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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday condemned weekend violence in Johannesburg that claimed two lives after security forces clashed with looters involved in fresh xenophobic attacks. At least ten people have been killed since the start of the month in a surge in attacks targeting foreign-owned businesses in and …

Close relatives and government officials flew out of Zimbabwe on Monday to collect the body of ex-president Robert Mugabe from Singapore where he died last week, his nephew said. Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who swept to power after Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain and went on to rule for 37 years …

China lashed out at the United States on Monday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Beijing’s treatment of the country’s ethnic Uighur minority among “the worst stains on the world”. Speaking at Kansas State University last week, Pompeo said Washington would use this month’s UN General Assembly to rally …

The Matrix saga began in 1999 from Lana and Lilly Wachowski and turned out to be a massive hit, winning four Academy Awards and spawning two sequels. Now, over 15 years since the last two films were released, plans are moving forward for a fourth movie. In 2014, it was believed …

A Ghanaian man residing in New Jersey, Rubbin Sarpong, is behind bars after United States authorities say he scammed 30 women of over $2.1m by posing as a “sweet message sending” soldier online. Rubbin Sarpong, a 35-year-old Ghanaian citizen with US residency, was recently arrested for swindling women on sites …

Busola Dakolo has told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja that the rape allegedly committed against her by the founder and Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has adversely affected her marital sex life. She, therefore, demanded “a personal letter of apology” from …

As Nigeria goes on appeal to set aside the huge cash awarded by a British commercial and arbitration court to P&ID, an offshore company over a botched gas supply contract, indications emerged, weekend, that the government might have written off the claimant as a non-existent enterprise. The government is said …

The Baro Inland Port in Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State is yet to commence operation eight months after its commissioning by President Muhammadu Buhari, investigation by Daily Trust has shown. The Baro port project cost was put at N5.8 billion and was awarded to a Chinese firm CGCC …

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has sold the entire issue shared capital of his banking group, First International Banking (FIB) Group Limited, The Gambia, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. The transaction, which has never been made public, was concluded between 2015 and 2016, documents seen by …

The Police Service Commission has suspended the ongoing process of recruitment of 10,000 Constables into the Nigeria Police Force. The Commission explained that the suspension would enable it finalise the remaining stage of the exercise. The Commission also urged candidates to await further directives from it. This is contained in …