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15m Girls Forced Into Sex by Partners, Relatives, Friends –UN

Agency Report  The United Nations on Wednesday said 15 million teenage girls worldwide have been forced into sex, often by partners, relatives or friends, yet...

​Late Nasarawa NSCDC Commandant, an exceptional officer -Arch Tukur 

By Our Correspondent The All Progressive Congress APC guber aspirant in Nasarawa State, Arch Shehu Ahmed Tukur, has condoled with the officers and men of...

HIV: 80% Transmission in Nigeria Through Sex – UNICEF

By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said about 80% of the HIV transmission in Nigeria happened through sexual contact.  UNICEF, added that...

Nigerians Consume 400 Million Condoms Annually – SFH

Society for Family Health (SFH) has disclosed that Nigerians consume over 400 million condoms annually. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday during the launch of Flex...

Man, 29, Rapes 85 Year-old Woman in Osun

Agency Report  A 29-year-old man, Kehinde Ariyo, has been arrested by the Osun Police Command for allegedly raping an 85-year-old woman to coma at Ilesa...

Revelation: N5.32bn Stolen in HoS, Police Pension Offices Monthly – Maina

 .…says, £6m pension loot still hidden in London accounts Embattled former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has said that, he...

Buhari asks EFCC to go After Lawal, Oke

President Muhammadu Buhari says he expects the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offence Commission (ICPC) to...

Nigeria Loses $13.7 Billion to Herdsmen, Farmers Clashes – Abdulsalami Abubakar

Agency Report  A former military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, says Nigeria loses $13.7 billion annually as a result of farmers-herdsmen conflicts in Benue, Kaduna,...

Jonathan Urges Court to Void Metuh’s Request to Compel him to Testify

Ex- President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday challenged the witness summon issued on him by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to appear today to...

Mikel, Musa, Ighalo… Rohr’s 24-man Squad for Algeria, Argentina Matches

Mikel Obi, Ahmed Musa, and Odion Ighalo are among the 24 players invited by Gernot Rohr for the Super Eagles’ matches against Algeria and Argentina....