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While the rumour mill is agog with the reported death of popular Yoruba Comedian Bolaji Amusan,(Mr Latin), Metronews spoke with the famous comedian and he revealed that he is hale and healthy. He also disclosed that he is preparing for a working tour of America.” Im off to America on friday, im alive o, let my fans know that nothing ...

THE LATE Rashidi Yekini’s lawyer and neighbours have asked for a probe into the circumstances leading to the death of the ex-World Cup star. Nigeria’s all-time leading scorer Yekini died on Friday and he was buried the following day in his home town of Iraa in Kwara State. However, Yekini’s lawyer Jubril Mohammed as well as several of the player’s ...

A 7-year-old girl died when she was hit by a taxi in Alexandra, in the Eastern Cape, police said on Monday. Candice Coeries was walking with her younger brother, when he broke away from her and ran into the road on Saturday, said Captain Mali Govender. “While trying to pluck him away from oncoming traffic, she was knocked down by ...

(AFP) – The crisis in Mali could become a threat to global security if the international community does not help the coup- and rebellion-hit country, the head of the UN refugee agency said Monday. “We are very worried by what is happening in Mali and its impact on the region,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told journalists. “We ...

The writer is the publisher of The Independent of Uganda By all standards, Issa Hassan Sesay, a convicted international war criminal and former leader of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group, is a remarkable man. “Imagine, I am convicted for rape, torture and killing and sentenced to 52 years in jail,” he tells a young student of journalism ...