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A proposal by players in the insurance industry to share information in a bid to curb rising fraud is welcome and long overdue.
A senior government official Tuesday snubbed a parliamentary committee inquiry into the loss of Sh7.6 billion worth of oil products through Triton Petroleum Limited.
A municipal police officer who allegedly killed a vendor at Chishawasha Grounds in Mbare last week on Monday has appeared in court facing murder charges.
In real war, it would be referred to as a mopping up operation - as security forces appear to be winning their intermittent battles against illegal immigrants in Borolong.
Transparency International yesterday ranked Nigeria 130th out of 180 countries surveyed in the 2009 corruption perception index.
Saudi Arabian police have arrested a Lagos state pilgrim currently in Mecca for the yearly Muslim hajj for allegedly spending fake $22, 000 (N3.3million) .
Less than 48 hours after the State Security Service (SSS) smashed a kidnap syndicate in Benin, a United States of America based Nigerian medical doctor, Kenneth Oyarebu, has been abducted.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has called on the Presiding Justice of Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, to remove Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour from the panel that would hear the appeal motion filed by the embattled Peoples Democratic Peoples Party (PDP) stalwart and former chairman, Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Bode George.
Two people charged with stealing guns and ammunition from two policemen assigned to the home of President Kibaki's son were on Tuesday discharged. Mr Leposo Elilian, 30, and Ms Rahab Wahu, 24, walked to freedom after an application by Prosecutor Joseph Musyoka.
Weapons handed over to Kenyan authorities when 17 suspected Somali pirates were brought into the country were identified in court on Tuesday.
A drugs agency is pushing for a law that allows rapid tests on students in schools to fight alcohol abuse.
A recent survey carried out in ten regions of Cameroon shows that rape cases are on the rise. According to IPS, 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women interviewed reported having been raped.
After maintaining a relatively low profile since the end of the monsoon season two months ago, Somali pirates literally shot their way back into the headlines with a brazen daylight attack on a crude oil tanker that was their longest range strike ever.
Mozambique is ranked joint 130th out of 180 countries in this year's edition of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), published on Tuesday by the anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI).
The trail began in Maputo on Monday of former Transport Minister Antonio Munguambe, the former chairperson of the Mozambican Airport Company (ADM), Diodino Cambaza, and three others, who are facing corruption charges involving the theft of over 54.4 million meticais (about two million US dollars, at current exchange rates) from ADM between 2005 and 2008.
The Kanifing Magistrates Court, presided over by Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake, recently convicted and sentenced one Absa Ndong to a fine of D10,000 in default to serve a 6-month imprisonment term after she was found guilty of stealing from a dwelling house.
There was no fanfare, no crowds and no speeding, highly-guarded convoys yesterday as the woman who has confessed to the murder of former army commander, Maj. Gen. James Kazini, was presented to the Makindye Grade II Magistrates Court where she was formally charged and remanded.
The high profile corporate case involving former president, Festus Mogae, Chief Justice Julian Nganunu and ex-cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries failed to continue yesterday because it was missing from the court roll. The case is before Justice David Newman of the High Court.
Agriculture minister William Ruto has accused members of the executive of discussing a graft case against him in public.
Eaglesvale High School has lost 56 students amid reports of mass hysteria blamed on a "cult" that has seen two students chucked out of their hostels for allegedly leading unsanctioned religious meetings on school premises and causing hysteria among fellow students.
A Chinamhora man has been hauled to court for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl at gunpoint while taunting her saying she could not do anything about it because he was a "war veteran".
MDC-T has fired its South African executive amid allegations of misappropriation of funds and abuse of resources among other issues.
THE High Court has ordered the State not to lead hearsay evidence in MDC-T treasurer Roy Bennett's trial on allegations of possessing dangerous weapons and inciting acts of terrorism and insurgency.
A 26-year-old Harare man who jumped behind a counter in a banking hall and snatched the teller's handbag was yesterday slapped with a two-year prison term.
Police have arrested six suspected thugs who have been terrorising residents of Kabalagala, a Kampala suburb. Police identified the suspects as Rashid Tusiime, Joseph Ssemonyo, Victor Okumu Omula, Joseph Wabuloka, Simon Asaba and another only indentified as Festo.
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