Nigerian Air Force woman allegedly drugged, raped by superior heads to court
A Nigerian Air Force personnel, IgbobieUzezi, who accused one of her superiors, Flight Lieutenant B.S Vibelko, of drugging and raping her in 2011, has sued...
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Alleged theft of IDPs rice : Absence of LG chairman stalls trial
A Maiduguri High Court has adjourned till Feb.9, hearing in the case of Shettima Maina, Chairman of Mafa Local Government Area in Borno, along with...
UNICEF Launches $3.3 Billion Emergency Assistance Fund for 48 Million Children
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Tuesday launched $3.3 billion emergency assistance fund aimed at reaching 48 million children caught up...
UNICEF Launches $3.3 Billion Emergency Assistance Fund for 48 Million Children
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Tuesday launched $3.3 billion emergency assistance fund aimed at reaching 48 million children caught up...
Female genital mutilation high in Imo — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has raised alar over what it called “the rising cases of Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting, FGMC, in Imo...
Man, 22, jailed 2 years for raping minor in kaduna
A Kaduna State High Court yesterday sentenced one Mahmud Muhammed, 22, to two years imprisonment, for raping a nine-year-old girl. Muhammed was dragged before Justice...
Malnutrition Wiping Out Children in Northern Nigeria, Aid Workers Say
Starvation in northern Nigeria’s Borno State is so bad that a whole slice of the population — children under 5 — appears to have died,...
Obaseki sets to tackle menace of street children in Edo
Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government would partner religious bodies to address the menace of street trading by children. Governor Obaseki...
Educate girls, stop building mosques, Sanusi tells northerners
The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, on Thursday called on wealthy individuals in the North to use the wealth Allah blessed them with,...
Addressing funding gap to save millions of Nigerian children from dying of malnutrition
By Philip Yatai, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Recent survey by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) indicates that malnutrition accounts for the death of...