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MOMBASA, Kenya - Two staff members of a Kenyan university were killed south of Mombasa on Tuesday when gunmen fired on vehicles carrying them and students to their campus, the area police chief said.  The identity of the gunmen was unclear. Police in the coastal county of Kwale, where the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) has a campus, said they could be robbers or militants. Security is poor in the area and the convoy had a police escort. Somali Islamist militants al Shabaab frequently carry out attacks along the Kenyan coast and have been recruiting new members there. In 2015, al Shabaab gunmen killed 148 students at a university in Kenya’s Garissa town near the Kenya-Somali border, an attack that provoked shock and outrage in Kenya and abroad.  Two staff members of the university were killed Tuesday’s attack, and a driver and two policemen were wounded, area police chief Joseph Chebusit told Reuters. “A bus carrying students of TUM was ferrying

The Edo Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisosa Amadasun, and four others, have been brought before a Benin High Court, for allegedly committing contract fraud to the tune of N1.5bn, NAN reports. The other defendants in the case are: Adama Osabuohien, Prince Stephen Alao, Dove Momodu and Ali Sulayman. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, October 5, arraigned the defendants before Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele, for allegedly using their offices while serving as board members of the Edo Universal Basic Education Board, to award contracts to their cronies after collecting money from them. After they all pleaded not guilty to the 50-count charge, the judge ordered their remand in Oko Prisons and adjourned the case until Monday, October 9 for the

A middle-aged herdsman, Auwalu Idi, has been remanded in Katsina prison for allegedly stealing 22 cows and one sheep entrusted to his care. The animals were allegedly stolen during an armed robbery attack by some hoodlums at a grazing camp in Zamfara State. The police told a Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court that Idi’s absence and movement during the robbery operation made him a prime suspect in the incident. Idi was accused of three counts charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and armed robbery. The offences, according to the police, were contrary to Section 97 (312) of the Penal Code and Section 1(a)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special provisions) Act, Cap R11, LFN, 2004. The police, however, said Idi was discovered to have sold the missing cows at Danmus

A certain Raymond Ihugba has been murdered by his wife in Akwakuma Autonomous Community in the Owerri North Council Area of Imo State. Iuhagba, 50-year-old and father of four children was reportedly killed by his wife, Augustina, after a protracted squabble ensued between them. It was gathered that the remains of the victim had been deposited at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, while the suspect is on the run. The mother of the deceased, Mrs. Eunice Ihugba, told newsmen that trouble started between Raymond and Augustina because the latter was always making high financial demand from him despite his lean resources. She said, “My efforts and those of Augustina’s relations to arrest the ugly situation proved abortive. “Augustina poured the acid on him, set him ablaze and ran into hiding. Raymond was rushed to the Emergency Ward of the FMC, Owerri, from where he was transferred to the ward 10 of the hospital where he eventually

Bishop Simon Apana of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has decried the killing of Nigerians in Cameroon. Speaking with newsmen in Calabar, the Cleric said many of those killed were Ejagham speaking people of Cross River State whose kith and kin were also found in the Cameroon in large numbers. Bishop Apana who is a Cameroonian and one of the arrowheads of the struggle for the recognition of Southern Cameroon as an independent republic of Ambazonia, said the killing of the people of Cross River and Akwa Ibom States by forces loyal to President Paul Biya was regrettable. He said following the formal proclamation of the Ambazonian Republic by the leaders of southern Cameroon on October 1st, not only did the Cameroonian authorities clamp down on the separatist movement but they also voluntarily closed her borders at Ikom in central part of Cross River State, making many Nigerians who ply their trades in Cameroon to be stranded. The Bishop who is now reside

  Photo: Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was a retired property manager who liked gambling and cruises. (AP: Eric Paddock) Stephen Paddock appeared to be settling into a quiet life two years ago when the wealthy 64-year-old apartment manager and high-stakes gambler bought a home in a rural Nevada retirement community, an hour's drive from his beloved Las Vegas casinos. Those who knew him say there was no indication he was capable of holing up in a room on the 32nd floor of one of those casinos, the Mandalay Bay, and opening fire on a country music festival across the street. But Paddock killed 59 people, including himself, and injured more than 500 others on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in modern US history. Photo: Gunman Stephen Paddock broke two windows at the Mandalay Bay Resort and

    PHOTO OF STEVE PADDOCK *The Las Vegas gunman opened fire on a security guard six minutes before he rained down bullets on a crowd and killed 58 people, officials said, in a change to the timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.   MAP SHOWING WHERE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE Key points: Security guard Jesus Campos was shot in the leg by Stephen Paddock, six minutes before he shot into the crowd Police officers found Mr Campos when they arrived on the floor Paddock also had protective gear in the hotel suite and explosives in his parked car Police initially believed Stephen Paddock, 64, stopped shooting when a security officer approached his hotel room to investigate an open door near his suite. But in the revised timeline, police said the guard was shot six minutes before Paddock opened fire into a crowd. killing 58 people and wounding hundreds more before killing himself. Paddock was seen on numerous occasions in Las Vegas without anyone ac

