There are too many stories to tell about SARS and their brutalization of young Nigerians. Here is my own story. I was right in front of my house when I got picked up. It was one of those lazy days…
Let’s call it what it is, rape is evil! Tara Aisida
I can still hear his laughter as I ran from the room, out of the house and into the streets to wait until my father or another adult came into the house. I was about 9 years old and I…
Lebanese military court rules that homosexuality is not a crime (GlobalVoices)
On March 30, 2019, a Lebanese military court ruled that homosexuality is not a crime and refused to prosecute four individuals accused of the ‘crime’. This landmark decision is the first case of a military court refusing to equate homosexuality…
Decriminalise sex work to protect us from crime – prostitutes (Guardian)
Prostitution should be decriminalised in the UK to make it safer for vulnerable women, a sex worker organisation has said. The English Collective of Prostitutes is calling for the removal of laws relating to consensual adult sexual behaviour, arguing that…
Passengers robbed mid-air on SAA flight
At least two passengers on a South African Airways flight headed to Hong Kong from Johannesburg alleged that they were robbed of money and other valuables while on board. Cabin crew were told by some passengers during the flight on…
Man impregnates 13-yr-old daughter he’s been sleeping with (Vanguard)
A 35-year-old man, Friday Moses, has been arrested by the Police in Benin, Edo State capital, for impregnating his 13-year-old daughter. Moses was among the 76 suspected criminals paraded by the state Police Commissioner, Johnson Kokum, in Benin yesterday, for…
I use charms to steal motorcycles – Suspect (Punch)
The police in Niger State have arrested three men who allegedly belong to a gang of motorcycle thieves terrorising Ebbo community in the Lapai Local Government Area. The suspects, Umar Idris, 21, Mohammed Gazuma, 24, and Emmnuel Titus, 24, all…
Alfa asked me to bring human heart, hands for money ritual- Suspect (Punch)
A 62-year-old herbalist, Ganiyu Idowu, on Thursday alleged that an Islamic cleric, Bamigbola Edun, aka alfa, asked him to get a human heart and two hands, with which he would prepare a ritual which had a potency to produce N11m.…
Police arrest suspected killers of Imo Catholic priest (Punch)
The operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State police command have arrested the suspected killers of Rev Fr.Jude Egbom of St Patrick’s Catholic church, Amucha, in the Njaba Local Government Area of the state. Egbom was…
Gunman kills five, then himself (Punch)
A man went on a shooting rampage in California on Wednesday, killing five people including his wife, before taking his own life. The shooting at multiple locations in Bakersfield in central California was possibly “a domestic violence incident,” said Lieutenant…