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Update:: Police have identified a house in Tanzania Mbezi Beach as where tycoon Mohammed Dewji was held following his kidnapping by unknown gunmen. The country's Special Zone Police Commander, Mr Lazaro Mambosasa, told journalists about the one-storey house during a briefing in the city on Monday. Mambosasa said that after the businessman was freed, police continued with investigations and found out that he was kept in the house that is a few kilometres from Old Bagamoyo Road. “The house belonged to the late Mwansasu. Its ownership was changed after his death. It is currently owned by his daughter,” said Mr Mambosasa. He did not disclose the name of the woman but added that the house was rented by South African businessmen. Commander Mambosasa said police were also holding taxi driver and broker Twalibu Mussa, who is believed to have close ties with the abductors. He said the lease agreement for the house stated that $1500 (over Sh3.4 million) was to be paid per month. Th...

Update:: The Future Awards Africa, TFAA, has released the list of its 2018 nominees. Some of the stars who were nominated include Adesua Etomi, Ahmed Musa, Simi, and many others. The award ceremony will be held at the Balmoral Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos on December 16. See the full list below: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Acting Zainab Balogun (29)] Maryam Booth (24) Bisola Aiyeola (32) Adesua Etomi (31) Alex Ekubo (32) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Advocacy Charles Odii (30) Hauwa Ojeifo (26) Samira Sanusi (30) Gospel Martins (30) Uche Kenneth (31) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Agriculture Abdulfatah Sadiq (31) Abubakar Sadiq Falalu (28) Jesse Osiobe (31) Oluwafemi Aliu (25) Ayodele Sipasi Olalekan (32) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Business Ladipo Lawani (30) Sunkanmi Ola (26) Chidi Ajaere (31) Ronke Bamisedun (31) Mohammed Jammal (31) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Comedy Samuel ‘Broda Shaggi’ Perry (25) Gloria ‘Ma...

Update:: This article is part of the World Economic Forum's Geostrategy platform The ability of the European Union to act in defence, today and in the future, is an important reference point in the debate about EU strategic autonomy in the context of Brexit. The EU has set itself a military level of ambition. Under the heading of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), EU member states want to be able to conduct a range of military operations. Together with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the IISS study Protecting Europe: meeting the EU’s military level of ambition in the context of Brexit (pdf) , assesses to what extent the EU is able to fulfil this level of ambition, today and with an outlook towards 2030. The IISS and DGAP have developed policy-compliant scenarios to assess where possible capability shortfalls lie. Our findings benchmark existing and future EU member state capabilities against the force requirements the EU level of ambition generate...

Update:: It’s time for Filipino men to shine in pageants abroad. (Photo courtesy of Jonas Gaffud/ MANILA BULLETIN) Filipino-Australian model Jeff Langan was 3rd runner-up in the Manhunt International 2018 contest held in Gold Coast, Australia on Sunday. Vicent Llorach of Spain edged out 32 other candidates for the prestigious modelling title. Other winners were Australia, 1st runner-up; Netherlands, 2nd runner-up; and Vietnam, 4th runner-up. Winners of special awards were Puerto Rico, Mr. Physique; Thailand, Mr. Photogenic; Pakistan, Mr. Personality; United Kingdom, Best Runway Model; Spain, Best Commercial Model; Philippines, Best Fashion Model; and Indonesia, Mr. Internet Popularity. Started in 1988 by Alex Liu in Singapore, Manhunt International is the world’s most recognized and longest-running international male model competition. Langan, 25, started modelling when he was still a child. “My mom got me started on my first commercial for Long Beach Memorial Hospital when I w...

Olushola Ricketts Actress, Ebere Ohakwe, better known as Jewel Infinity, has said she has yet to get her compensation from the Nigerian Army. After being assaulted by an army officer identified as Sulaiman Olamilekan in February 2017, Ohakwe dragged the army before the court. Last month, a Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, ordered the Nigerian Army to pay the sum of N1, 250,000 and publish a written apology in at least two national dailies to the actress. Speaking to Sunday Scoop , the actress said she was yet to get any compensation from the military. She said, “I am yet to speak with my lawyer, but I think he knows what to do and the next step to take. I am happy with the outcome of the case in court.” Ohakwe said she didn’t intend to take the military to court initially but she was abandoned and different lies were told to the public. She added, “At first, I didn’t want to take them to court though I was suffering serious pains and I couldn’t do anything for seven mo...

Thousands turned out on Sunday for a concert in Johannesburg to honor the life of Nelson Mandela, with Beyonce leading an all-star line-up. The event, held to mark 100 years since the birth of South Africa's first black president, was organized by advocacy group Global Citizen. It also aimed to highlight the fight against poverty, gender inequality and hunger, causes that Mandela championed. World Bank President Jim Kim was among a number of political and business leaders attending the event and he announced a $1 billion investment in health and education across Africa in 2019. "Be-yo-nce! Be-yo-nce!," chanted a group of ladies as they waited in a long queue to enter Johannesburg's FNB stadium, where Jay-Z, Usher and Ed Sheeran were also set to perform. Thousands of fans, some wearing Global Citizen T-shirts and temporary tattoos on their shoulders, cheered, danced and cried at the sight of their favorite artists. Many fans had been given free tickets in exchang...

Update:: The African Union (AU) has warned Burundi against moves to jeopardise peace efforts after an international arrest warrant was issued for ex-leader Pierre Buyoya and 16 other officials. They are accused of being behind the 1993 assassination of the country's first elected Hutu president. The killing of Melchior Ndadaye triggered a brutal ethnic civil war. Mr Buyoya, an ethnic Tutsi, says it is a ploy to stir up divisions and shift attention from the current crisis. More than 300,000 people died in a 12-year civil war between the minority Tutsi-dominated army and mainly Hutu rebel groups.

Update:: The United Nations condemned on Sunday a wave of “brutal” sexual attacks on women and girls in the northern town of Bentiu in South Sudan which took place in what it described as a government controlled area of the region. On Friday, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that unknown gunmen have raped 125 women during a 10-day spree of violence in Bentiu, but local officials disputed the report.

Update:: An Egyptian film star faces trial next month for promoting immorality after attending the Cairo Film Festival in a see-through dress, state-owned online newspaper Al-Ahram Gate reported on Saturday. In a statement on her Twitter account, Rania Youssef apologised to families she may have angered by her outfit choice and said she did not expect it would cause so much anger.

Update:: President Muhammadu Buhari reacted for the first time on Sunday to rumours that he is not the real Person elected by Nigerians but a look-alike double from Sudan, known as Jubril. He declared: ‘‘It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong.’’ President Muhammadu Buhari was speaking in Krakow, Poland, when he met Nigerians living in the country. For sometime, the fake news industry claimed that the Nigerian President is an impostor. The issue was raised by one of the Nigerians. But an unruffled Buhari reaffirmed his authentic identity.

Update:: The presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has assured Nigerians of development in the power sector if she wins the 2019 election. She added that uninterrupted power supply would be witnessed in the country. In a press statement on Sunday, Ezekwesili said that the electricity industry would be developed to employ more youths. She said, "From 1999 till date, all the projections made by successive governments to grow the supply of electricity to Nigerians, to either 6,000MW, 10,000MW or 20,000MW, have not been met. The Nigerian citizens’ desire and willingness to pay an appropriate price of electricity consumed is seen in the great demand for generators of all shapes and sizes, and how much they pay to operate and service these machines. "The low power availability from the National Grid has meant that corporate entities have to divert large amount of funds from their core productive areas of focus to this critical ar...