A 42-year-old is South African man has been arrested after he was found to be carrying genitals in his wallet believed to be those of his missing nephew. According to South African police spokesperson who spoke to the BBC, after his arrest, the man took officers to a forest in Eastern Cape Province where a... Read More
by Lai Labode New political leaders will emerge from Africa under a new Alliance called African Alliance For New Order been touted by a new Youth Wing of Africa Largest Political Party called the Peoples Democratic Party Youth Circuit. And it will come to pass in a time not too distant from the time you... Read More
by Isi Esene A 33-year-old man in South África has been accused of raping his 55-year-old mother. The suspect who was not named so as to protect the identity of the victim allegedly forced his way into her bedroom and threatened her with a knife before dragging her to a neighbour’s house, where the alleged... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola PDP-FLU Stops The Dame From Returning Officially, the administration is still insisting that first lady, Patience Jonathan, is resting after the stress of hosting other first ladies for a few days during the Africa First Ladies Summit in Abuja. Most Nigerians believe this story because everyone knows how hard it is to... Read More
by Reuben Daba YNaija reported yesterday that the trial of ex-militant leader Henry Okah for the 2010 Independence Day bombings in Abuja opened on October 1 in Johannesburg, South Africa. There to testify against Okah on Day 1 of the trial was Nigeria’s minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe. As expected, Okah denied all 13... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola As Nigeria marks its 52nd Independence Anniversary, memories of its 50th anniversary celebration resurfaced from far away South Africa. That year, the celebrations were marred by twin bombings allegedly orchestrated by alleged ex-MEND leader, Henry Okah. Shortly after the bombings, President Jonathan absolved MEND from the brutal blast which killed 12 people... Read More
by Isi Esene The labour dispute in South Africa doesn’t seem to be simmering down anytime soon. The strike in the Lonmin mines which resulted in the killing of several striking miners has spread to other mines with over 10,000 miners joining the strike from the west section of Gold Fields International’s KDC gold mine.... Read More
by Danny Schechter No event in recent years has so shocked “the new South Africa” as an event eerily reminiscent of the past: the massacre of striking mine workers last week by police who fired in fear when armed workers marched on them. No event has so shaken the African National Congress government as... Read More
by Justice Malala The story of the London-listed Lonmin’s Marikana mine shootings is that of a trade union that cosied up to big business; of an upstart and populist new union that exploited real frustration to establish itself; and of police failure. It is a story which exposes South Africa’s structural weaknesses too. Poverty, inequality... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang eLDee the don, has dropped the hot new video for his single ‘Higher’, which is on the ‘Undeniable’ album – his fifth studio album. The video which was shot in South Africa, features K9 and Sojay, who are on his Trybe record label. It tells the story of the prelude to all... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Henry Okah, Niger-Delta activist accused of the October 1 2010 bombings in Abuja has remained locked up in a South African jail – even as he continues to antagonise President Goodluck Jonathan. In the latest salvo, he speaks with Sabbide Abbide on SaharaReporters.com. Explaining the rare interview, Abbide says: “What follows is... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya For the second year running, Nigeria has taken the bronze medal for Most Valuable African Nation Brand at an event hosted by Brand Africa in association with Brand Finance. The top ten were: South Africa (218 points) Egypt (1o9 points) Nigeria (88 points) Morocco (48 points) Algeria (45 points) Angola (31 points) Tunisia... Read More
by Denike & Ifedayo Editor’s note: To catch up on our Daily Di-Gist 1 – 8, check out our YNaija blog Still on the hook-ups issue, Yadel and Alex now have a l’il ‘somethin’-somethin” going on between them, like the steamy kiss they shared recently… and the other rumors keep coming in. Big Brother isn’t pulling his... Read More
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by Hauwa Gambo Jacob Zuma hasn’t been shy of doing what he wants, even if the world sees it as primitive – so he is now set to take another wife in addition to the four he has presently (making this the sixth woman he will marr)(, his spokesman confirmed today. The South African president,... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo While Nigeria ponders the existential question of whether or not gays should be allowed to walk the streets, the Mr. Gay World pageant debuts on African soil—via South Africa. It featured the first black African contestants and held at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City on Sunday. But it didn’t come... Read More
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