60% of rape survivors in Nigeria are children aged 0-14 years – SARC

•15-20 % of rape victims are boys A damning statistics have revealed that over 60 percent of rape victims in Nigeria are children between 0-14 years, while a further 15-20…

Infidelity: Spare my marriage; woman begs court, after filing for divorce

…My wife drove me into adultery A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Blessing Abu, who had filed a case of infidelity against her husband, Benjamin Abu urging the Igando Customary Court in…

FCT women demand swift prosecution of sexual predators

Women groups in the FCT, Monday, staged a walk around the metropolis, demanding speedy prosecution of perpetrators of rape and other sexual offences as a way of ending the menace…

Congratulating Adeyemi amounts to congratulating an armed robber after a successful operation – Dino

Following the declaration of Chief Smart Adeyemi as the winner of the Kogi West senatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Dino Melaye who formally occupied the…

Biafran Engineer: We were producing grenades in moving lorries, during the war

Bethram Ike Onyenechere is a trained engineer and one of the surviving veterans of the Research and Production (RAP) unit of the defunct Biafran Army. Trained by Europeans at the…

ITC staff remanded in prison for raping, impregnating 13-year old girl

A family Court in Owerri has remanded Mr. Okorie Agwu, a 42-year old Imo State Transport Corporation (ITC) driver for allegedly deceiving, defiling, assaulting and impregnating a thirteen year old…

Kogi: Alleged Bello’s thugs burn PDP woman leader to death

Thugs suspected to be loyal to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state seem to have sustained the reign of violence after the controversial election in the state. A statement released…

More voters testify to Police helicopter aiding ballot snatching

…Allegedly dispersing voters with bullets, teargas There are indications that the alleged use of Police helicopter in last Saturday’s governorship and senatorial elections in Kogi state may afterall not be…

Kogi: INEC releases list of 30 missing ad-hoc staff, observes a minute silence for slain staff

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of 30 ad-hoc staff of the Commission who took part in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi state. The affected staff…

CUPP to Kogi Electorate: Defend your votes, finish what you started

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has in an early evening statement marked ‘urgent’  called on voters in Kogi state to rise and protect their votes and not to…

Bayelsa Guber: Residents worry over activities of the Nigerian Army

s Not a few residents of Bayelsa state have expressed concern over the alleged unprofessional conduct of the men of the Nigerian Army in the ongoing Bayelsa state governorship election.…

Gov. Dickson to INEC: Bayelsa governorship poll, a charade

…Accuse Army, Police of sabotaging democracy Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has called for the cancellation of the Bayelsa state governorship election alleging that there were rampant incidents of…

Kogi: Bello, APC forcing INEC officials to sign Pre-filled result sheets, says PDP

Rampant acts of electoral fraud may be taking place in the ongoing Kogi governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted the public and the Independent National Electoral…

We’re monitoring Bayelsa, Kogi governorship elections – ICPC

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says its operatives will be on ground to monitor the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States today. The commission says…

Arms stockpiling, influx of thugs may mar Bayelsa guber poll – Group

A group, YIAGA Africa has listed arms stockpiling, influx of thugs as some of the early warning signs of trouble ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. These, it…