The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday handed over 21 trafficked children to the Niger State government. The victims, all boys, ages between nine and 16 years, were being trafficked to the Niger Republic before their rescue by officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday in Abuja….
Golf legend, Tiger Woods has lost his mother to the cold hands of death. The 15-time major champion in a statement shared his mom Kultida Woods died in the early hours of Feb. 4. She was 81 years old. It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Some 20,000 civilians have fled a township in central Myanmar’s Magway region amid three days of heavy fighting between rebels and junta troops that destroyed around one-third of area homes, residents said Monday. The intense combat in the heartland township of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined assent to the bill for the establishment of the Federal University of Education, Numan, Adamawa State. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen, and read by his Deputy, Benjamin Kalu, during plenary on Tuesday, February 4, President Tinubu outlined his reasons…
A woman identified simply as Onorakpoma has been k!lled by a stray bullet during a cult clash between rival groups, Bobos and Greenlanders, at the Swali Ultra Modern Market in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Onorakpoma, a trader from the Emede community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, was hit by a bullet…
