As Nigeria prepares for nationwide protests scheduled for Monday, April 7, 2025, Amnesty International has issued a strong call to the Federal Government to respect the fundamental rights of citizens to peaceful protest and freedom of expression. In a statement released on Sunday, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, emphasized the obligation of the…
Gunmen, suspected to be members of the Lakurawa terrorist group, have k!lled at least 13 vigilante members in Morai village, Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The attack took place on Sunday, April 6, when the assailants stormed the village and attempted to rustle cattle. Acting on intelligence, local vigilantes had taken cover in…
Photograph Source: Nokia621 – CC BY-SA 4.0 It was yet another unwelcome development for Mark Zuckerberg’s technology titan Meta, the parent company of Facebook. The High Court of Kenya has found that the US-based entity can be sued over its alleged role in disseminating content that incited violence in neighbouring Ethiopia. While the case can be heard in Kenya,…
The market saw limited trading sessions last week on account of public holidays on Monday and Tuesday, with the main equity index declining by 0.1 per cent. Stocks have returned 2.5 per cent year to date, driven by bank stocks, while the insurance index remains the worst performer of the five sector indexes, having depreciated…
An outage of automatic collection lanes at around 100 expressway toll gates continued in Japan on Monday, causing disruption across eight prefectures, including Tokyo, a day after the… © Japan Today
