The Uganda Constitutional Court has annulled the strict anti-gay legislation the country passed into law in February 2014. Uganda, like many African countries, is a conventional society where many people oppose gay rights. Homosexual acts were already illegal before the law, and it advanced this notion by allowing life imprisonment for “aggravated homosexuality” and ban…
Jonathan Appoints Suleiman Abba As New IGP
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday named the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7, Suleiman Abba as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP). Abba replaces incumbent IGP, Mohammed Abubakar who retired from service on Thursday after attaining the mandatory 35 years in service. A statement issued by the Presidency on Thursday read that, “The…
Suleiman Abba appointed new IGP
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Suleiman Abba, the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7, as the new Inspector General of Police in Nigeria. The announcement was made after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Jonathan. Abba is a former Aide-de-Camp, ADC to Maryam Abacha, wife of late military dictator, General Sani…
Suicide Bomber Hits Kano College
A suicide bomber has hi the Aminu Kano College of Islamic Studies, Kano on Wednesday. The suicide bomber targeted students at a technical college on Wednesday as the campus reopened following a Muslim holiday. The bomber targeted students who had crowded around a notice board to check their assignments for the mandatory National Youth Service…
AFRIMA Records High number of entries
The All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has recorded an impressive participation as a total of 2,025 entries were received at the close of submission of entries. The entries were received on the AFRIMA website and Facebook page from artistes, record companies, music enthusiasts and music/entertainment journalists from across the continent and the Diaspora whose works…
Kano Blast: One Dead, 8 injured
At least one person has been declared dead while eight others were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries after a bomb exploded in the New Motor park, Sabon Gari area of Kano State on Thursday. According to the police and eyewitnesses, the explosion occurred at about 3pm in the predominantly Christian neighborhood. Adelere…
ActionAid Launches Community Sponsorship in Nigeria
As part of efforts to empower communities in order to create a positive change in the high rate of poverty in the country, the Nigeria chapter of ActionAid, an International Non Governmental Organization, dedicated to the eradication of poverty and injustice in the world on Thursday, July 24, launched its community development initiative program at…
Bomb blast in Kano
Barely 24 hours after twin explosion killed several people in Kaduna; another explosion has rocked the city central motor park, Sabon Gari in Kano State today. More details soon
Sokoto sends indigenes on scholarship to Sudan, Bangladesh
Sokoto State government said it has allocated over N800 million for the sponsorship of 420 students abroad at both the under-graduate and post-graduate levels. Musa Maitafsir, chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB said this in Sokoto when he spoke to 121 Masters’ Degrees students leaving for the Islamic University of Uganda. He stated…
NPF Signs MOU with US Department of States
The Nigeria Police Force, NP Fhas announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Department of States Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement of the United States of America on Wednesday, July 23 in Abuja. As contained in a press release signed by Frank Mba,Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer,…
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