Former Botswana National Front (BNF) executive secretary James Mathokgwane is now a free man after his conviction and 10-year prison sentence for rape was overturned by the High Court in Lobatse yesterday.

As the preparations to replace Kyabazinga Henry Wako Muloki take shape in Busoga, police have arrested a woman alleged to be impersonating as a State House operative sent to garner support for one of candidates.

A man was on Thursday charged before a Nakuru court with printing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education test papers similar to the ones Form Four students will sit for this year.

Although motorists are welcoming the proposed petrol price drop in October, they might be wise to refrain from filling their tanks as it now appears thieves are stealing petrol from cars.

The fight against illegal fishing has taken a new twist with the Beach Management Unit officials being arrested. Last Friday , three officers of the unit were arrested with immature fish and illegal fishing gear during an operation mounted in

The Benue State government says it will continue to throw open its doors to the public in the running of its affairs with a view to showing transparency and accountability.

An NGO with the name Centre For Youth initiative on Self Education (CEYISED) yesterday held a workshop titled 'Youth Development Workshop" to sensitise the youths on self development and on corruption which according to the executive director of the organisation,

MPS have expressed concern over the increase in murder, rape and defilement cases. Bushenyi Woman MP Mary Karooro Okurut said on Wednesday that in most of the cases, the accused went unpunished.

A government chemist told the High Court yesterday that four samples of soil taken from a forest where four gemstone dealers and a taxi driver were allegedly murdered by police contained human blood.

The High Court sitting in Rukungiri has sentenced a primary school teacher to 12 years in prison for defiling a seven-year-old girl.

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Geita Gold Mine technician Rashid Nyoni, 54, has committed suicide by jumping into a cyanide reservoir, , police confirmed yesterday.

Pupils of the Orotjitombo Mobile School returned to their classrooms on Tuesday after boycotting classes on Monday, citing numerous problems that affect their learning.

ZIMBABWE has been ranked as the 14th most corrupt nation out of 180 countries surveyed by Transparency International (TI) due to the breakdown of formal procedures and structures at most institutions that are operating in an unstable economic environment.

Unscrupulous individuals are raking in millions of shillings by selling test papers purported to be the genuine copies of the forthcoming KCSE exam.

The first of three defence lawyers in the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre trial yesterday started testing the evidence that admitted killer Sylvester Beukes has been giving in the High Court in Windhoek since Tuesday this week.

No fewer than six persons have been arrested by the police in connection with the killing in the palace of the Owa Obakan of Ijeshaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran following a bloody clash that ensued among contestants to the vacant stool

Church of Nigeria, Anglican communion on Wednesday said that Nigeria is sick and under the siege of a handful of individuals who have hijacked the economy of the country to the detriment of the majority of the citizens.

The Ondo State Accountant General, Mrs. Folake Ogunnika, was yesterday whisked away to Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission for allegedly approving N1bilion as loan to political office holders in the state through her office.

Millions of Ugandans could be in danger after it emerged that some cosmetics and pesticides on the market have harmful chemicals.