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Zimbabweans took to streets Friday in the capital Harare to express their anger over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa which have so far claimed the lives of five foreign nationals, including at least one Zimbabwean. South Africa, where about 3 million Zimbabwean diaspora live, has been grappling with the resurgence of xenophobic violence since last week after residents of the port city of Durban started attacking foreigners, their homes and businesses. The anti- foreigner violence has since spread to the city of Johannesburg, amid calls by that country’s leadership for calm and immediate end to the violence.

Eleven persons were killed by the Boko Haram insurgents in a part of Gwoza town, a military source told our correspondent on the telephone to Maiduguri on Friday. The source said the victims were civilians, who were recently rescued by soldiers during the recapture of the town from the Boko Haram militias. According to the source, the civilians had, during the long reign of the insurgents in the Borno town, stayed on the mountain but were evacuated by the military on the liberation of Gwoza.

Nigerians resident in South Africa have been directed by the Federal Government to remain indoors up until the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country are put under control. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting he attended at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the directive was communicated to them by Nigeria’s mission in Pretoria. The minister said,   “With the discussions I have been having with Nigeria’s Head of Mission in Pretoria, no Nigerian has so far been affected.

Buhari, who will also become the Grand Patron of the NOC from May 29, has been invited to the IOC headquarters by Bach. President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has congratulated the President-elect, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on his victory at the poll and also extended an invitation to him to visit the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the National Assembly rejecting amendments to the 1999 Constitution was received with shock by some members who openly expressed surprise at the reasons given by the President to veto the bill. The letter was read on the floor of Senate on Wednesday by the Senate President, David Mark. Consequently, the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (4th Alteration Bill 2015), Senator Ike Ekweremadu, announced that his members would hold a two-day retreat to review the development. The retreat, which started on Wednesday, would end on Thursday (today).

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in   Abuja has lifted the injunction barring former President Olusegun Obasanjo from publishing his autobiography, My Watch . The same court had in December 2014 ordered law enforcement agencies to confiscate the three-volume book when it was discovered that it had been published before the order was made. But on Tuesday, Justice Valentine Ashi of the FCT High Court ordered the release of seized copies of the book from the custody of the Nigerian Customs Service to Obasanjo.

President Goodluck Jonathan will hand over power to the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on May 28, about 24 hours before the actual inauguration date. The Minister of Information,   Patricia Akwashiki, disclosed this to State House correspondents   at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.