Amid a recent upsurge in cases of incessant rape and domestic violence against women with many victims often reportedly unwilling to seek legal redress owing to the attendant stigmatization and bias associated with reported incidents of rape cases in Nigeria, a young girl identified as Jennifer Osahumwen Agbonifoh has reportedly gone into exile after confirmed […]
By A. A. Mshelia One of the greatest black men that ever lived, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” About a decade ago, I took out time to prudently study the political expedition of Gombe State. It […]
Leading energy conglomerate, Sahara Group is dedicating the month of February to a campaign against substance abuse which claims the lives of 11.8 million each year, that is more than the number of deaths from all cancers. Tagged #CleanLoveFeb, the focus of the campaign is to sensitize the public, particularly young people, to the dangers […]
The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PTECSSAN) has commenced a 3-day warning strike due to what it describe as disregard to the norms and practice of industrial relation by Nokia Solutions Networks Nigeria Limited. The strike action , which commenced yesterday, was fully observed by the company workers under the union. […]
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday called on Nigerians across the nation to join the fight against drug abuse. Reacting to reports that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), is set to inaugurate a ‘Codeine Control and Other Related Matters Working Group (CCRWG)’, Saraki stated on his personal Facebook and Twitter […]
Police in southern Republic of Congo used violence and subjected illegal immigrants to degrading treatment in the second phase of a crackdown that drove thousands from the country last year, the Catholic Church and a local charity said on Sunday. Congolese authorities on Thursday launched the next step in operation “Mbata ya bakolo” (“The slap […]
The Juventus manager, Max Allegri, has claimed that ‘only a madman’ would take their kids to a football stadium in Italy after their Turin derby defeat over the weekend was blighted by yet more crowd trouble. Before Torino’s 2-1 victory at the Stadio Olimpico – their first Serie A win over Juventus for 20 years […]