The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women, has said the prevalence of sexual violence against women in Nigeria declined from 9 per cent in 2018 to 5 per cent in 2024. UN Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Beatrice Eyong, disclosed this during the close out…
A man has appeared in court after the body of a two-year-old girl was found in Chertsey. Kevin Kerjean, 31, a French national who was born in the Central African Republic, was charged with murd£r, r@pe of a child under 13, and s£xual assault of a child under 13 on Saturday, June 27. The victim…
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old housewife for allegedly attempting to murder her husband by slitting his throat while he slept at their home in Katsina metropolis. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Monday. Sadiq said…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has appealed the Federal High Court ruling that cancelled its registration as a political party. Seriake Dickson, the NDC national leader, announced on Monday via his X page that the appeal has already been filed. He also revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given the party access…
The Naira has depreciated to N1,395 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,386 per dollar last week.. Also,, the naira depreciated to N1,385 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM. New Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the market rose to N1,385…
A video showing the moment residents of an area teamed up to rescue little children trapped in a flooded house has made the rounds on social media. A heavy downpour in the area resulted in serious flooding that took over the entire area and trapped the children who obviously couldn’t swim to safety. …
At least 17 nurses in the same unit at one Ohio hospital in the U.S. are all pregnant at the same time and expect their babies this year, breaking a previous record set by the staff at Dayton’s Miami Valley Hospital. “It’s exciting,” Amberly Saner, a nurse manager at Miami Valley’s labor and delivery unit,…
The US Supreme Court on Monday June 29, declined to take up an appeal from US President Donald Trump over a $5 million verdict and finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a decision that means the president will now have to pay the magazine columnist. Carroll sued Trump in 2019 for…
Belinda Effah has announced fhat she is engaged. The former Nollywood actress, who now lives in the US and goes by the name Grace-Charis Bassey Effah, took to Facebook to make the announcement. She shared photos of her and her man, with his face hidden. She flashed her engagement ring in the photos….
A Ukrainian billionaire and his family are said to be in critical condition after a shrapnel-filled bomb exploded at an apartment in Monaco. Vadim Ermolaev, who is also known as Vadym Yermolaiev, is reportedly im critical condition alongside his wife and teenage son after being “targeted” on Monday night, June 29. CCTV allegedly shows a…
