Child Trafficking Crime Ebonyi Nigeria

Child Trafficking: Police reunites 5-month-old baby with mother in Ebonyi

Ola Echegbu, a 20-year-old mother was reunited with her five-month-old-son with the aid of the Ebonyi Police Command on Monday. SP Chris Anyanwu, the command’s Spokesman, revealed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Abakaliki on Monday. Anyanwu claims that the baby, who had been sold for half-a-million naira, was rescued by the command Read More…

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Education Legal Nigeria Top Story

As NANS protests ground Lagos Airport, court rules on FG’s prayer to end ASUU strike Wednesday

As students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) stormed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in protest against the continued nationwide lecturers’ strike on Monday morning, the ruling has been set for Wednesday on whether lecturers should return to the classrooms. The National Industrial Court will deliver its ruling in an Read More…

Human Rights Insecurity Nigeria Notes Owei Lakemfa

Bagauda Kaltho was not a terrorist

Mahdi Shehu, one of the supporters of the bloodthirsty Abacha military regime, runs around today in the outfit of a ‘human rights activist’. I don’t have any problem with that; anybody can call himself anything he wants. He trashes the Buhari presidency when he has the opportunity. As a Nigerian citizen, he has a right Read More…

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Plateau Religion

Commotion as masquerades upset Plateau church service, flog pastor, worshippers to stupor

The service of a church in the Shikal community of Langtang south local government area of Plateau was interrupted on Sunday, September 18, when masquerades invaded the premises and wreaked havoc. The masquerades forced their way into the church and began beating the congregants, including the presiding pastor, leaving many injured. Although some members of Read More…

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Elections Legal Nigeria Top Story

Nigerians sue INEC for disallowing them from completing voter registration

After failing to give them and seven million other Nigerians adequate time and opportunity to complete their voter registration after they had started their registration online, twenty-four Nigerians have dragged the Independent Na­tional Electoral Commission (INEC) to court in a lawsuit. The plaintiffs, who are suing for themselves and on behalf of seven million other Read More…

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Abuja Motor Accident Nigeria

Passengers Burnt Beyond Recognition in Abuja Accident

Calamity befell when scores of passengers were burnt beyond recognition following a motor accident along the Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in Abuja, on Sunday, September 18. According to Dauda Biu, the acting corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who confirmed the accident stated that at least 19 persons were killed in the auto crash while Read More…

Edo Education Nigeria Refugees

10 IDPs in Edo camp graduate from tertiary institutions

The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp at Uhogua near Benin has produced no fewer than 10 graduates from various tertiary institutions across the country. Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, the Coordinator of the camp, disclosed this on Sunday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The number represents eight of the IDPs Read More…

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Education Nigeria

Early marriage: UNICEF pushes for compulsory education of girl-child

Mr. Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Country Representative to Nigeria, has said that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for the compulsory education of the girl-child as a protection mechanism from forced early marriage. He stated this when he appeared as a special guest on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) interview programme, Forum, in Read More…

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Nigeria Obituary Top Story United Kingdom World

Osinbajo signs condolence register for Queen Elizabeth II

As part of engagements while attending the royal funeral, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday, at the Lancaster House, London, signed the condolence register for Queen Elizabeth II. A statement issued by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, says that the vice president described Read More…