News as it breaks
A video showing a visibly injured 18-year-old woman, alleged to be a victim of domestic abuse, has sparked widespread outrage and calls for urgent intervention across social media platforms. The footage, which circulated online, showed the young woman with noticeable facial injuries as neighbours confronted a man identified as her…
The ongoing marital dispute between veteran broadcaster Frank Edoho and his estranged wife Sandra Onyenucheya has escalated after Sandra accused her former husband of domestic violence, infidelity and selling her property without consent. In a series of posts shared on Instagram and titled “Surviving Frank Edoho,” Sandra rejected accusations…
Residents of Obunagha community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have apprehended a 40-year-old man over allegations of sexually abusing his 12-year-old stepdaughter, triggering outrage across the area. According to community sources, the minor was rushed to the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital after residents discovered she…
…. Apologizes to her, media community The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, has publicly apologized to the Nigerian media for verbally assaulting Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) journalist Comrade Ladi Bala while she was covering the aftermath of a train derailment along the Abuja-Kaduna…
A five-year-old girl has been rescued from alleged prolonged physical and emotional abuse by her guardian in Owode-Ede, Osun State. The victim, who lost her father years ago, had been in the custody of her aunt, Mrs. Gbemisola Oladepo. She was rescued through the intervention of the Monsurat Ajoke Foundation…
The ECOWAS Parliament has officially launched what it describes as a “war” on the synthetic drug known as Kush, in response to the escalating crisis of substance abuse and mental health challenges in Sierra Leone and across the West African region. The declaration came during a high-level sensitization town hall…
The ECOWAS Parliament has kicked off a critical regional sensitization mission in Sierra Leone with a focus on the rising challenges of substance abuse and mental health. The initiative began with a series of high-level engagements with key government ministries and institutions in Freetown. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
The Warri Indigenous People’s Movement (WIPM) has accused Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a company operated by ex-militant leader High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), of human rights abuses, illegal arrests and a deliberate attempt to annex Itsekiri communities under the guise of pipeline surveillance operations. In a statement by…
A Kano State High Court, on Friday, sentenced a 27-year-old man, Abdullahi Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing three teenage boys. Lawan, of Rangaza Damagari area in Ungogo Local Government, Kano State, was convicted on three-count charge of sexual abuse after he pleaded guilty to the charges. Delivering…
