Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Video - Dangote Cement among bidders for S. Africa's largest cement firm PPC
Investors are lining up for South Africa's largest cement maker - PPC. The company has fallen on hard times over the last decade after being unbundled from diversified industrial and logistics group Barloworld. Merger talks with local rival Afrisam are said to have hit a brick wall, reportedly sparking a flurry of interest from other bidders. Sumitra Nydoo with the story.
Monday, September 11, 2017
Video - Security boosted in Plateau State Nigeria following Friday's clashes
Authorities are investigating Friday's deadly reprisal killings in the central Plateau State. At least 19 people are dead when Fulani herdsmen launched the attack. Security has been boosted in the region.
Video - Nigeria community leaders try to quell farmer-herder conflict
Leaders of rival communities in Nigeria are trying to stop the war between Christian farmers and Muslim cattle herders. Their disputes over grazing land have killed at least 200 people in the past year in Kaduna State.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Video - Nigerian army denies militant killings have risen sharply since April
Nigeria's military is disputing the latest Amnesty International report that claims a sharp rise in Boko Haram killings over the past five months. The report released this week claims close to 4-hundred civilians have been killed in Nigeria and Cameroon since since April.
Sanction on Nigerian players for attacking referees
Nine players and two officials have been handed 12-match and 19-match bans respectively for attacking match officials in a Nigerian league game.
The club in question, FC Ifeanyi Ubah, became an official partner of West Ham last year.
During August's game three players attacked referee Nakura Auwal after winger King Osanga was sent off.
Six more joined in the ensuing melee, while officials Chidi Nwogu and Adrika Obiefuna also assaulted the referees.
Two of the players punished by the Nigerian Premier League, Stephen Eze and Adeleye Olamilekan, have played for Nigeria in the African Nations Championship team for locally-based stars.
The club was also fined $4,900 for the incident and ordered to pay $700 to each of the officials involved and any certified medical bills.
The move by the LMC is the latest attempt to try and crack down on referee's assault and crowd trouble in the country's premier division.
Back in December 2012, the LMC inherited a league system punctuated by crowd violence, lack of funds, poor player welfare and the challenge of creating a well-organised league that will bring back the fans to deserted stands.
The club in question, FC Ifeanyi Ubah, became an official partner of West Ham last year.
During August's game three players attacked referee Nakura Auwal after winger King Osanga was sent off.
Six more joined in the ensuing melee, while officials Chidi Nwogu and Adrika Obiefuna also assaulted the referees.
Two of the players punished by the Nigerian Premier League, Stephen Eze and Adeleye Olamilekan, have played for Nigeria in the African Nations Championship team for locally-based stars.
The club was also fined $4,900 for the incident and ordered to pay $700 to each of the officials involved and any certified medical bills.
The move by the LMC is the latest attempt to try and crack down on referee's assault and crowd trouble in the country's premier division.
Back in December 2012, the LMC inherited a league system punctuated by crowd violence, lack of funds, poor player welfare and the challenge of creating a well-organised league that will bring back the fans to deserted stands.
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