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Sheep Gives Birth To Human-like Baby In Sokoto Nigeria

February 8, 2012

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Residents of Sokoto metropolis are yet to come to terms with the unbelievable incident that occcurred in the  city recently. That was when a sheep gave birth to a monstrous being at a government owned veterinary clinic in the Sokoto State capital. The date was Monday, January 22, this year. The news suddenly came into… [Read more…]

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Cop arraigned over raping mother, daughter

February 2, 2012

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A police corporal attached to the Central Market Police outpost in Katsina State, Abutu Joseph, has been arraigned before a state senior magistrate court for alleged raping a physically challenged mother and her daughter. The prosecution officer, Sergeant Okolo Usman told the court that the accused raped the crippled woman and her daughter at the… [Read more…]

Brave Nigerians speaking out

January 15, 2012

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https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/common/referer_frame.php If I die, I die. #OccupyNigeria

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Minor Girls Rape Tops Court’s Pending Cases

December 24, 2011

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ILORIN – The Kwara Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation, Alhaji Nureini Kuranga, says majority of rape cases pending at the magistrates’ courts in the state are against the minors. Kuranga, also a Chief Magistrate, told Newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin that majority of rape cases were against the minors of between two and five years… [Read more…]

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Man Held For Sleeping With His Daughters

December 22, 2011

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A 51-year-old okada rider has been sent to Kirikiri prison for sleeping with his two daughters. The suspect, Collins Oleka, a native of Mbano in Imo State was arrested by the police at Area ‘G’ Command, Ogba, following a complaint lodged by an NGO based in Ogba, Lgos, southwest Nigeria. According to his first daughter,… [Read more…]

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Announcing the Winners of the Domestic Violence Writing Competition 2011

December 18, 2011

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Zahara Women Foundation is thrilled to announce the winners of the just concluded 2011 Domestic Violence Writing Competition. There were many, many qualified applicants, and reviewing the essays was truly a pleasure. The goal of this writing competition according to the Executive Director of  Zahara Women Foundation is to ” engage boys and youths in… [Read more…]

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Lady sexually abused, filmed for alleged BlackBerry theft

December 3, 2011

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Written by Kunle Falayi Barely two months after the gang-rape video of an unidentified female by five men suspected to be students of Abia State University was circulated on the internet and invoked nationwide condemnation, Nigerians on social networks and bloggers have continued to react to another video and pictures of an unidentified lady stripped… [Read more…]

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Petition – EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OF CHIEF OGBE ONOKPITE in Delta State

December 1, 2011

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Monday, November 28, 2011. The Inspector-General of Police, Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja. Dear Sir, IN THE MATTER OF THE EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OF CHIEF OGBE ONOKPITE (WHO WAS A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE OF THE CITIZENS POPULAR PARTY IN APRIL 26TH GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN DELTA STATE) We act on behalf of the members of the… [Read more…]

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The Extrajudicial, Summary And Arbitrary Execution Of Chief Ogbe Onokpite

November 29, 2011

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The Extrajudicial, Summary And Arbitrary Execution Of Chief Ogbe Onokpite: A Call For The Perpetrators To Be Brought To Immediate Justice. This world press conference by us, a group of Conscientious Deltans is to invite the attention and intervention of the President of the Government of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the National Assembly, well meaning Nigerians… [Read more…]

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Man, 24, docked for having sex with 6-yr-old

November 22, 2011

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on NOVEMBER 22, 2011  A 24-year-old man, Tunde Alade, was on Tuesday arraigned in Ibadan for having unlawful canal knowledge of a six-year-old girl. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Foluke Adedosu, told the Chief Magistrate’s Court that Alade, of Oja-Igbo area of Ibadan, had invited the victim to his room and forcibly had canal knowledge of her. She… [Read more…]

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