Nobel Peace Prize: Russian laureate ”told to turn down award”

The Russian co-winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has said Kremlin authorities told him to turn down the award. Yan Rachinsky, who heads Memorial, said he was told not to accept the prize because the two other co-laureates –…

Nobel Peace Prize goes to rights advocates from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

Human rights organizations from Ukraine and Russia, as well as rights advocate Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, have won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization…

South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman’s death marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding…

*67-year-old Lagos landlord allegedly defiles, impregnates minor (Punch)*Flood takes-over Lagos community school, pupils trapped for hours (Vanguard)

67-year-old Lagos landlord allegedly defiles, impregnates minor (Punch) Contrary to her wish, Glory (pseudonym) has assumed motherhood at 14 when her peers are schooling. The primary five pupils were allegedly defiled by a 67-year-old landlord on Legacy Road, Ayobo, Lagos…

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