Myanmar records increase in civilian casualties caused by landmines
Lagos, April 4, 2024 – A new data released by UNICEF reveals an alarming increase in civilian casualties, including many children in Myanmar.
According to the...
Novelist Salman Rushdie On Ventilator After New York Stabbing
Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state on Friday and airlifted to a hospital, police said.
Court remands man for allegedly sodomising 10-year-old boy
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered that a 28-year-old man, Illiyasu Garba, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sodomising a 10-year-old boy.
Agege security better under RRS Commander, Egbeyemi – Activist
An Agege born human rights activist, Comrade Olatunde Owoeye-Wise has said that security in Agege is better under RRS Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi.
UN peacekeepers urged to improve protection on displaced Congolese
Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a displaced people’s camp on June 12, 2023, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, Human Rights Watch said today.
NLC President to undergo ophthalmic investigation, brain scan
The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been referred for an ophthalmic investigation and brain scan.
