A constitutional lawyer, Mr Raphael Anagor, has blamed the upsurge in rape cases in Nigeria on poor enforcement of sexual offences laws. According to News Agency of Nigeria report, Anagor, in a statement in Lagos on Monday, said the Nigerian penal laws prohibiting such offences had sufficient provisions to...
Bode
In the wake of an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia, several districts of the Chinese capital have set up security checkpoints, closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the novel coronavirus on Monday After nearly two months with no...
Sierra Leone will temporarily reopen schools next month to allow registered students to sit for the public examinations, the government announced on Thursday. An Emergency Education Taskforce has been set up to handle the logistical requirements ahead of the planned reopening, to prevent spread of the virus in schools....
Twenty-two senior United Nations officials have issued a joint statement condemning “pervasive and systemic racism” in the United States and beyond. The officials, who are Africans or of African descent, urged authorities and the international community to “go beyond and do more” than just condemning the act. Among the...
Nigeria recorded 403 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 16085. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its official Twitter handle. The centre said said 13 deaths were also recorded. It added that no new state had reported a case in the last...
The government of Oyo State said on Sunday it will ensure the return of an indigene of the state, Mrs. Peace Ufuoma Busari, who was recently put up for sale in Lebanon on Facebook. The Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs to Governor Seyi Makinde, Bolanle Sarumi Aliyu, stated...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has refuted the purported resignation of its acting Director General (DG), Ms Mary Uduk, from the Commission. A statement issued on Sunday by Efe Ebelo, head of corporate communications at SEC was quoted saying, “Its attention had been drawn to a publication in...
The Oodua Action Movement (OAM), has urged the Federal Government to commence a process for an autonomous Yoruba nation, as a federating unit in the country. Addressing newsmen in Abeokuta, over the weekend, the Global Coordinator of the group, Mr Demola Edward, said the group would not hesitate to...
The Ministry of Justice may have commenced investigation into allegations of corruption, abuse of office and other sundry offences made against the Director-General of the Nigeria Copyright Commission(NCC), John Ohireime Asein. Asein has been accused of drawing four-months’ salary after retiring from service, holding Executive position in a Collective...
Rayshard Brooks had fallen asleep in his vehicle at a Wendy’s drive-through. He was shot after grabbing a Taser from an officer, the authorities said, prompting fresh unrest in the city. New York Times reports that less than 24 hours after a white police officer shot and killed an...
Nigeria recorded 501 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total infections to 15,682. The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Saturday on its official Twitter handle. The centre also said that it recorded eight deaths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the centre said...
The Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Saturday, confirmed the arrival of 269 Nigerians that were stranded in India in Lagos and Abuja. The commission, who announced their arrival on its Twitter handle, said that the the 269 Nigerians arrived Nigeria at 2:00 a.m. NiDCOM said that evacuees were...