Homosexuality and the law in Africa

JOHANNESBURG  (AFP) – Two Zambian men charged with having consensual gay sex were acquitted in a high-profile case Thursday.
Here are some facts about homosexuality and the law in Africa:

UNILAG Post UTME 2014: Screening Exam Date, Cut-Off Mark, Registration Details Announced

The management of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka has announced the details of the 2014 Post-UTME Screening Exercise for admission into all courses for the 2014/2015 academic session.

ELIGIBILITY:

The UNILAG Post Utme 2014 screening exam is for all candidates who scored 200 and above (unilag post utme 2014 cut-off mark) and have made UNILAG their First Choice Institution

Kenya Bans 19 Shisha Flavours

The National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) in Kenya has banned the use of 19 popular Shisha flavours that are alleged to be laced with marijuana, heroin and cocaine.

Zambia gay sex pair acquitted

Lusaka - A Zambian magistrate has acquitted two men charged with having sexual relations “against the order of nature”, saying the state had failed to prove its case.

Philip Mubiana and James Mwape, both in their early 20s, had been held since May 2013 and faced up to 15 years in jail if convicted.

Subsidy Payment: N45bn to oil marketers underway – Okonjo-Iweala

By Emmanuel Elebeke
The Coordinating Minister of Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala says payment of N45 billion to oil marketers is underway, after the verification of claims currently ongoing.

In a statement from the Special Adviser to the Minister, Paul Nwabuikwu, the Minister said the information was necessary to satisfy all the enquiries coming in with regards to the status of payment to the oil marketers.

Pogba will become best in the world, insists Ferdinand

The former Manchester United defender says his one-time colleague has what it takes to become a world-beater and has also lifted the lid on why the Frenchman quit Old Trafford
Rio Ferdinand believes former Manchester United  team-mate Paul Pogba is well on his way to becoming one of the best midfielders in the world.

Police shoot dead five suspects in botched robbery in Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya: Five suspected thugs were Thursday shot dead in two separate incidents and two pistols recovered from them after they had shot and injured a businessman in Nairobi.
Four of them had shot and injured a businessman as they wrestled to rob him Sh200,000 he was

Repackaged Abuja ‘Park and Pay’ to return soon

The Abuja administration has promised that the ‘Park and Pay’ policy that was declared illegal by a court, and subsequently stopped, will return in a better form.
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Apo, Abuja had on April 14 declared the park and pay policy illegal, saying it should be stopped forthwith.

Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, drops court case against Jonathan

The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi, has dropped the suit against the federal government challenging his suspension from office.
This development confirms this newspaper’s June 13 report which indicated the Emir was planning to discontinue his legal battle with the President after both men had reconciliatory telephone conversation.

Cop accused of raping boys

Cape Town - A Bellville, Cape Town, police station officer has been arrested for allegedly raping two 14-year-old boys, the Ipid said on Thursday.

Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokeswoman Grace Langa said the 40-year-old man allegedly abused the boys for four years. He was arrested at his home on Wednesday.

FG - New auto policy won’t increase cost of vehicles

BY BEN AGANDE & GODWIN ORITSE

THE Federal Government yesterday said contrary to reports, the new vehicle import tariff which commenced on July 1, did not impose a flat tariff of 70 per cent duty on all imported used cars, saying the new policy would not lead to increase in cost of vehicles in the country.

India building collapse death toll climbs to 55

Rescuers have pulled 13 more bodies from the rubble of a building that collapsed last weekend in southern India, raising the death toll to at least 55, officials said Thursday.

The 11-storey apartment tower on the outskirts of Tamil Nadu’s state capital Chennai, which was still under construction, came crashing down Saturday following heavy rains, killing mainly labourers.

Lawmaker gunned down in Mogadishu

Mogadishu - A Somali lawmaker and his bodyguard were killed in Mogadishu on Thursday when al-Shabaab gunmen blocked their car and sprayed it with bullets, a fellow legislator said, the fifth such attack in as many days.

Fed Poly Oko Pulls Out Of ASUP Strike

The Federal polytechnic, Oko has pulled out of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) strike to enable their students write the second semester examinations and cover the academic calendar of the institution.

IMT Post UTME Screening Form 2014/2015 Out

The management of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu invites applications for the 2014/2015 Post UTME Screening Exercise.

Eligibility Criteria:

Arrest after blast at health dept HQ

Pretoria - Pandemonium broke out at the Department of Health’s head office after a 64-year-old man set off an explosion at the building’s entrance on Wednesday.

Hundreds of staff were evacuated using the back exit of the building.

‘West Africa lacks resources to battle Ebola’

Accra - West African states lack the resources to battle the world's worst outbreak of Ebola and deep cultural suspicions about the disease remain a big obstacle to halting its spread, ministers said on Wednesday.

It was a mistake, says SAA pilot who stripped

ohannesburg - SAA intends to investigate circumstances that led to one of its pilots almost exposing himself at a Harare airport before deciding on a course of action.

Captain Wouter van Ginkel was detained and later charged with indecent exposure after he stripped to his underwear in frustration at being searched by officials at Harare International Airport on Tuesday morning.

Soldiers kill RCCG pastor, injure 2 others in Delta

BY EMMA AMAIZE & AKPOKONA OMAFUAIRE
OPURAJA — SOLDIERS have shot dead a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and injured about three others at the quiet Opuraja community in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.

Police detain Emir’s son over bomb scare in Kano

By Abdulsalam Muhammad
KANO – The police in Kano have detained a middle age man believed to be the son of Emir of Ringmer over a bomb scare that triggers pandemonium at Sa”adatu Rimi College of Education located on the busy Kano – Zaria federal Highways.