The family of the late economist from Odi in Bayelsa state,Dr Miebi Goodnews Kunoun , who was stabbed to death in Ukraine has petitioned the National Assembly over his death.

An attempt to kidnap three children of former Operations Manager in Agip, Mr Morenikeji Aderibigbe, was yesterday foiled, when militants supposedly enlisted by his driver turned out to be police informants.

A housemaid in Harare was yesterday slapped with an effective three-year jail term for stealing property worth $160 billion from her employer.

A Gwanda man allegedly beheaded his brother's seven-year-old son with a machete in the presence of the boy's two young brothers.

SIX suspected stock thieves have been arrested while trying to smuggle livestock into Mozambique through Gonarezhou National Park.

TWO soldiers have been arrested for allegedly conniving with four Masvingo men to steal, at gunpoint, 35 cartons of export quality cigarettes worth $315 billion from a trucker.

Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart asks us whether corruption has led to things falling apart and the erosion of the centre (institutional credibility and authority).

An International Maritime Bureau (IMB) report for 2007 has revealed that Nigerian waters experienced an increased attack from pirates to as many as 42 times.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the court not to hear the application of the former governor of Abia State, Chief Oji Uzor Kalu, asking for the release of his travel documents to enable him travel abroad

The ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied allegations that it paid out money to MPs for them to pass a CHOGM supplementary budget.

THE Abia Elders Forum has accused former Abia State Governor, Chief Orji Kalu of wasting state funds on his trial over money laundering at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

A WINDHOEK teenager was mugged and assaulted on his way home from a friend's house on Tuesday, highlighting yet again the increasing danger of walking or cycling in the city, especially in the area surrounding the University of Namibia (Unam)

Fernando Magno, the man allegedly hired to assassinate one of Mozambique's top lawyers, Albano Silva, in 1999, on Thursday categorically denied any connection with the plot.

In the case of the six men accused of the 1999 attempted murder of top Mozambican lawyer Albano Silva, the defence on Thursday tried to discredit the key prosecution claim that a series of conspiratorial meetings had taken place in

For the second consecutive day, Simiao Cuamba, lawyer for Mozambique's most notorious assassin, Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), on Thursday demanded special meals privileges for his client.

Over 300 angry youths from Gbense and Kamara chiefdoms Tuesday clashed with police and military personnel in the eastern diamond rich town of Koidu, Kono district.

In a quest to fight corruption within the traffic control unit, the Eastern Cape Department of Roads and Transport traffic officers together with the police arrested a colleague who was allegedly caught accepting a bribe.

Due to the high increase of armed robbery activities in the city of Monrovia, the Liberia National Police, (LNP) backed by the United Nations Police (UNPOL) have increased the number of night patrols in the city and its surroundings to

Eight suspected armed robbers who have been arrested by officers of the Liberia National Police in Monrovia say they were hired to do "the job for US$450.00 on the Old Road." The eight are part of eighteen robbers who are

PERHAPS it was hunger that drove Michael Olugodhi to take four dried fish from his grandmother's house on November 6 2004 - but that will never be known for sure.