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Two students of the University of Benin (UniBen) and a student of Lagos State University (LASU), have been killed in what appeared to be a renewed cult war in the university campus.
The Bank of Uganda is in the spotlight following the revelation of massive fraud rackets under its watch by multiple investigations into the banking sector.
MAJ. Gen. James Kazini was killed by blows on the head, according to the postmortem report. An expert privy to the diagnosis disclosed that the object that hit Kazini fractured his skull.
THE Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia (PSZ) has commended the Government's commitment to combating counterfeit medicines.
POLICE in Chinsali have arrested and charged the driver of the Scania Marcopolo Bus in which 19 people died after colliding with a fuel tanker on Monday morning.
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested two directors of a training consultancy firm who swindled people out of more than K250 million claiming they will find them places in learning institutions abroad.
A senior prison officer and his brother have appeared before a Harare court for allegedly stealing essential medical drugs worth US$5 576 from the Chikurubi Training Depot Hospital pharmacy.
A Harare man who allegedly posed as a policeman before stealing a commuter omnibus in Chitungwiza in May this year on Monday appeared in court facing car theft charges.
Drug use in general can be a costly habit. Richard, who recently discovered the highly addictive Tik, has learned this the hard way.
A REPORT from UK authorities on the activities of Glenn Agliotti -- since convicted of drug dealing -- disappeared from a police office in 2006, the high court in Johannesburg heard yesterday.
Former consultant for Willbros International Inc. (WII), a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc. (Willbros), Paul G. Novak, yesterday admitted to engaging in a conspiracy to pay more than $6 million in bribes to Nigerian government officials as well as officials from a Nigerian political party.
The unclear role of the intelligence agencies in the country has not only been a cause for concern for ordinary Batswana but for the international community as well.
President Jacob Zuma yesterday became the first South African head of state to acknowledge that crime in SA was the most violent in the world while justifying changes to the law on the use of lethal force in the National Assembly.
THE two-day protests by workers at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in Chingola are uncalled for, especially that unions and management are still engaged in neg3otiations, stakeholders from a cross section of society have said.
The curtains will fall on the 13th FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 on Sunday. But then the final word on the controversy-ridden tournament won't be heard soon. The final word will take some time in coming.
A Nairobi lawyer and three policemen were on Friday charged afresh with stealing Sh22 million belonging to G4S security firm.
As the national schools examinations ended this week, the country was remiss in not thanking Mr Paul Wasanga, the head of the Kenya National Examinations Council, for nurturing a culture of deception during his short but continuing tenure. Cheating in examinations has finally given the much-discredited 8-4-4 system the fizz to keep it alive and help it to contribute to the nation's growth.
Dr Sam Amadi has made a very good presentation on the theme of this second in the series of the Annual Law and Social Development Lecture organized by Bamidele Aturu & Co. and I am honoured to lead the discussion of his prognosis.
The latest MDC-T newsletter carries a report saying that a dozen gun-toting soldiers ransacked an orphanage in Bulawayo last week and beat up children in the process. The soldiers went on the rampage in the Trennance suburb of the city, in what has been described as an operation to look for MDC supporters.
The South African Police Service and the South African National Defence Force Board of Inquiry are investigating a shooting incident at Kansasvlakte Oudtshoon.
Lawyer S Jaharteh, the defence counsel for one Dawda Bah yesterday told the special criminal court, presided over by Justice Richards that the defence would not be able to call a witness who could attest to the alibi of her client in the murder case involving him.
Justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul yesterday convicted and sentenced one Paul Mendy for causing the death of two sailors, Katim Touray and Suleiman Saine, on January 23, 2009, along the River Gambia between Japini and Yerri Bamba in the Lower River Region.
Lawyer S Jaharteh, the defence counsel for one Dawda Bah yesterday told the special criminal court, presided over by Justice Richards that the defence would not be able to call a witness who could attest to the alibi of her client in the murder case involving him.
Magistrate Lamin George, of the Bundung Magistrates Court, recently convicted and sentenced one Bakary Gassama, a student, after he was found guilty of breaking into a building and committing a felony.
One Sara Camara was yesterday arraigned before the special criminal court in Banjul,which is presided over by Justice Moses Richards,charged with two counts of rape and robbery.
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