Anambra: Husband recounts discovery of alleged child abuse
ONITSHA — The husband of 36-year-old Anulika Onyeanusia, who was arrested by the Anambra State Police Command over an alleged sexual abuse of her underage daughter, has recounted how he discovered the incident. Ikechukwu Onyeanyusi said he learnt of the alleged abuse after a friend showed him a video purportedly involving his wife and their […]
43 feared dead, others missing in Rivers oil incident
By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt PANIC has gripped Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State following an incident in which several persons suspected of illegally siphoning petroleum products reportedly died after inhaling toxic fumes. While community sources put the death toll at 43, the Rivers State Police Command said it could not confirm the actual number […]
AAUA students block highway, protest 68-day ASUU strike
By Dayo Johnson, Akure Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, on Thursday blocked major roads around the institution in protest against the 68-day strike that has kept them away from academic activities. The students, led by the Students’ Union Government, SUG, shut the university’s main gate and roads linking the institution to the highway, […]
Nigerians see no signs of economic growth —Labour
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday said Nigerians have seen no sign of economic growth according to the gross domestic product, GDP, released by the federal government on Tuesday.
Awujale Stool: Court warns parties to maintain status quo
AN Ogun State High Court, sitting in Ijebu-Ode, yesterday, warned parties involved in the legal dispute over the succession to the Awujale stool against taking any action capable of undermining the court process or altering the existing status quo.
Babies in the rubble: Inside Lagos’ growing child abandonment crisis
ON a rainy Tuesday morning in Ikeja, sanitation workers made a grim discovery. Tucked inside a carton by a roadside drain was a newborn, still with the umbilical cord attached and wrapped in a thin cloth.
