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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a grave violation of the rights of girls and women, stressing that the practice must be…

An Ilorin-based housewife, Mrs. Fauziya Ibrahim, on Wednesday pleaded with an Area Court not to grant her husband, Hamza Musbau, his request for divorce. “I have been married to my husband…

The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Namibia have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations for the mutual benefit of both nations. This was the…

Mainstream Foundation in collaboration with Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) has screened 1,357 patients with different eye problems in Yola, Adamawa. Mr Zayyan Illo,…

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday reduced the country’s benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), from 27.5 per cent to 27…

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism has confirmed the death of more than 80 buffaloes in Namibia’s Chobe River after a stampede triggered by lions. Ministerial spokesperson…

Eleven years after the deadly Nyanya twin bombings that claimed more than 75 lives and left hundreds injured, justice remains elusive for the victims and their families as the…

Military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), denouncing it as “a tool of neocolonial…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command, has called on its officers to take the message of peace to grassroots communities, stressing that without peace,…

Content creator Folorunsho Olayinka, popularly known as Finest, has disclosed that the late comedian Adetola Samad, also called Sanku, died in a Lexus SUV purchased on loan, with…