Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage with new bill
Reuters FREETOWN – Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope…
Irate youths burn Nigeria’s electoral agency, INEC office in Benue State
Olayomi Koiki Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its office in the Sankara area of Ukum LGA in Benue State has been burnt down. Sam Olumekun, INEC’s national commissioner…
New WHO guidelines to help millions quit tobacco
WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a comprehensive set of tobacco cessation interventions, including behavioural support delivered by health-care providers, digital cessation interventions and pharmacological treatments in a first…
Seven rescued as two-storey building collapses in Lagos
Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – Seven persons on Wednesday, were rescued in a two-storey building that collapsed in Nigeria’s Lagos State, official said. The incident happened at 12, Cameroun Street off…
Senators in Nigeria beg President Tinubu to release detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu
Abuja – Senators from the Southeast Region of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to order the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the illegally detained leader of…
Japan’s top court rules forced sterilization law unconstitutional
Agence France-Presse TOKYO – Japan’s top court ruled on Wednesday that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people were forcibly sterilized between 1948 and 1996 was unconstitutional. The…
Hurricane Beryl, churning toward Jamaica, threatens Haiti and Dominican Republic
Reuters Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least…
Anti-graft’s operative commits suicide in Nigeria’s capital
Ayomidele Oluwasusi Abuja – An official of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) – has reportedly committed suicide in Abuja, the country’s capital. The deceased was…
Police arrest vigilante commander with human skulls in southern Nigeria
Martins Owoseni PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – The commander of a local vigilante group has been arrested with human skulls in Rivers State, south-south Nigeria, police said. The Rivers State Police…
Supermarket staff allegedly gambles with employer’s money in Lagos
Bella Ifasola Lagos – A Nigerian supermarket employee is currently facing trial in Lagos State for allegedly gambling with his employer’s money. Abiola Agbaje, 23, whose address was not provided,…