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The Kano police command says it has arrested a man who allegedly raped 40 people within one town in the state over the period of a year. Abdullahi Haruna, police spokesman in Kano, confirmed the arrest on Wednesday. “It is true. We have him in our custody. We are parading him soon,” he said. A […]

Nigerians who justify rape now run the risk of getting arrested as suspects, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said. Julie Okah-Donli, the agency’s Director-General said this while answering questions from journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. She queried parents for not doing enough to take care of their wards and children, […]

Sani Yekini, a protocol officer attached to the office of Aisha Buhari, has passed away. Aisha announced his passing via her official Twitter account. She said the deceased who suffered from a diabetic condition, worked with her for 4 years. ”Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. On behalf of my family and entire staff of […]

The son of Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Adamu Abubakar, has said his father plans to contest the 2023 presidential election. “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the presidency. In 2023, my father will be aspiring to the number one office in the land because he has been an […]

Germany on Monday announced the donation of €26m to support Nigeria’s COVID-19 response, Punch reports. The German Missions in Nigeria in a statement said the donation was in demonstration of its solidarity and cooperation with Nigeria amid the pandemic. It noted that the funds would provide humanitarian assistance in the North East, especially in Borno, […]

Odion Ighalo has revealed he was racially abused by a former teammate in China and that he will walk out of the pitch should that happen again. Ighalo recalled that he was abused while he was playing for former club Changchun Yatai. “The guy called me all those kind of names. I got angry and […]

There are strong indications that a major crisis is looming in Nigeria’s battle against coronavirus as COVID-19 cases are rising compared to bed-spaces available for patients that are being treated for the disease. On Saturday, COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 12,233, with 8, 065 of them active and 3,826 patients discharged. But the […]

The presidency has released the statement below accusing an outlawed separtist group of working to discredit the Nigerian government internationally, particularly in the U.S. and Europe. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wants an independent country of Biafra, made up of the Igbo-speaking part of Nigeria, largely in the South-eastern part of the country. The group was […]

The Lagos state government has accredited three private hospitals for the management of COVID-19 cases. Akin Abayomi, the state commissioner of health, made this known at a media briefing. He said the accredited hospitals have passed the biosecurity compliance test. A biosecurity test is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission […]

There is no fixed date for reopening of schools shut over the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government has declared. It said despite the agitations for reopening of schools, it would continue to monitor situations with a view to preventing a spike in the infection rate. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, stated this in […]

The winner of the fifth edition of Big Brother Africa, Uti Nwachukwu, who was accused of rape by a Twitter user, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to launch an investigation into the allegation. Nwachukwu, who said he would surrender himself to the police to assist the investigation, also called on the IGP […]

Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health, says the state will run out of bed spaces at isolation centres if it keeps recording high number of COVID-19 cases. He made this known at a press briefing in Ikeja on Friday. Lagos, which is the epic-entre of the disease in Nigeria, has a total of 5,542 cases. […]

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says he does not believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country. Speaking on Thursday during an interview on PlusTv Africa, the renowned writer said the answer to the nation’s problem is decentralisation, adding that there’s a need for the people to be historically conscious. Soyinka was reacting […]

The House of Representatives has voted against a prayer seeking to recommend castration for rapists. The House, at the plenary on Thursday, considered and adopted a motion on the rising cases of sexual violence in Nigeria. A member, Mr James Faleke, had recommended that persons found guilty of rape should be castrated. Just before the […]