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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:06:41 +0000Angola Decriminalises Same-Sex Sexual Relationships
A new law decriminalising same-sex sexual relations in Angola has gone into effect on Wednesday.
According to reports, the new law overturned a colonial-era ban on homosexual relations which described it as "vice against nature”.
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:56:58 +0000
Landlady's Daughter Allegedly Beats Male Tenant To Death In Lagos
The police in Lagos State have arrested one Ms. Tina Essi for the alleged murder of 49-year-old Christian Akparie of No 26 Orijamogun Street, Oreyo street, Ikorodu.
The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this in a statement si...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:52:26 +0000
#EndSARS: CBN During Military Dictatorship Never Froze Activists’ Bank Accounts – Falana
Femi Falana, SAN.
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop freezing the bank accounts of protesters and activists in the country, saying the bank never did so when it was m...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:51:30 +0000
Unknown Gunmen Kill Three In Anambra
Three people were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at the Civic Centre, Eke Nkpor, Anambra State on Wednesday.
According to reports, the gunmen stormed the centre and opened fire on the crowd gathered shortly after the inauguration of ...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:31:27 +0000
Teach Herdsmen To Embrace City Life, Not Bush Life — Oluwo Tells Buhari, Governors
File Photo: Herdsmen.
The Paramount ruler of Iwoland, Osun State, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to educate herdsmen to embrace city life, in an open letter to them.
His appeal comes ...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:02:35 +0000
Barber Detained In Kano For Giving Customers Haircuts That 'Offend' Islam Released
Elijah Odeh, the young barber who was arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Corps for allegedly giving his customers haircuts which allegedly offend the Islamic faith, has been released.
The senator representing Benue South Senatorial District i...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:53:51 +0000
Uyo Female Corps Member Who Killed ‘Lover’ Spends One Month In Cell Without Trial
A female member of the National Youths Service Corps in Akwa Ibom State, Princess Odume, who was arrested by the police for hacking a man suspected to be her lover to death, on January 10, 2021, has now spent one month in police cell without...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:50:11 +0000
Soyinka’s Residence Not Attacked, Herdsmen Trespassed On His Land – Son
Olaokun, son of Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says herders did not attack his father’s house in Ogun State but trespassed on his land.
Olaokun disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
He was reacting to a vira...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:01:49 +0000
I’ve Not Joined APC Though We’ve Had Meetings Across Party Lines– Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied leaving the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress.
Fani-Kayode in a mail sent to SaharaReporters on Wednesday, said, “Though we have had meeti...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:12:02 +0000
Oyo Police Parade 11 Suspected Kidnappers, Killers Of Ibarapa Businesswoman, Adisa Sherifat, Others
Mrs. Sherifat Adisa, CEO of Subawah Petroleum
Eleven people were on Wednesday arrested and paraded by the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the killing of a businesswoman in Idere, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
A...