SAD: How woman lost four kids in Delta accident
TWENTY four hours after, personal effects of pupils of Army Day Primary School, Effurun, Delta state, still littered the spot where some of the pupils were crushed by a truck…
Don’t allow Obaseki take custody of 1,130 stolen artefacts, Oba of Benin urges FG
Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has asked the Federal Government to temporarily take custody of 1,130 stolen Benin artefacts after they are repatriated from Europe amid the controversy surrounding where…
My husband feeds our children who are SS with alcoholic drink, woman tells court
The five-year-old wedlock between a woman, Mufuliat Soremekun and her husband, Abass Soremekun was recently dissolved by Oja Oba/ Mapo Court C Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State. Mufuliat who…
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- Human Rights
- July 10, 2021
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Mass protest looms over detention of Dunamis 5
Human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, has threatened another mass protest if some youths arrested for wearing ‘Buhari Must Go’ T-shirts to a Sunday Service at Dunamis International…
More pressure on Senate to reject Lauretta Onochie’s nomination
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) claimed yesterday that the nomination of Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, for appointment as a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is…
- Human Rights
- July 10, 2021
- 178 views
Police allegedly torture 33-year old breadwinner to death in Bauchi
A 33-year old breadwinner has allegedly been tortured to death by a combined team of policemen attached to the Yelwa Division and a vigilante group in Bauchi State. Saturday PUNCH…
Top Nigerian pastors absent at TB Joshua’s burial
Top Nigerian pastors and religious leaders were absent as the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Balogun Joshua, aka TB Joshua, was laid to rest on Friday. The…
Osinbajo: Buhari will use commonsense strategy to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari will use a simple, commonsense strategy to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesman, quoted the vice-president as saying…
- Human Rights
- July 9, 2021
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EndSARS: Ogun Panel Awards N218m Compensation To Victims Of Police Brutality
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has received the report of the Ogun State Judicial Panel of Investigation on Police Brutality and extrajudicial killings with an assurance to implement the…
2023 Presidency: Zoning is unconstitutional, says Yahaya Bello
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said the 1999 Constitution does not recognise the zoning of Presidency. He said this just days after southern governors issued a communique…
Reps mull removal of immunity for President, VP, Governor, Deputy Governor
The House of Representatives is expected to commence debate on the general principle of a bill that seeks to remove all forms of immunity clauses conferred on the President, Vice…
Stop hunting Sunday Igboho, Oluwo begs Buhari
Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on security operatives to leave the popular Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho alone, saying…
Youths own the future but less equipped -Kumuyi
The Chancellor, Anchor University, Lagos, Pastor William Kumuyi, says Nigeria and other African countries must empower the younger generation to usher in the desired transformation in the nearest future. Kumuyi…
130,000 Nigerian Refugees To Return From Niger Republic In December
deal for the return, this year, of more than 130,000 Nigerian refugees, Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum said Friday. “We have set a deadline of the month of November-December for all…
Mayor of Johannesburg dies of COVID
Geoff Makhubo, the mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa, has died after contracting COVID-19. Mlimandlela Ndamase, the spokesman of the city, said Makhubo was hospitalised after testing positive for the infection…