Madagascar’s justice minister defended a new bill Friday to castrate child rapists, with the measure deemed “cruel, inhuman and degrading” by Amnesty International. The upper house Senate approved the measure permitting chemical and surgical castration after it had been voted through by the National Assembly earlier this month. Amnesty International urged Antananarivo to drop the…
Abdulazeez Isah in Kaduna State has been sentenced to 3years imprisonment following his arrest for parading himself as an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement on Thursday, the Kaduna Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency said it has successfully obtained a conviction and imposed a three-year prison sentence on…
Lagos State Government has announced the closure of several major roads in the city ahead of the Lagos City Marathon, on Saturday. In a statement released on Friday by the State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the government stated that certain routes would be temporarily inaccessible to motorists during the sporting event. From 5.00 am…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila says social media has become a societal menace and must be regulated. While representing President Bola Tinubu at the launch of a book written by Babatunde Fashola, former minister of works, on Thursday in Lagos, stressed the importance of accurate information in policy formulation and national…
Thirteen Sudanese migrants died on Thursday after their boat capsized at the coast of Tunisia, 27 others remain missing, according to court spokesperson. Farid Ben Jha, the spokesman for the court in the coastal city of Monastir, said only two out of the 42 migrants who were on board the boat survived after leaving from…
A man was killed by an electric shock after climbing on top of a stationary Eurostar train in Paris, a police source and prosecutors said on Friday. The man crossed over tracks from another platform at the Gare du Nord station to the Eurostar at around 10:00 pm (2100 GMT) on Thursday, according to the…
Adeyemo Adeyemi a.k.a Don Yayo is a young actor of the Yoruba sector of the Nigerian movie industry Nollywood. His quest and passion for entertainment made him drop his white collar job with the telecommunications company, for car selling business and later movie production. Don Yayo started his acting career in 2004 and produced his…
CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso has reassured Nigerians that the prevailing economic challenges will soon be a thing of the past. Cardoso said this during a meeting held on Friday with the Senate and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic team, addressing concerns regarding the nation’s economy, widespread hunger, and the depreciation of the Naira. “It is…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, to the tune of N250 million in the sexual harassment and gratification case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The…
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa and Kenneth Omeruo are set to make history by becoming the first two Nigerians to win the Africa Cup of Nations title twice. Musa and Omeruo were members of the Super Eagles side that won the prestigious title at the AFCON 2013 finals hosted by South Africa. The Super Eagles…
