Poaching syndicates are no longer using only skilled divers from fishing communities but are now turning to unemployed township residents who can swim to do their dirty work.
Let me open this piece by saying that I am one of those who supported Nuhu Ribadu and his EFCC. I had lent that support both privately and publicly, including volunteering my skills to that organisation, but I was more
The queen mother of Kwabenya, a suburb of Accra, is to face trial for attempted murder, possession and transfer of firearms without lawful authority, police sources have told the ADM.
By all standards, Nigeria should be among the league of developed countries such as China, Japan, Britain and even the United States. As the world's fifth largest producer of crude oil, Nigeria has got all it needs to be well
Two Harare men yesterday appeared in court for allegedly masquerading as detectives and swindling two city men out of US$68 000, R69 000, 3 500 meticais, 9 000 pounds and Z$300 million.
Without further delay, a full and total probe of all sectors under the last administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and vesting punitive measures on those found culpable and guilty is the only panacea for corruption in Nigeria, the Supreme
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has arrested a Jos-based trader, Alhaji Mohammed Abdullaliku Dankoli, for being in possession and selling 'suspected' fake Benson and Hedges cigarette products.
Trouble for the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, may not yet be over as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is already prefering charges bordering on money laundering and impersonation on her at a Federal
A violence clash that erupted between staff of "Atlaantic Food Limited, " producers of Sky water and the Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria, Abuja branch has left about three people fattally injured, leaving several others with minor bruishes.
THE Federal Government may hire the services of militants especially in the Niger Delta area in its determination to check the constant vandalisation of oil pipelines but they must first organize themselves into liability companies, Minister of Defence, Alhaji Yayale
Startled MPs were told yesterday that senior prison officials signed off contracts worth millions for the construction of buildings that were never built and repairs to buildings that did not exist.
Nigeria's porous border with its northern neighbour Niger is being exploited by traffickers smuggling teenage girls to Europe where they will work as prostitutes, immigration officials told IRIN.
South Africans have killed nearly 30 people from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania since the xenophobic attacks broke out last week. The apparently well-coordinated assaults have forced hundreds of foreigners to seek refuge in police stations and churches, with copycat
Anxiety is mounting among Tanzanians with relatives in South Africa over the safety of their loved ones following the killing of 24 people in xenophobic attacks by locals.
Both Moeketsi Mosola, CEO of South African Tourism, and Jerry Vilakazi, CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), yesterday, Tuesday, 20 May 2008, added their support to the calls by the President, senior government officials and other leaders for an
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa says he does not believe a state of emergency should be declared to deal with the outbreak of attacks on foreign nationals in the country.
Atiqul Mohammed Matihur, the 18-year-old zari (embroidery worker) has been arrested for allegedly raping the two sisters one after the other between 1030 and 1130 hours, they said. "Matihur stayed close to where the victims' family was staying and used
The Maputo City Court heard on Tuesday that the sister of two men accused of ordering the attempted murder of lawyer Albano Silva in 1999 attempted to bribe a witness on Sunday.
