his residence at Kofare Ward of Yola close to midnight on Friday.Confirming the incident, Othman Abubakar, public relations officer of the Adamawa state police command, said the lawmaker was taken away at gunpoint. He added [...]

Men of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Kogi have arrested Friday Sani, a member of the Kogi state house of assembly (PDP), representing the Igalamela/ Odolu constituency.John Adele, The counsel to Sani, told journalists in Lokoja, capital of the state, on Saturday that the lawmaker was arrested along the Odolu-Nsukka road on Friday.Adele said his client had gone Nsukka [...]

You may not believe this, but fasting can make you gain weight, according the Offiong Etim, a medical practitioner at Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja.When you fast, your body, sensing a lack of "fuel", slows down metabolism in order to conserve energy — and that means only a few calories are burnt.Unused calories are stored in the body's fat cells and [...]

Tokunbo Korodo, south-west chairman of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), says the harrowing experience of Lagos motorists and commuters arising from the fuel scarcity and gridlock on roads may not end anytime soon.According to Korodo, the trucks causing the gridlock on Eko, Liverpool and Coconut bridges, which has affected other major roads, such as Ikorodu [...]