•Nigerian lawyers Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association, have condemned the sexual assault and public harassment of women during a recent festival in Ozoro, Delta State, describing the incident as a national disgrace and renewing form of gender-based violence. Viral videos circulating on social media platforms show ...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has ordered an investigation into the alleged assault on a lecturer of the University of Ibadan (UI), Dr. Mikail Abdussalam, at the Obafemi Awolowo Train Station in Moniya, Ibadan. The corporation said it viewed the incident with serious concern, stressing that harassment, intimidation or any form of misc...
•Cardi B Rapper Cardi B was cleared of assault yesterday in a $24 million civil trial in which the star was accused of slashing a woman’s face with her fingernails. A colorful hearing in Los Angeles last week saw the “WAP” artiste sporting wildly different wigs and sparring with lawyers, sparking a multitude of viral […]
•Gwagwalada-Abuja-Lokoja road gridlock Vehicular traffic came to a standstill around 11:30am yesterday on the Abuja-Lokoja Road in Abuja after trailer drivers blocked the road to protest the alleged assault of a driver by soldiers. Witnesses told our reporter at the scene that the altercation began after a trailer driver, coming from the Giri ...
•Gov Soludo and the vigilante operatives The Anambra State Government has dismissed eight vigilante operatives who assaulted a serving female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Miss Edema Jennifer Elohor, in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Secur...
•Nigerian lawyers Nigerian lawyers under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), have condemned the assault on a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Jennifer Elobor, by security operatives in Anambra and is demanding the prosecution of those involved in what it described as an “inhumane” act. In a statement by NBA [&hel...
•AON logo and Emmanson The Airline Operators of Nigeria has imposed a no-fly life ban on a female passenger, Comfort Emmanson, who allegedly assaulted airline officials on an Ibom Air flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The AON, in a statement by its spokesperson, Obiora Okonkwo, today, said the ban on […]
A Nigerian domestic carrier Ibom Air has placed a travel restriction on Comfort Emmanson, for assaulting members of the airline’s Uyo–Lagos flight crew at the Lagos airport yesterday. The airline, in a statement today said the unruly passenger won’t be permitted to fly on any of its aircraft from now on. “The passenger was removed […]...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Rivers State Police Command to tender an unreserved public apology over the assault on five journalists during a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt or risk a statewide media blackout. In a statement jointly signed by the Council Chairman, Comrade ...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail to three Lagos State House of Assembly staff members accused of assaulting Department of State Services (DSS) officers. Justice Daniel Osiagor set bail at N3 million each, requiring a Level 16 civil servant as surety, reports Vanguard. The DSS did not oppose the bail application, and […]

