Following weeks of outcry online over years of recurring police brutality, Nigerians took to the streets to demand police reform and an end to the Special Anti Robbery Squad known as SARS. Roads in major cities across the country have been blocked and cities brought close to a standstill as protesters enter day eight of demonstrations across…
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Eleven Refugees Dead After Boat Sinks Off Tunisia
Police officials in Tunisia said, the boat carrying 27 people, all African nationals, sank off the coast of the port city of Sfax. More than 620 people are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean this year a dangerous sea journey that has killed at least 20,000 since 2014, according to data gathered by International…
Dissecting The Major One, Prophet Mboro Beef
The temptations and situations that are hitting Major Prophet Shepherd Bushiri are tantamount to his strength and capabilities. He is not being tested beyond his limit. Actually, Major One enjoys souring in such storms time and again. The Peter Parker principle says ‘With great power comes great responsibility’. The term Major One alone attracts Major…
Ramaphosa Distinguishes State Activities From ANC Activities
By Draxon Maloya South African President, Cyrill Ramaphosa has ordered defence minister to have his salary transferred to Solidarity Fund (Covid19 fund) for the next three months for using state resources to fly to Zimbabwe on party matters. Ramaphosa has also ordered ANC to pay all the costs it spent on the trip. The genesis…
Chakwera Starts With Virtual UNGA Conference
By Draxon Maloya Malawi leader, Lazarus Chakwera will follow the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) via virtual conferencing. This is the first time for Chakwera to attend to such high level meeting after ascending to power just some six month ago. Unga and other high-level meetings will be held on virtual…
Hakainde Hichilema Cornered Over Privatisation Dealings As Zambians Head To The Polls In Few Months
Barely a few months before Zambia’s Presidential election, the Lungu Administration has launched an investigation into main opposition’s Hakainde Hichilema privatisation dealings that saw him become a millionaire overnight some years back. However, HH writing on his Facebook wall has bemoaned this as an act of silencing opposition and warned the government of an imminent…
Prophet Bushiri Defends Himself Over Staged Rape Allegations
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, popularly known as Major One has come out open to defend himself over the rape allegations orchestrated by some individuals within the South African fiscal police ‘the Hawks’. The Major Prophet has since released a follow-up statement that clearly states circumstances leading to these forged, tipp-exed and staged rape allegations. Please read…
South Africa Mafikizolo’s ‘Theo’ marries girlfriend 20 years younger than him
Mafikizolo singer, Theo Kgosinkwe has finally walked down the aisle with his model heartthrob, Vourne Williams. The 47-year-old singer had proposed to Vourne on her 26th birthday in July 2019. He serenaded her with a guitar before getting down on one knee at the end of the song to ask her to marry him. Theo and Vourne got married in…
R.Kelly fans take to the streets demanding star’s release from prison.
55 year-old former R&B sensation R.Kelly’s supporters have demanded his immediate release from prison, a year after the star was locked for a myriad of sex offences. A group of demonstrators took to the streets in Chicago, in the State of Illinois, protesting for troubled singer and songwriter Robert Kelly’s release from the Metropolitan Correctional…
Keita Ousted in Mali’s Coup de tat
By Draxon Maloya, (Vomi News 247 International Correspondence Desk) Mali president, Ibrahim Keita has just announced his resignation few hours after he was detained by the state troops. Speaking to the media, Keita said he has resigned to avoid bloodshed in the impoverished nation. Keita’s detention attracted heavy condemnation from the United Nations, African Union…