Abia top UTME scorer to get N.5m scholarship in memory of late Ukpabi
Raped at 8, pregnant at 10, forced to marry her rapist at 11
I prayed for death, it didn’t come — Pregnant Libyan returnee
Outrage as pastor brands women `source of all evil’
Enwonwu’s painting ‘African Mona Lisa’ to sell for record £300K
Train kills woman taking selfie on railway
UK-based Nigerian loses N15m to fake Oba of Lagos
The day Miyetti Allah apologised to Imo farmers
Court told to declare rights of Nigerians to self-determination
8 burnt beyond recognition in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway fuel tanker fire
How I give hope to rape victims, says Itoro Eze-Anaba
Nigerian mum with £500K hospital bill in UK says she can’t pay
Italy migrant shooting spree ‘triggered by woman’s murder’
50 rushed to hospital after eating cow bitten by snake
Labourer gets 20 strokes of cane for phone theft
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SubscribeMan cuts off 12-yr-old cousin’s manhood in Niger
Minna—A 12-year-old boy, Farouk Ibrahim, who had his manhood cut off by his uncle in Babana area of Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, might never have a functional manhood again, according to doctors.
Mechanic to receive 6 lashes for criminal trespass
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that a mechanic, Friday Monday, 25, convicted for criminal trespass into a clinic, be given six strokes of the cane.
On the road with Nigeria’s first mobile library
Funmi Ilori once had a dream about creating the biggest library in Africa. Now she drives vans packed with books to poor areas of Lagos to help children discover a love of reading.
Ukesone Nigerian grandpa gagged, slapped on Emirates flight
A 71 year-old Nigerian grandpa, David Ukesone has recounted a raw deal that he had from the crew of Emirates airline, flying from Dubai to Chicago.
15-yr-old girl, boyfriend docked for dumping 3-week-old baby
A girl and her boyfriend were, yesterday, brought before an Upper Area Court 3 in Jos, Plateau State, for dumping their three-week-old baby girl by the roadside.
Our land not available for cattle colonies, Yoruba leaders tell FG
Yoruba leaders, under the aegis of Yoruba Summit, yesterday, rejected the proposed cattle colony by the Federal Government saying it is a “violation of the sensibilities of different nationalities whose lands would be partitioned for Fulani herdsmen.”
9,000 victims of Yahya Jammeh’s fake AIDS treatment cry out
President Yahya Jammeh had found a cure for AIDS. That was the news that reached Ousman Sowe, the head of a Gambian AIDS support network, one day in 2007. He was overjoyed.
Parents chain 12-year-old son for 2 months in Ogun
The Police in Ogun on Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old woman, Yomi Kazeem, and her mother, Yemi Kazeem, for allegedly chaining a 12-year-old son for two months over allegation of stubbornness.
Nigerians most educated immigrants in U.S., not shithole’, group tells Trump
As outrage and anger continue to trail the reported ‘shithole’ remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump’s, the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN) has lent its voice to correct his wrong perception about Nigerians in the U.S.
Mysterious Edo waterway where world leaders turn up
EVBOTUBU- AT Evbotubu in the outskirts of Benin-City, Edo State, there is a mysterious water course where former world leaders materialise to put heads together with the Chief Priest of Ogievie Shrine on the way out of different evils unnerving the world.
Hunger, hardship pushed us into selling our children —Frustrated parents
One major expectation of most newly weds is to welcome their bundle of joy at least, one year after wedding, as anxiety usually sets in when there is no sign of pregnancy after a year or two of unprotected sex . At this point, parents from both sides start prying on the cause of the delay.
I watched my friend’s girl friend raped to death — Libyan returnee
On January 14, 2018, at about 11.52pm, a Max Air plane with registration number 5N- HMM, landed at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers state with the third batch of 560 Nigerian returnees from Libya. Among them were 20 infants.
Human trafficking: Edo Govt, partner Peace Corps on returnees’ re-integration
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed his administration’s readiness to partner the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) on the reintegration programme for Libya returnees as soon as the bill establishing the Corps gets assent from President Muhammad Buhari.
He gives me N100 after sex, says 13-yr-old boy sodomised by coach
A 13-year-old boy (names withheld), who has been sodomised several times by a 19-year-old football coach, has said: “After having sex with me, he normally gives me either N100 or N200.”
Day-old-baby disappears at Kaduna Hospital
Kaduna State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, on Wednesday said investigation has commenced on the disappearance of a day-old-baby at Yusuf Dantsoho General Hospital, Kaduna.
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