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Oscar Pistorius granted bail on the provision he surrenders his passport and wears an electronic tag after being convicted of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp  Oscar Pistorius reacts after he was granted bail as he leaves the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria Photo: Reuters Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic athlete last week convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been granted bail on the provision he surrenders his passport and wears an electronic tag, writes Aislinn Laing in Pretoria.

ACCRA – About 20 judges implicated in a high-profile investigation into bribe-taking in Ghana have been sacked, the country's Judicial Council announced.

The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Kogi, Mr Abiodun Faleke, says he will not make himself available for swearing in with Alhaji Yahaya Bello on January 27, 2016. Faleke stated this on Monday at a meeting of APC stakeholders in Kogi West Senatorial District in Kabba, Kogi State.

Key events in Oscar Pistorius' life - in 60 seconds South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius is due in court to apply for bail after judges changed his manslaughter conviction to murder last week. Pistorius now faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence for murdering his girlfriend in 2013.

While reading the lead judgment, Justice M.L Shuaib said the tribunal erred adding that it was curious, illogical and perverse of the tribunal to place so much reliance on the evidence of a prosecution witness PW 44 and admit as evidence documents that were clearly inadmissible under the law and also act on such evidence to truncate Kashamu’s victory.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it has indefinitely suspended the declaration proceedings in the Bayelsa State gubernatorial race. It was also reported that INEC cancelled the entire election in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (LGA) due to violence, the abduction of election officials, and ballot snatching.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has elected Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, as President of the Conference for one year, with effect from 1st January 2016.