Olivia Aniunoh

Frank Bainimarama, who was Fiji’s prime minister for some 15 years until losing power in 2022, has been jailed for a year after he was found guilty of using his position to shut down a corruption investigation into a prominent university. Once armed forces chief, Bainimarama seized power in a 2006 coup and later won

Al-Qaeda-linked and warring ethnically-based armed groups are committing atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports. The watchdog said in a report released on Wednesday that fighters from Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM) and Dozo militia killed 45 people in separate attacks on villages in Central Mali in January. Mali has been plagued by

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested eight suspects over the alleged theft of transformers, 12 tyres and a truck in Edo State. DAILY POST reports that the State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, who paraded the suspects in Benin City on Wednesday, said they were arrested for armed robbery and malicious damage

One person has been reported dead as tragedy struck in the Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State following a destructive windstorm that swept through Wuro Juli, Wuro She, and other suburban areas of the state. Witnesses recounted the horror of the windstorm, which brought devastation to the region shortly after the first rain of

At least six people have been killed and dozens of others are unaccounted for after a building collapsed in South Africa. Rescue teams said on Tuesday that they had made contact with 11 survivors buried under the rubble after the five-storey building, which was under construction, collapsed on Monday afternoon At least 28 people have

A 25-year-old man in Adamawa State has been nabbed for alleged sexual assault against his nine-year-old niece. The Adamawa State Police Command, which made the arrest, identified the man as Abdu Hamidu, a native of Kwakwa in Hong Local Government Area. He was alleged to have lured the little girl into his room and had

Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have foiled a kidnap attempt of 50 passengers by suspected bandits who struck on the Funtua-Gusau Road. While 45 of the passengers were rescued, five others are yet to be found.They set up a barricade near Unguwar Boka to abduct the occupant of vehicles plying the route. The

A community official says three persons were injured and over 200 houses were damaged following a rainstorm in Miango District of Bassa Local Government of Plateau. The Publicity Secretary of Miango Youth Development Association, Nuhu Nga, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred on Monday afternoon. Mr Nga listed affected structures to