NEWS: 31 soldiers killed, 19 wounded as Boko Haram raids another Nigerian Army base

Boko Haram insurgents in camouflage military uniform attacked a Nigerian Army camp in Borno State on Thursday, killing at least one officer and 30 soldiers while two officers and 17 soldiers were seriously wounded.

NEWS: Head teacher arrested for sitting a national exam on behalf of a soldier

A head teacher in Burundi, Benjamin Manirambona has been arrested for trying to disguise himself as a student and sit a national exam on another person's behalf. 

POLITICS: ''FG planning to imprison us'' Saraki, Ekweremadu allege

Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, have raised alarm that the Federal Government has commenced the execution of a plot to implicate them and their colleagues in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the last Tuesday August 7th invasion of the premises of the National Assembly by men of the Department of State Services (DSS).

POLITICS: Itse Sagay under fire for backing Adeosun on certificate forgery

Nigerians have criticised Itse Sagay, a constitutional lawyer, professor and senior anti-corruption adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, for saying finance minister Kemi Adeosun should remain in office even if guilty of forgery, but demanding the immediate resignation of Senate President Bukola Saraki on “moral grounds”.

NEWS: Yemen: Dozens of civilians killed in school bus attack

Red Cross says many children under 15 dead and wounded after air raid blamed on Saudi-UAE coalition hits bus in Saada.
The Saudi-UAE military alliance at war with Yemen's Houthi rebels has been blamed for an air attack on a school bus that killed dozens of people, including at least 29 children.

NEWS: IGP Idris submits report on SSS National Assembly siege to Osinbajo

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has accused Lawal Daura of gross violation of Nigerian Constitution in Tuesday’s barricade of the National Assembly by State Security Service operatives.

POLITICS: Zimbabwe election crisis: MDC's Tendai Biti in court

Tendai Biti is the most senior opposition politician to be detained since President Mnangagwa took office