BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS …The BBC goes undercover on Kenya’s tea plantations Kenya’s parliament has ordered an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse on tea plantations revealed in a BBC report. Lawmaker Beatrice Kemei said she watched the report with “utter shock”. The BBC found more than 70 women had been abused by their […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Federal Government says it will penalise the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Daily Trust over their documentaries on terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday. “Let me assure you, they will not get away with this naked glorification […]
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka was afraid becoming pregnant in 2016 would end her tennis career, but says she returned to the game stronger after the birth of her son. The two-time Grand Slam champion was ranked sixth in the world when she left the WTA tour in July 2016 and returned to the […]
A 2017 survey by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) identified officers of the Nigeria police force as among the most corrupt public officials in the country, mostly due to bribery. But amid that distasteful record, one officer stands out among his peers in the force. Julius Adedeji is said to have never taken a […]
Liverpool Ladies forward Asisat Oshoala has been shortlisted for the 2015 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. She said she is surprised and excited by to be nominated for the award. “I worked hard last year but I am surprised to be nominated and I feel much appreciated,” said Oshoala. The 20-year-old, who scored her […]
It is not easy to find out the truth in Nigeria. The Baga killings are a case in point, with politicians and government officials offering vastly different information – from 150 dead to 2,000. News of another attack by Islamist militants from Boko Haram often starts as a vague one-liner as was the case on […]
With a vow to put an end to the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, more than 30,000 people are marching through Johannesburg, to demand a stop to attacks on foreigners. An anti-xenophobic protest is also taking place in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. At least seven people have been killed, 5,000 […]
Nigeria’s terror Boko Haram sect has released new photos of militants and calls itself the Islamic group empire in West Africa. Images, which were released in the pages of modern relatives, are defined as those fighters were martyred. In this case, the terror group did not cover their faces contrary to Boko Haram’s usual drive […]
European Union leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of people risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, the BBC reports. Draft proposals for the meeting include offering 5,000 places for resettlement for migrants “qualifying for protection” under a pilot project. More than 800 people drowned off Libya’s […]
The Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), has expanded its community based distribution services to over 400 communities across Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa and Zamfara States. A statement issued by the Expanded Social Marketing Project in Nigeria (ESMPIN) project manager, Aliyu Guraguri said the community based distribution of maternal and child health products was aimed […]
The authorities in Sierra Leone are enforcing a three-day lockdown to curb the spread of Ebola, with the entire population ordered to stay at home, BBC reports. There is a two-hour exemption on Friday to allow Muslim prayers and a five-hour window for Christians on Sunday. Volunteers are going door-to-door, looking for people with signs […]
UK inflation rate fell to 0 per cent in February, the lowest since records began, official figures show. According to BBC, lower prices for food and computer goods helped to cut the rate from 0.3 per cent in January, official figures show. February’s figure is the lowest rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation since […]
An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and police have said. According to reports by BBC, the jet belongs to the German low-cost airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa. The plane was reported to be carrying 142 passengers and six crew members. Both Airbus and […]
Thirteen people, including a woman were shot dead by masked gunmen on a road in eastern Afghanistan, BBC reports. The victims were said to be taken off the bus on the highway between Kabul and Kandahar and shooting them dead, local officials say. Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Wardak, said the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has boasted that he will “surely” defeat the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari and other presidential candidates in the March 28 presidential elections. Speaking in an interview with the BBC, President Jonathan in response to a question said categorically: “I’ll surely win.” The March 28 […]