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Protest As Gambian Parliament Moves To Lift Ban On Female Circumcision

Protest As Gambian Parliament Moves To Lift Ban On Female Circumcision
The Gambian parliament has moved to repeal the Act prohibiting female circumcision. A bill to that effect, sponsored by a member of parliament, Almameh Gibba, passed the second reading after securing massive votes on Monday. The move to repeal the Act which became operational in 2015 has polarised the citizens of the tiny West African country. Activists and opponents of the move were on Monday reported to have thronged the 53-member unicameral legislature building in Banjul in protest. However, proponents of the move to repeal the Act are reportedly in the majority, having polled 42 votes. My decision to introduceRead More

Ex-Army Chief, Buratai Lobbies Beninese Government To Extradite Sunday Igboho To Nigeria

Ex-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai
The Nigerian Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), is in the forefront of the desperate efforts by the Muhammadu Buhari regime to get Yoruba nation activist,Read More

Yoruba Freedom Fighter, Sunday Igboho Arrested In Cotonou

Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho
Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic by security operatives in the West African country. Igboho was arrested Monday nightRead More

Ghana Police Rescue 10 Nigerians Trafficked Into Country For Internet Fraud

Ghana Police
The police at Baatsona have rescued some 10 Nigerian nationals from their traffickers in Accra, following a successful tip-off. According to information from the Baatsona Police, the men were rescuedRead More

Nigeria Man Faces Murder Charges For Allegedly Killing Teacher In Ghana

Law court
A 42-year-old Nigerian trader, Emeka Adams who was paraded for murder in Ghana, has been remanded in police custody by a district Magistrate Court in Adenta Municipality, Ghana. The courtRead More

Seven Nigerians Sentenced To Long Jail-Terms In Togo For Attempting To Hijack Ship

maritime piracy
Seven Nigerians, who were part of a team that attempted to hijack a ship in Togolese waters in May 2019, have been sentenced to long prison terms during a trialRead More

Kenya Denies Involvement In Arrest, Extradition Of Kanu

Leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu
Challenges those making allegation to state when, where, how and who was involved in the arrest Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage, has denied the involvement of hisRead More

Court Jails Former South African President, Jacob Zuma

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by the country’s highest court. He has been given five days to hand himself in toRead More

Hospital Seeks Help In Locating Family Of Nigerian Man Knocked Down By Vehicle In Ghana

37 Military Hospital
The 37 Military Hospital has called on the general public to identify two persons admitted to their facility after a vehicular knockdown. The patient was rushed to the hospital’s traumaRead More

South African Court Submissions Expose Lies, Deceptive Tactics Used To Perpetuate MTI Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

MTI Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
New submissions by a South African regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and liquidators have exposed the web of lies and deceptive tactics that were used by Mirror TradingRead More

Nigeria Moves To Sell Electricity To Four West African Countries

Electricity power plants
Nigeria is in talks with four West African countries expected to buy unused electricity from it. The deal will be done through a planned $570 million Northcore Power Transmission Line.Read More