Africa

Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria, stated he is 'mad' about the country and has no apology for being most passionate about Africa's most popular country.

Nigeria's Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC) stated that it was reviewing its plan to construct a 100-metre tall 'monumental flag' worth R22 million on Thursday, May 19.

The World Bank is all set to fund $30 billion in new as well as existing projects in Nigeria and other nations as part of a global response to battle the continued food security crisis.

Nigeria: The Police in Abuja paraded over 31 accused caught by the IGP Special Tactical Squad, STS, for various crimes such as armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, culpable homicide, unlawful possession of arms and ammunition, with two of these paraded being members of the gang that kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist High School and Greenfield University located in Kaduna.

An unidentified social media account, suspected to be run by a sexual rape/misconduct victim, has circulated how a well-known University of Cape Town has failed to fire a professor who has been accused of violating a student.

In Africa's most populated country, Nigeria, Inflation skyrocketed to 16.8% in April, pushed by fuel price increases and accelerating costs for food, including cereals and bread, shows newly released data by Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Terrorists who attacked and abducted passengers on an Abuja-Kaduna train have released a woman who was pregnant from their confinement on compassionate grounds.

Senior lawyer and human rights advocate, Femi Falana, has stated ministers who resigned over political ambitions will only be allowed to reappoint after confirmation from the senate in the country of Nigeria.

A student in northwestern Nigeria was beaten and burnt to death on Thursday, 12 May, by other students after she was blamed for making a blasphemous comment on social media.