Thursday, November 12, 2026

Rights

August 20, 2021

Australia’s mining firm BHP sacks 48 workers for sexual harassment

There have been allegations of two rapes, one attempted rape and three cases of forced kissing or groping.

BHP workers
August 20, 2021

Jumoke Oyeleke, shot at Yoruba Nation rally, buried on Friday in Lagos

The deceased was hit by a stray bullet from police officers firing guns and tear gas canisters to disperse agitators.

August 20, 2021

Nigerians facing widespread hunger under Buhari: NSA Monguno

Buhari and Osinbajo are working hard to resolve the country’s food crisis as Nigerians grapple with widespread hunger, says the National Security Adviser.

August 19, 2021

Court declines NGO’s application to order striking doctors back to work

The judge ruled that affected parties ought to be put on notice before a restraining order could be granted.

National Industrial Court
August 19, 2021

Girls, women in their 70s, 80s in IDPs are targets of sexual abuse: NGO

The group wants collective efforts to rescue IDPs from the shackles of poverty, rape, deprivations and other acts of inhumanity.

Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp
August 19, 2021

Buhari regime begs Wike to let Rivers pupils enjoy free meals

FG has called on the Rivers government to key into President Muhammadu Buhari regime’s home-grown school feeding programme.

August 18, 2021

Twitter: We will not rest until we regulate social media, says Lai Mohammed

“I can assure you that we will not rest until we regulate social media, otherwise, nobody will survive it,’’ Mr Mohammed assured.

Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed and Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey
August 18, 2021

NITDA fines Soko Loans N10 million for unsolicited messages to loan defaulters’ phone contacts

NITDA says it was forced to impose the fine after Soko Loans refused to change its intrusive business model for retrieving failed loans from its users.

NITDA DG, Kashifu Inuwa and Soko Loan
August 18, 2021

Trial stalled as court fails to get interpreter for Ghanaians arrested for smuggling

“Some of them are foreigners and they are supposed to understand the charges before them.”

Court symbol used to tell the story
August 18, 2021

Amid Taliban takeover, Afghan woman begs to participate in Paralympic Games

The Afghanistan Paralympics Committee said the athlete could no longer participate in the Tokyo paralympics due to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Zakia Khudadadi