Constitution review or a new charter?
ONE of Nigeria’s obvious national hobbies is the routine tinkering with the constitution. Whether under military or civilian regimes, the impulse to convene conferences towards the promulgation of new constitutions or the routine amendments of existing ones is always with us, but we still end up with the same unsatisfactory constitutional document. The Ninth Senate […]
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Two siblings allegedly rape seven-year-old girl in Anambra
Chidimma Ezeokoli (aged 23) and his 11-year-old teenage brother (name withheld) have been accused of repeatedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a seven-year-old girl in Oko, in the Aguata Council of Anambra. The mother of the victim, Miss Chinenyenwa Ozulumba, (27), who narrated her story on Sunday in Awka, said the boys were two biological […]
British Council’s library goes digital
By Prisca Sam-Duru As part of the British Council’s commitment towards making educational and entertainment resources available to everyone, the organisation has launched its globally renowned digital library in Nigeria. Designed with the aim of restoring and encouraging a reading culture among Nigerians by facilitating self-paced and convenient learning, access to the Digital Library will […]
Notes from the Underground
By Obadiah Mailafia YOU never know the value of freedom until you’ve lost it. The hard-won freedoms that our fathers bravely fought for are being systematically eroded in our country today. Evil swaggers across the land like the proud harlot of Babylon. I have borrowed the title for my piece this morning from the novel […]
50 feared dead in Congo gold mine accident
At least 50 people are thought to have lost their lives after an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga, a mining town in the Mwenga Territory, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Images and video footage posted on social media networks showed hundreds of people – some of whom could be […]
UnionPay, Interswitch partner on payment digitization in Africa
UnionPay International (UPI) and Interswitch have announced their partnership, confirming Interswitch as a Third-Party Service Provider (TPSP) for UnionPay International in East Africa.
