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Sex workers fight over hotel space, land in court
A 29-year-old sex worker, Beauty Tagbami, is facing trial at an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly cutting the face of her colleague with a razor blade. The accused, who resides at a hotel, appeared on a two-count charge of unlawful assault and assault causing bodily harm. Tagbami…
Read More »Experts say vaginal ring safe for HIV prevention
Researchers say monthly vaginal ring and daily oral tablet, both containing anti-HIV drugs, are safe and acceptable in adolescent girls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the results of the study were presented on Wednesday at the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Paris, France. The study…
Read More »Plateau to hang 248 prisoners
Mr. Neol Ailewon, Controller of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) Plateau Command, says 248 prisoners are on death row in prisons across the state. Ailewon told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Monday, that the condemned convicts, which included three female, hail from different parts of the…
Read More »Cholera outbreak kills 17 in Nigeria
At least 17 people have been confirmed dead in an ongoing cholera outbreak in Nigeria’s north central Kwara state, according to a report by the country’s center for disease control. “The cholera outbreak in Kwara state continued … with a total of 1,617 suspected cases reported, an increase of 3.6%…
Read More »LASG announces restriction of movement on LG elction
The Lagos State Government has announced restriction of vehicular movement on Saturday July 22, in view of the local government elections holding the state. The elections will hold across the 20 Local Government and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across the state. Mr Steve Ayorinde, the state’s Commissioner for…
Read More »27 die in boat accident
No fewer than 27, people mostly students, have been killed and 54 others missing after an overcrowded boat sank in a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A local official said Sunday that most of the victims of the tragedy on the Kasai river were students on holiday, local…
Read More »Landlord evicts tenant for using 400 litres of water a day
A landlord from Cape town has evicted one of his tenants because she was using up to 400 litres of water a day, including flushing her toilet 22 times in one day. This follows water shortage being experienced in some town in South Africa. Alex Lepnik‚ 47‚ a landlord from…
Read More »Opinion:Â Tobacco regulation, NGOs and Human Rights Issues
By Daniels Ekugo There is an urgent need to examine the activities of certain Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), considering the abundant declarations they make and the demands placed on corporate organisations and the government recently. These NGOs claim to thrive on protecting human rights but in actual sense the rights of…
Read More »Police officer, 5 others to face charge for murders of 96 people Â
British prosecutors have decided to charge six individuals Wednesday, over the 1989 Hillsborough disaster that killed 96 football fans in a football game stampede. U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there is sufficient evidence to charge them with “criminal offences.” “Following our careful review of the evidence, in accordance with…
Read More »Cameroon repatriates 887 Nigerian refugees
No fewer than 887 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon have been repatriated following request from the Cameroonian government to Nigeria to facilitate their return. Hanson Tamfu, the External Relations Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the returnees have arrived in Banki, Nigeria’s…
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