Thailand’s military government has backed a bill that would make the country the first in Asia to recognise same-sex civil partnerships. The civil partnership bill is likely to require approval from Thailand’s new parliament after the country’s general election in…
*OOU final year student killed in Lagos Christmas tragedy (Punch)*IMF: Lagos to Grow $136bn GDP by 4% in 2019 (ThisDay)
December 26, 2018 OOU final year student killed in Lagos Christmas tragedy (Punch) It was a black Christmas Day for the family of Boluwatife Oyeleye, a final year student of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University, who was killed…
Thailand approves medicinal cannabis (BBC)
Thailand’s parliament has voted to approve cannabis for medical use, with a key lawmaker calling it a “New Year’s gift” to the Thai people. Recreational use will remain illegal. Marijuana was used in Thailand as a traditional medicine, until it…
Refugee footballer fights extradition (BBC)
A Bahraini footballer is facing extradition from Thailand, despite international calls for his release. Hakeem Al-Araibi, 25, who holds refugee status in Australia, was detained in Bangkok last month on an Interpol warrant put out by Bahrain. He was sentenced…
HIV-positive soldier charged with sexually assaulting over 24 boys (Punch)
A Thai soldier infected with HIV has been arrested and charged with raping more than two dozen boys in North-Eastern Thailand, police said on Friday. Police nabbed the 43-year-old sergeant major at a military base in Khon Kaen, a province…
Race against time to rescue 12 teenage soccer players who are trapped in underwater cave in Thailand (Dailymail)
Navy rescue divers have resumed their search for a young football team who have been trapped inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for three days. Hundreds of people have been mobilised to find the boys, aged between 11 and 16,…