Video: Wildfires rip through northern California (Photo: AP) (ABC News) Related Story: Huge California fire threatening Yosemite's famous giant redwoods Related Story: Wildfires spread quickly in California, forcing evacuations Map: United States   Wildfires fanned by strong winds have ripped through Californian wine country, killing at least 10 people, forcing some 20,000 residents to flee and destroying 1,500 homes and businesses. Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for northern California's wine-making Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties as the blazes raged unchecked and engulfed the region in thick, billowing smoke that drifted into San Francisco and Oakland. A state of emergency was also declared in Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada and Orange counties. At least seven people died in the winemaking region of Sonoma, while two died in neighbouring Napa and another was

The federal government says it is ready for its first major prosecutions of suspects linked to Boko Haram insurgency. Trials of the suspects will take place at a military base. The defendants have all been arrested and detained since the start of insurgency in the country's northeast in 2009. The Justice ministry announced last month that some 1,670 detainees would go on trial at a civilian court at a military base in Kainji, in the central state of Niger. A further 651 others at the Giwa barracks in the capital of the northeastern state of Borno, Maiduguri, would then be tried. A government source involved in the process told newsmen that defence and prosecution lawyers have arrived early to prepare for the cases. "But from all indications, the whole of Monday will be used for administrative purposes," he said on condition of anonymity. "It's just about sorting out the record of the suspects to determine who is going to stand trial

British boxer Anthony Joshua has hit back at American heavyweight Deontay Wilder as the two continue their war of words. Joshua, who holds the IBF, IBO and WBA (Super) Heavyweight Titles, was asked by Sky News who he thought his next opponent would be. "We've got David Feathers (Haye) and Beyonce (Deontay) Wilder," he replied before laughing, saying: "I had to do it". The words come just days after WBC Heavyweight Champion Wilder posted a video online criticising the British fighter for not fighting him. Wilder, 31, appeared to goad Joshua in the video, describing him as not being physically, mentally or emotionally ready for the challenge. Speaking to Sky News, Joshua said: "All these guys talk about me all the time and it's negative, always negative, but sooner or later I'll be ramming my jab down their throat. "It's not a matter of if, it's just a matter of when when it comes to the likes of David Haye and Deontay

A national chairmanship aspirant of the PDP, Gbenga Daniel, said on Monday in Lagos that he had no plan of stepping down for any of the other contenders. Reacting to speculations that he might be stepping down for, Olabode George, another aspirant for the position, Daniel said he had no intention of stepping down for anybody. Mr. Daniel is a former Governor of Ogun, while Mr. George served as a former national deputy chairman of the now opposition PDP. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that with the zoning of the PDP's chairmanship position to the South-west, five major contenders are currently jostling for the position. The other contenders are Jimi Agbaje, the 2015 governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, Tunde Adeniran, a former Minister of Education and Taoheed Adedoja, a former Minister of Sports. Mr. Daniel told reporters that although Mr. George was a respected leader of the PDP, he would not back down for the Lagos chief but would see the r

The appearance of the Monkeypox virus in Nigeria has spread to four more states in addition to the three oil-rich states of Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom. The virus was first detected in Bayelsa State, after which it was reported in Rivers. The National Centre for Disease Control in Abuja on Monday, October 9, 2017 reports that Lagos, Ekiti, Lagos, and Ogun states have joined the first three. The federal health agency says there are now thirty-one cases of infections with the monkeypox virus in the seven affected states. Two cases have been reported in the economic capital of the country, Lagos. FILE: This 7-year-old Congolese child developed monkeypox after hunting squirrels in the forest surrounding her village. The first reported cases of the Monkeypox outbreak were recorded in the Fangbe area of Bayelsa state on October 5, where 13 people were hospital

Aisha Buhari The controversy over the poor state of State House Medical Center, has continued with the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, as the latest to speak on the matter. She lamented the lack of drugs and equipment at the State House Clinic, insisting that the management must explain the use of fund allocated to the medical facility. Mrs. Buhari spoke at the opening of stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N), which held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The First Lady’s outburst came two weeks after her daughter, Zahra, equally called out the State House Permanent Secretary, Mr. Jalal Arabi, on social media, asking him to account for the N3 billion. However, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr. Jalal A

Police in Sao Paulo have foiled the world’s biggest bank robbery after discovering a well constructed 500-metre tunnel, complete with lighting, ventilation and rail tracks, leading from a rented house to the vaults of the Bank of Brazil. The thieves hoped to steal up to £250 million, police said, and had planned to carry out the raid this weekend. Several bullet-proof cars, suspected of having been prepared as getaway vehicles, have been impounded as part of the police operation. Prisoners accused of digging the tunnel, which allegedly took four months to build. Photograph: Lopes/Zuma Wire “This would have been the biggest bank robbery in the world,” chief investigator Fabio Pinheiro Lopes told the Guardian. “They are an extremely dangerous and organised gang with a long history, including some violent cri