Month: January 2016

Jimmy Carr’s joke about dwarves on BBC1’s The One Show was offensive and broke broadcasting rules, the media watchdog has said. Carr, who was promoting of his greatest hits tour,...

People will believe just about anything about certain other people, especially if these other people are of a different political persuasion and have a reputation for not being very smart....

President Obama on Monday announced a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system, saying the practice is overused and has the potential for devastating psychological...

An NGO, Twins Action Aid International, on Monday called for compensation for the family of the twin brothers and their friend killed by a drunken policeman in Ketu, Lagos in...

The Akwa Ibom state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, has confirmed the death of a 53 year old woman who tested positive to Lassa Fever. According to Punch, Ukpong,...

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that there is no selective justice in the fight against corruption by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Odigie-Oyegun...

The chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae has criticised President Buhari’s anti-corruption fight. He said it is getting out of hand, adding that the anti-corruption drive...

Human rights lawyer, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC), over the $2.1b arms purchase fraud. Punch reports that Falana, in his...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lined up 25 witnesses in a fresh N22,765,900,000 case aginst ex-militant leader, Tompolo. Tompolo has been allegedly indicted severally on different occasions,...

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has accused former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and ex finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of diverting funds...