By the year 1953, southern leaders were ready for Nigeria to become an independent nation. They were pushing for a three-year ...

It’s just before 3pm on a weekday and 17-year-old Paul Ngwa* is returning home from his job at a phone and watch repair workshop in Limbe, a coastal town in the southwest region of Cameroon. Tired and ...

Apart from the looming threat of sexual exploitation, the lack of healthcare facilities and basic amenities, such as sanitary ...

Ibrahim, has emphasized the need to use education as a tool to reduce poverty and empower the girl child in Nigeria.The Minister stated this during a courtesy visit of the Minister of State for ...

In this report, Lagos lawyer and human rights crusader, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, explores the legal and societal frameworks ...

High Court sitting in Gudu has sentenced Bishop Kenneth Duke, a prominent church founder in Abuja, to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine for the rape of a 12-year-old girl.

Vivour, the former Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos, has launched a scathing attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as a party that rewards corruption and impunity.In ...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) disclosed this in a statement titled ‘An FCT High Court sentenced a 52-year-old bishop to 20 years imprisonment for rape’, ...

Nigerian journalist and writer whose work explores African politics, economy and how they intersect with the global community. In Cameroon’s southwest and Nigeria’s southeast, violence has disrupted ...

A judge on Thursday jailed for life a British teenager who killed three young girls in a frenzied stabbing spree, as the families ...

More than 460 illegal immigrants, including those with criminal histories that include sexual assault, domestic violence, ...

The Anambra State governor's wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has vowed to follow up closely on the case of a man who allegedly set ...