How girls fleeing Boko Haram end up in Italy sex market, by Philip Obaji Jr.
It’s minutes past 4:00 p.m. local time, and Sarah, as we’ll call her, has just returned to her tent in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at the outskirts Maiduguri,…
Samsung excites Africa with ultrasonic Soundbar, delivers great sound with little clutter
In keeping with its focus on delivering only the highest quality user-driven home audio-visual technology, in products that are both sleek and simplistic in design, Samsung (www.Samsung.com) has announced the…
Xenophobia: Nigeria, South Africa may go up in flames, Zuma worried
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has condemned acts of violence perpetrated by citizens against non-nationals, his office said on Friday, but his warning did not dissuade South Africans who protested …
MMM is back but not with the cash, to introduce reforms
Ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mondial Money box (MMM) is at it again, announcing it will freeze some Mavros of its participants. It said it has also introduced new measures to ‘serve…
Katsina State to spend N12bn on irrigation, water supply
The Katsina State Government has earmarked N12.3 billion for the completion and rehabilitation of some dam projects to boost water supply and irrigation in the state. Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, the…
Cameroon repatriates 517 Nigerian victims of Boko Haram
Cameroon has forcibly repatriated more than 500 Nigerians who had fled into the country due to the Boko Haram insurgency, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR). A total of…
Group faults Amnesty International Report on Nigerian Army
The Global Amnesty Watch (GAW) has described the recent report by Amnesty International (AI) about the Nigerian Army as biased, unprofessional and lacking merit which does not reflect the realities…
Police parade suspected illegal dealers of petroleum products
The constant vandalization of Pipelines, destruction of oil and gas facilities and illegal oil bunkering in the country is of great concern to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K….
Police narrate how two German archaeologists were kidnapped near Kaduna airport
Two German archaeologists were kidnapped in central Nigeria on Wednesday, a police official said, near the road that will run between the capital Abuja and its temporary airport from next…
New Gambian ‘Vice President’ calls Guinean President, Conde, “crazy man” on hot mic
The new yet-to-be sworn in Gambian “Vice President” Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang, now the Minister for Women’s affairs, was recently caught on a hot mic trash-talking the Guinean President Alpha Conde….
