Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Rights

September 16, 2022

21-year-old ‘one-way’ driver charged for manslaughter in Lagos 

The court heard that the defendant recklessly drove a tricycle against oncoming traffic and caused the death of Lukman Alabi.

Gavel
September 16, 2022

Nigerians will have PTSD if Peter Obi, Obidients hold rally at Lekki Tollgate: Lawyers

The Labour Party’s ‘Obidatti23’ rally, according to people against it, could make Lagos residents experience post-traumatic stress disorder.

LEKKI TOLLGATE ENDSARS PROTEST
September 16, 2022

Russia’s Supreme Court bans online newspaper Novaya Gazeta

The ban is the latest addition to the clampdown on press freedom in Russia, where coverage of the ongoing war in Ukraine has been barred.

Novaya Gazeta
September 15, 2022

ASUU slams COPSON over comments on collective bargaining

Mr Adejumo said that COPSON needs to understand that the principle of collective bargaining was sanctioned by the law.

ASUU
September 15, 2022

Man sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment for defiling, impregnating daughter

The defendant had started having an unlawful sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter while she was six years old, the court heard.

Gavel
September 15, 2022

ASUU Strike: Protesting students block Ife-Ibadan expressway

Mr Afeez said the association would continue to occupy the major expressways until the strike is called off.

Protesting Nigerian students
September 15, 2022

Gender discrimination causing girls to fail in maths class: UNICEF

The report raised the alarm on how issues of sexism and gender stereotypes have undercut the potential of girls in the classroom.

Schoolgirls in a classroom setting used to illustrate the story
September 15, 2022

Qatar 2022: FIFA should compensate abused migrant workers, Germans say

Stadiums to be used for the winter sports mundial were built by migrant workers through the Kafala system which has been adjudged unfair.

September 14, 2022

Jury finds R. Kelly guilty of sex crimes 

On Wednesday, the 12-person jury in Chicago convicted Mr Kelly of six out of the 13 charges levelled against him.

Robert Sylvester Kelly popularly known as R. Kelly
September 14, 2022

ASUU Strike: Students blocking Lagos-Ibadan highway in protest violating law, says Fashola 

The minister said the right to protest as protected in the Constitution does not give right to inflict pain on others.

Babatunde Fashola (credit: BBC)