[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Veteran actor Menzi Ngubane has died.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday sent a strong warning to terrorists and bandits targeting public schools saying government will not allow the destruction of the school system in the country.

[New Times] Rwandans who were deported from Uganda are appealing for support to have access to their businesses and properties abandoned in the neighbouring country.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday 13/03/2021 phoned head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.

[East African] Tanzanian officials have dismissed speculation about the health and wellbeing of President John Magufuli two weeks after he was last seen in public.

[Vanguard] Kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Kaduna, have appealed to the Government not to use force to rescue them as their captors warned that such moves would lead to the killing of all the students.

[Vanguard] Allegations of sexual harassment are about to rock the Nigerian movie industry again after rising actress, Nweke Anwulika Tonia has narrated how an Asaba-based movie producer attempted to sleep with her before giving her a role in his movi...

[Vanguard] Kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Kaduna, have appealed to the Government not to use force to rescue them as their captors warned that such moves would lead to the killing of all the students.

[Vanguard] In solidarity with the United Nations International Women's Day 2021, IWD 2021, the All African Music Awards, AFRIMA, during the week joined the rest of the world to honour the strength of women,calling for accelerated gender parity and be...

[Vanguard] ABONEMA, the historical Kalabari town in Akuku Toru Local Government Area, Rivers state stood still Saturday as Governor Nyesom Wike, chief host, led the state funeral for Rivers billionaire and philanthropist, High Chief O B Lulu-Briggs i...

[Vanguard] Memories of the infamous 2016 MMM scheme, where Nigerians lost billions of naira which they invested in that scam, re-echoed last Sunday night, when a new movie,"Ponzi" premiered in Lagos.

[Vanguard] As the military intensified the fight against insurgency in Borno, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, and Service Chiefs have arrived in Maiduguri, for the second time in one month to assess the situation on the ground.

[Egypt Online] The Egyptian House of Representatives, headed by Counselor Dr. Hanafi Jabali, Speaker of the House, followed with great dismay the contents of the joint statement issued by the UN Human Rights Council on the situation and human rights ...

[Vanguard] It was wailing, cries and lamentation yesterday by parents and other close relations of the students who were kidnapped at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation on the outskirts of Kaduna, on Thursday night as they besieged the sch...

[New Times] As the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination continues in Rwanda, medics have reached out to inoculate factory employees, traders and private security personnel in the city of Kigali.

[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF in Mazowe has resolved to go after land barons who have used corrupt means to parcel out both urban and rural land in its stronghold Mashonaland Central province.

[Premium Times] The Kaduna State government says 39 students have been confirmed missing from the earlier abduction Thursday night.

[Vanguard] A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Apo, yesterday, declined to strike out the suit Ms. Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Fani-Kayode, filed to take custody of their four kids...

[East African] Several South Sudan rebel groups initially left out of the 2018 peace deal have signed a crucial agreement committing to a ceasefire and to rejoin the government. The deal was mediated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

[East African] The US Department of State on Wednesday designated two affiliates of ISIS operating in Mozambique and the DR Congo as Foreign Terrorist Organisations in a move meant to cut off supplies to the groups and restrict their leaders.

[This Day] The newly-appointed Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Saturday arrived Nigeria on a five-day working visit, two weeks after she assumed leadership of the global body.

[Vanguard] Thousands of opponents of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic took to the streets of German cities on Saturday.

[Vanguard] When Danish national Martin Nielsen moved to Kenya to work with a venture capital firm, he quickly switched gears after spotting an opportunity in streaming music and selling downloads.

[Vanguard] The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said that the governors of the Southeast region, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Igbo elders would be gathering in Imo state, to discuss strategies to end the insecurity in the Igboland.

[Nation] Dar es Salaam -- Police in Tanzania are following up on reports that the US has sanctioned a Tanzania national over his alleged role in leading a terror group in Mozambique.

[Vanguard] Newly elected president of Directors Guild of Nigeria,DGN, Mr Victor Okhai has taken a quick swipe at the deteriorating state of film making in Nigeria, declaring that the days of honeymoon are over in Nollywood.

[Nation] Kenya's Health ministry on Saturday announced 870 new Covid-19 cases, which raised its number of confirmed cases to 112,805, following the analysis of 6,309 samples within a day.

[Nation] The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) is enticing grassroots peace watchers with a fund meant to resolve emerging conflicts before they balloon into bigger threats.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The country's COVID-19 positivity rate on Saturday maintained a surge above 10 per cent with seven virus-related fatalities reported raising the nationwide death toll since April 2020 to 1, 908 cases.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- AFC Leopards striker Elvis Rupia was the hero for Harambee Stars as the Kenyan side edged out South Sudan 1-0 in a friendly match played at the Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday.