Author: Kelvin Funkeye

HARARE (Reuters) – The use of live bullets by the military to quell Zimbabwe’s post-election violence in August was “disproportionate and unjustified” President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday, reading from a report presented by a team investigating the clashes. The violence erupted after Mnangagwa was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe’s removal from power, left six people dead and dozens injured.

Popular singer, Simisola Ogunleye aka Simi and Adekunle Gold are reportedly engaged. According to a post on The Net Instagram page on Tuesday, the duo got engaged over the weekend. The engagement was reportedly attended by only close family and photos were not allowed at the events. The post read,”Did you guys hear that Simi and Adekunle Gold are now engaged? The two had a low key introduction ceremony this past weekend. ”It was attended…

Boko Haram jihadists killed one soldier and injured another in an attack on a military base in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, the latest attack in the region, military sources said Tuesday. Jihadists in four trucks fitted with anti-aircraft guns stormed the base in Mairari village close to the garrison town of Monguno on Monday briefly seizing it, said the sources who asked not to be identified. One source said “soldiers were dislodged from the base…

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the sum of N488.7 billion approved by the National Assembly as refund to state governments for projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government. Buhari communicated the decision through a letter read by the President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, at plenary on Tuesday. The president said he rejected the National Assembly’s approval because it violated the provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007. He noted that whereas the…

BANGKOK — Catriona Gray of the Philippines was named winner of the Miss Universe 2018 competition in the Thai capital Bangkok, besting contestants from 93 other countries to claim the prize. The 24-year-old Gray edged out first runner-up Tamaryn Green of South Africa and third-place Sthefany Gutierrez of Venezuela. The theme of the 67th Miss Universe pageant was “Empowered Women” and was judged by seven women including former pageant winners, businesswomen, and a fashion designer.

China hopes the United States can learn a lesson and “not blurt things out”, the foreign ministry said on Monday, after Zambia denied claims by a White House official that China is about to take over its state power utility to recover debt. U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Thursday that China’s quest for more power in Africa was evident in nations like Zambia, where China was poised to take over utility company…

Zimbabwe’s banking sector boosted profitability in the nine months to Sept. 30, posting an aggregate net profit of 283.98 million U.S. dollars, latest Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) figures show. This was a 76.68 percent increase from a net profit of 160.73 million dollars for the corresponding period in 2017, the Herald newspaper reported Friday. “The improved earnings performance was buoyed by non-interest income arising from a surge in digital transactional volumes as well as…

Facebook shares has taken a sharp fall one day after documents incriminating the tech giant were leaked. As the stock markets opened today, the company’s shares opened around 2.5 per cent down, wiping about $9.5billion out of the company’s $379billion value.     This comes one day after a document leak which shows that Facebook used its platform to cripple rivals, aggressively pursued competitors, and leverage developers for advertising money, setting up conflicts with regulators and politicians around the globe….