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A National Youth Service Corps member, Jennifer Elohor, has recounted her harrowing encounter with suspected members of the Anambra State Vigilante Group, who broke into her residence, assaulted her, and forcefully took her and her colleagues away. Vigilantes beat, strip female corps member in Anambra…. Credit: Facebook Video (Screenshot) | The Haven Foundation Elohor, who narrated her ordeal in an …

A source at the doctors’ meeting told PREMIUM TIMES that the discussion centred on the federal government’s response to the association’s 19-point demand. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) may suspend its planned nationwide strike following the issuance of a new government circular on doctors’ remuneration. At an Emergency Delegates Meeting (EDM) held in Abuja on Wednesday, delegates from all 36 states and …

The UK is among 27 countries backing a statement calling for Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access to Gaza. France, Germany, Australia, and Japan have also signed the text released by the Media Freedom Coalition – an intergovernmental group which advocates for the rights and protection of journalists globally. EPA The statement also condemned attacks on journalists, saying those working …

The Federal Government has disclosed that 15 per cent of Nigerian girls aged 15 to 19 are already mothers or pregnant, raising concern about adolescent reproductive health and gender inequality in the country. Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made this known on Tuesday during the validation and adoption of Nigeria’s first National Policy on Menstrual Health …

Emmanson, who is at the centre of the controversy, was also questioned on Thursday afternoon. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday interrogated the crew members involved in the controversial Ibom Air incident, which saw a female passenger, Comfort Emmanson, brutalised, publicly stripped at the Lagos airport after a heated altercation with the airline’s air hostess. Emmanson, who is …

As the supremacy battle between the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Abimbola Owoade and the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Eniitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi gets messier, the former said yesterday that the British had signed a treaty with Alaafin recognising him as the superior head of the Yoruba Nation. He said in a statement by his Director …

German prosecutors say a Ukrainian man has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, several months after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The man, identified only as Serhii K, was arrested in the province of Rimini and was part of a group who planted …

Founder and Chair of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has reaffirmed the urgent need to raise a new class of values-driven political leaders as Africa confronts deepening governance and development challenges. Speaking ahead of the Global Launch of the SPPG Public Leaders Network (SPLN), Dr. Ezekwesili emphasised that the network is not just another platform, …

Members of the Labour Party Caucus in the National Assembly have called on the Anambra State Government and the Nigeria Police to bring to book perpetrators of the violent attack against a member of the National Youth Service Corps in the state, Jennifer Elohor. Vigilantes beat, strip female corps member in Anambra…. Credit: Facebook Video (Screenshot) | The Haven Foundation …

By Eben Enasco Iguelegbon Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State is taking a stand against what they alleged is illegal sales of some plots by Dr. Taiwo Aifuwa to real estate operators. The disputed land in question spans approximately 400 plots, claimed by the people to be rightfully owned by the Iguelegbon Community. At a …