Bandits kidnap Kaduna judge, her children,kill eldest son

A  judge of the Upper Customary Court, Sabon Tasha Division in Kaduna state, Janet Galadima, along with her four children have been kidnapped by bandits.  Confirming the incident to Channels Television,  the  Spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir…

Woman jailed for 7 years for handing over girl, 3, for female genital mutilation 

A British woman has been jailed for seven years in a legal first after she was found guilty of handing over a three-year-old who was subjected to female genital mutilation. Amina Noor, 40, took the toddler, who cannot be named…

Emah Nkereuem: Maybe death penalty shouldn’t be the final judgement

Like Leo Buscaglia is often famously quoted, “No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.” But I’m for the sake of this piece only interested in the…

Appearances can be deceptive-Tara Aisida

The first time I saw Jan Crouch the co-founder of TBN- Trinity Broadcasting Network- a satellite Christian network, I was confused. She looked nothing like a Christian not to talk of being a minister and a minister’s wife; not with…

She is my sister, my only sister but we are sworn enemies

My mother had two children; both of us are girls; my father of course had many wives; and as you know in most polygamous homes, the wives are often the ones who care for the children; the father is a…

‘I am happy that the glass ceiling is shattered’ (BBC)

The new head of Ethiopia’s supreme court told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme that she wants to ensure that the country has an independent judiciary. Earlier on Thursday Meaza Ashenafi, a prominent human rights lawyer, was elected as the first…

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