•Policemen The death of a Lagos resident identified as Temitope Oyetade who was chased by policemen from the Area P Command of the State has sparked outrage. A friend of the deceased, Betty Omowunmi narrated the tragic incident on X (formerly Twitter). Omowunmi explained that the deceased was stopped by police officers in mufti while […...
•People outside court in Polokwane, South Africa yesterday The case of two black women allegedly shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer and his workers has sparked widespread outrage in South Africa, BBC reports today. Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were reportedly searching for food on a farm near Polokwane in […]
Dark and tall with a beard trimmed to perfection, he was an incredible advertisement for the dark-blue Air Force uniform. Group Captain Nnaemeka Badaru had just retired from the force and itching to leave the Sam Ethnan Air Force Base in Oshodi, Lagos State, for his palatial house in Abuja, where his wife, Alhaja Zainab, […]
•Students during examination session Critical stakeholders in the education sector have condemned the decision of the federal government to peg the age at which students can write the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, at 18, saying it will simply draw the education sector back. The groups reacted to the comment by the Min...
•Japa There was outrage yesterday over a United Kingdom-based taxi driver, who remained on the federal government’s payroll despite migrating to the UK in 2022. Civil society organisations who spoke to our correspondent yesterday said the report was an indication of how deeply-rooted corruption was in the Nigerian civil service, reports The PU...
•Okada riders at the scene of the incident Commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as okada riders have killed an official of the Lagos State Task Force who was among some officials who went on an illegal duty. Already, two police officers attached to the Lagos State Taskforce have been arrested and are facing disciplinary action [&he...
•Nigerian professors detained in Cameroon The prolonged detention of several Nigerian professors by the Cameroon government for the past five years has sparked outrage. The professors were arrested in Abuja on January 5, 2018, by security agents and later repatriated to Cameroon, tried by a military tribunal, and sentenced to life imprisonment...
The plan by telecommunication operators in Nigeria to hike tariffs for data and voice calls appears not to have gone down well with Nigerians, warning that any move to further impoverish them would be resisted. The planned resistance is coming on the heels of a joint statement released yesterday, by the Association of Licensed Telecom [&hellip...
•Abuja Chinese supermarket The management of an Abuja-based Chinese supermarket has come under fire for denying Nigerians entry into the facility. Our correspondent reports that entry into the supermarket, without any name inscription, is restricted exclusively to individuals of Chinese descent, reports The PUNCH. The supermarket situated at t...
A 63-year-old influential Ghanaian traditional priest has sparked outrage by marrying a 12-year-old girl. Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII married her in a customary ceremony held on Saturday. However, the marriage has sparked criticism, with community leaders saying people do not understand their customs and traditions. Videos and photos of ...

