India on Wednesday unveiled the world’s tallest statue in the western state of Gujurat in celebration of her unity. Towering at 182 metres, the Statue of Unity is a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a hero of India’s freedom struggle…
Witness in alleged rape case of nun found dead (CNN)
Investigations are currently ongoing after a witness in the trial involving an Indian Catholic bishop who allegedly raped a nun was found dead weeks after giving his testimony. Father Kuriakose Kattuthara was around 62 years old, police said. He died…
UN blasts India’s deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar (Guardian)
The UN voiced alarm Friday over India’s deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite warnings they could face persecution in a country where the military is accused of genocide against the Muslim minority. The UN refugee agency said it…
Ambode not embattled, says Oshiomhole as APC govs rally in support (Vanguard) * APC does not trust defectors from PDP, says Dogara (Punch)
Ambode not embattled, says Oshiomhole as APC govs rally in support (Vanguard) The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State was not in any way embattled over…
Passengers hurt after India pilot ‘blunder’ (BBC)
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots ‘forgot’ to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said. Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur turned back shortly…
Indian nuns demand arrest of bishop accused of rape (CNN)
A group of nuns in one of India’s oldest Catholic communities is calling for the arrest of a bishop who has been accused of raping one of the church’s sisters multiple times over a two-year period. The case in the…
India court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling (BBC)
In a historic decision, India’s Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence. The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as…
Nigerian development tragedy: the affliction of image deficit and the way out -Magnus Onyibe
Our dear country seems doomed to remain mired in negative publicity. That is even as headlines heralding horrific events like gruesome murders of civilians by herdsmen , suicide bombings by religious insurgents like Boko Haram and mind-boggling sums of public…
Sweet shop worker ‘rapes and kills boss’s 4-year-old daughter then goes back to work’ (Metro)
Chilling footage shows the moment a man led his four-year-old boss’s daughter away from a sweetshop where he worked before allegedly raping and murdering her. Bholu, 24, can be seen walking hand-in-hand with the girl in the village of Asaoti,…
