The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, has stressed the need to strengthen the state’s Gender-based Violence (Prohibition) Law to ensure punishment for violators. The governor’s wife, who…
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Army rescues six abducted students in Kaduna
Troops of the Operation Thunder Strike have rescued six students of the Government Day Secondary School, Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State abducted on their way to…
South Africa’s ex-leader Zuma to face corruption charges
South Africa’s scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma will face a corruption trial, a court ruled on Friday October 11, dismissing his application for a permanent stay of prosecution. Zuma, who…
Gunmen attack another Kaduna school, kidnap principal
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the Principal of Government Technical College, Mararaban Kajuru in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in a raid which took place in the wee hours…
Mexican mayor dragged through streets over ‘failure to fulfil campaign promises’
Jorge Escandón Hernández, the mayor of a village in Chiapas state, Southern Mexico, was dragged through the streets by angry locals for allegedly failing to fulfil his campaign promises. The…
Sowore, Agba Jalingo: Human Rights Writers Association Condemns Nigerian Government
By Sahara Reporters A pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association, has accused the Nigerian government and the judiciary of collective conspiracy to silence dissenting voices and…
EFCC Recovers N65.5million in Zamfara INEC Office
Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto zonal office on Wednesday recovered money to the tune of N65,548,000 only. The money which comprises 81 bundle of N1000 notes,…
$9.6bn judgment: FG pays £250,000 cost to P&ID
The Federal Government has paid £250,000 to Process and Industrial Developments Limited as ordered by Justice Christopher Butcher of the Commercial Court in London on Thursday, September 26. The money…
Insurgency fight: Buratai seeks media support
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged the media to continue to support the Nigerian Army in its effort to rid the country of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping…
Man arraigned for sleeping with his four daughters
A 64-year-old man, Bassey Archibong, of No. 10 Kunle Dipo Street, Majidun, Owutu, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, has been arraigned for having carnal knowledge of his four…