Government officials and politicians in Burundi have confirmed that protesters have again rejected President Pierre Nkurunziza, but have called for calm in the country. They said another round of street clashes and gunfire erupted again on Thursday in Bujumbura. Meanwhile, Nkurunziza in a state broadcast on Wednesday night, stressed the need for national unity, saying that Burundi’s bloody past, including a civil war that only ended in 2005 after the death of 300,000 people, could not be ignored.

Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have adopted a new global malaria strategy for 2016 to 2030, the global health body said on Thursday. It said the strategy aimed to reduce the global disease burden by 40 per cent by 2020 and by no more than 90 per cent by 2030.
It also planned to eliminate malaria in no less than 35 new countries by 2030.

An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2 on Thursday sentenced one Emeka Nnate to one month in prison or pay N100 as fine for attempting to commit an offence. The senior magistrate, Aminu Eri, convicted Nnate, a student of no fixed address, after he pleaded guilty of the offence leveled against him.

Some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains in Nsukka, Enugu State, have described the resignation of Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, the party’s National Chairman, on Wednesday as a welcome development. In separate interviews with newsmen in Nsukka on Thursday, they said that the resignation would pave the way for the party to move forward.

A 43-year-old tailor, Shakiru Fasasi, who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl, names withheld, was on Thursday arraigned in Lagos. Fasasi, who resides at No. 24, Akindiya St., Sango-Agege in Lagos state, is standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse and destroying evidences at a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court.

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday assured parents, children and residents of the state of adequate security ahead of the coming Children’s Day celebration. The spokesperson to the command, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, gave the assurance in a statement made available to newsmen. Nwosu said adequate measure had been put in place by the security agencies to ensure the safety of parents, children and the entire Lagos residents during the period.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has ordered commanding officers to beef up security around key and vulnerable installations in their jurisdiction ahead of the May 29 inauguration. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, in Abuja on Thursday.

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said it had arrested nine armed robbery suspects around the metropolis, recovering two locally made double barrel pistols, charms and two Honda motorcycles. A statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said policemen attached to Ikeja Division, acting on information arrested three male suspects in their operational vehicle.

A Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 33-year-old man, Solomon Adesola, to two months imprisonment for reckless driving.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold a two-day retreat for all its Senators-elect in Abuja on May 22nd-23rd 2015.

Over the last few years the government of Goodluck Jonathan increasingly set its sights on building up a domestic capacity to assemble, and ultimately manufacture, cars.

Dozens of Burundian protesters reached the centre of the capital Bujumbura Thursday but police fired tear gas to force them out of the symbolic Independence Square, an AFP reporter said.

Google Maps apologized Wednesday after it emerged that searches using racist language pinpointed the White House, home of President Barack Obama.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended BGL Asset Management Ltd, BGL Capital Ltd and BGL Securities Ltd from all capital market activities.

Mr Femi Fani-Kayode says he cannot be intimidated by threat of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)‎ to discipline him for calling for their sack.