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Exclusive: Dammy Krane risks jail as police arraign musician Monday

Musician, Johnson Oyindamola, popularly known as Dammy Krane, risks three years in jail as the Zone 2 Police Command is set to arraign him on Monday, WEXERES NEWS  can confirm. A copy of the charge sheet which was exclusively obtained by  WEXERES NEWS  showed that Dammy Krane will be arraigned on three counts before an Igbosere Magistrate Court in Lagos bordering on threat to life, defamation and conduct likely to cause breach of peace. According to the document marked B/56/2019, the musician threatened the lives of staff members of betting company Merrybet Gold Limited on July 25, 2019 and also released a song in which he accused the firm of breach of contract. The act is said to be in contravention of sections 301, 412 and 168 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015. The musician was also accused of conspiring with others at large of conducting himself in a manner likely to cause breach of peace and threat to life in contravention of Section 412 of the Crimi

Xenophobic attacks: South Africa’s president booed at Mugabe’s funeral

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was jeered and whistled at on Saturday during his speech at Zimbabwe ex-leader Robert Mugabe’s funeral before he apologised for recent xenophobic attacks. At least 12 people have been killed this month in a surge in violence and mob attacks against foreign-owned businesses in and around Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city. A wave of jeers, boos and whistles interrupted Ramaphosa at the Harare national stadium as he started his eulogy at the state funeral for Mugabe, who died age 95 last week. “I stand before you as a fellow African to express my regret and apologise for what has happened in our country,” Ramaphosa said after one of the organisers tried to calm the crowd. His comments were met with cheers and blasts of sound horns from the crowd. South Africa, the continent’s second largest economy, is a major destination for other African migrants. But they are often targeted by some locals who blame them for a lack of jobs

Nigerians react to South Africa's Xenophobic attack

The citizens of Nigeria has began to react to the unending Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals by South Africans with the disruption of activities of South African own organisations/businesses in Nigeria (the disruption of Shopright shopping stall and the burning of an MTN office and destruction of it Sim card by its service users. Forcing Total Nigeria Plc to declare a forge margure and and official statement from MTN Nigeria condemning Xenophobic attacks on Foreign nationals by South Africans.