A traditional Nigerian ruler has been suspended after the Lagos State authorities accused him of faking his own kidnapping, reports Vanguard Newspaper, external.

Lagos State government has ordered Chief Yusuf Ogundare, baale of Shangisha, "to stop parading himself henceforth as the baale of the community", reports Premium Times, external.

The newspaper goes on to quote the state’s commissioner of police as alleging that Mr Ogundare staged a scene where he was dropped off by a car which sped off.

But, by that point, investigations had already revealed that "he was just on a frolic", driving around on the day he said he was kidnapped, alleges police boss Fatai Owoseni.

After a spate of kidnappings in the area around Lagos, the governor introduced the death penalty for the crime.

It's not uncommon to be kidnapped in Lagos State. Some people shared their personal experiences with us of what it's like to be kidnapped:

Gold miner Acacia mining has agreed to pay higher royalties brought in by new mining laws in Tanzania, they have said in a statement, external.

Their royalty rate has gone up from 4% to 6% when new mining laws were brought in swiftly earlier this month.

The law change comes after the Tanzanian government have accused the mining company of under-reporting the amount they were exporting for two decades something Acacia denies.

But the company says that, while it is accepting the higher royalties, to "minimise further disruptions", it "continues to monitor the impact" of the new law.

Rwanda's 19-day-long presidential campaigns start today, the private pro-government New Times, external is reporting.

Three candidates are vying for the top job. They are President Paul Kagame, of the RPF Inkotanyi, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and Philippe Mpayimana, who is an independent. All the campaign rallies today are outside the capital Kigali.

Mr Kagame who has ruled the country since 2000 is seeking another seven year term.

Below is one of his posters.

Image source, Twitter

The New Times is tweeting news about the campaigns:

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Uganda's Inspector General of Police Gen Kale Kayihura says that he will not allow politicians to take the debate over whether the age limit of the president should be raised to universities and villages, the Observer, external paper reports.

Gen Kayihura told the paper that he had got intelligence reports that some opposition leaders have been inciting youth, especially students at university, to cause confusion about the age limit bill.

Earlier this week the government appeared to say that a bill to amend the constitution was not on the cards. However the Observer reports that the Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has confirmed that the bill that seeks to amend the an article concerning the age limit is due to be tabled later this year.

Under the current constitution a person over the age of 75 is not eligible to stand for president.

President Museveni,who turns 73 this year, would not be able to stand for re-election at the next polls in 2021.

Nigerian authorities have ordered an investigation into the allegation that Cameroonian gendarmes killed 97 Nigerians over their inability to pay a fishing levy, reports Nigeria's The Guardian, external.

The Guardian says the gendarmes are accused of killing the fishermen after they didn't pay a 100,000 Naira ($318; £245) levy for each fishing boat.

The incident is alleged to have taken place on the Bakassi peninsula, on the Cameroonian side of the border between the two countries.

The House of Representatives ordered the Committee on Foreign Affairs to carry out the investigation, the newspaper adds.

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