Calabar, Nigeria – In a bold demonstration of solidarity and urgent activism, Amnesty International Nigeria (AIN) has used this year’s International Women’s Day celebration to draw attention to the increasing rate of femicide globally—and in Nigeria in particular. The event, which was held in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, featured a themed walk…
A six-year-old girl, Ella, fatally shot a 28-year-old American police officer last month after witnessing her mother being restrained by law enforcement. The incident occurred when Ella’s mother left her inside the car and went into a supermarket to purchase a 75-inch television. After completing her purchase, she was stopped at the store’s exit and…
Calabar, Nigeria – Violence has engulfed the Iko Esai community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State following the enthronement of two village heads, leading to loss of lives and destruction of properties worth billions of naira. The conflict has left many residents homeless, with over fifty houses burnt and several people either…
Randburg, South Africa – Blogger Musa Khawula will remain in custody as his criminal injuria case has been postponed until March 19 at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. Khawula, widely recognised for his outspoken social media presence, faces serious charges that include hate speech, crimen injuria, and violation of Section 19 of the Cybercrimes Act of…
Calabar, Nigeria – Phone and tech accessory dealers have taken to the streets of Calabar to demonstrate what they called a security threat to their businesses after losing almost a billion naira to burglars within a short period. This is coming barely 24 hours after traders protested against the planned demolition of their shops in…
By Phillip Alaga Ogoja, Cross River – A large number of traders in Ogoja metropolis stormed the office of the Urban Development Authority on Tuesday to protest the planned demolition of containers (shops) used by micro-business owners for their daily trade. The protesters, who gathered in their numbers, expressed their dissatisfaction with the government’s decision,…
Germany’s Central Council of Muslims reacted with dismay on Monday to last week’s knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. A 19-year-old Syrian refugee allegedly attacked a Spanish tourist with a knife at the memorial to Jews murdered by the Nazis on Friday, seriously injuring him. The suspect is now in custody after being…
Paris, France – A prominent LGBT activist who was recently arrested on charges that included the rape of a 4-year-old girl has been discovered to have organized a pedophile network in France. An investigation conducted by the Office of Minors (L’OFMIN), a newly-created branch of the French National Police, has uncovered a pedophile network that…
Florida, U.S. – A young lady, Shania Baptiste, who allegedly stole from an elderly woman, lands in Florida and immediately gets chastised by the local sheriff. Receiving Baptiste in Daytona Beach following her arrest in New York, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, said the suspect and her co-defendant swindled one of the residents out of…
Calabar, Nigeria – A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has jailed Uno Michael Eke, Chief Executive Officer of Micheno Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, for conspiracy, obtaining property by false pretence and money laundering to the tune of N2 billion. Converseer reports that Eke was convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment by Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie,…
