In Sierra Leonean culture it is often the rape victims not the rapists who are blamed for the attack. Hannah Kargbo, a nurse who counsels abused women in the capital Freetown, explains how prejudice heaps more pain on already vulnerable
Eight years after a civil war in Sierra Leone that became notorious for the extent of rape and violence committed against civilians, social workers fear that rape is more of a problem in post-conflict, democratic society than it was during
Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mazi Jetteson Nwankwo, yesterday said the Corporation was collaborating with states to provide rail transport in the country.
An 80-year old man, Mr. Jacob Nkworji, has been kidnapped at Enugu-Ukwu in Anambra, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Nkworji, who hails from Umuatulu in Enugu-Ukwu, was kidnapped on his way from a "Father's Day" service on Sunday
Concerned Farmers within the Ajenua Bepo forest have slammed the Minister of Land, Forestry and Mines, Ms. Esther Obeng-Dapaah, for unilaterally giving Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. the green light to commence mining at the Ajenua Bepo Forest Reserve by the
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mrs Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, yesterday told the House of Representatives Committee on Finance that the 36 states of the federation and the 774 Local Governments have refused to pay N83.4 billion
Ruling in the lingering $40 billion suit between inventor of the anti-corrosive special paint and founder of Comandclem Nigeria Ltd, King Clement J. Uwenedimo and Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited, earlier fixed for yesterday has been adjourned till July 22,
Legal theatrics in the N2.7 trillion suit between Lagos State government and six tobacco companies continued yesterday, with the claimants complaining that Switzerland-based Phillip Morris International, is still evading court summons service.
Over GH¢720,000 have been disbursed since 2003 as credit to support over 2,600 micro-credit and small enterprises. This has been made possible by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) under the Rural Enterprises
Research has shown that Africa has four percent of the total cars in the world, but accounts for more than eleven percent of the world's auto accident casualties. Nigeria has about the highest rate of vehicle mishaps on the continent.
Some pundits have attributed the upsurge of armed robbery in Developing Countries to lack of jobs for the youth, who mostly indulge in this criminal act. Indeed, it would be very difficult for one to dispute this fact looking at
The Economic and Financial Crimes Comm-ission (EFCC) yesterday issued a seven-day ultimatum to individuals who received vehicles and money from the defunct Police Equipment Fund (PEF) to return same.
More than two years after the terminals were handed over to them, the Federal Government is now poised to wield the big stick against some of the seaport concessionaires who in its estimation have failed to make significant improvements in
The Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, has said 20 Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government (MDAs) have not paid into the Federation Account a total of N6.520 trillion since 2005 even as the MDAs have generated independent
The crisis-ridden power sector and the lower tiers of government yesterday received a boost in their finances as the National Economic Council (NEC) approved the release of N1.2 trillion ($10.24 billion) from the excess crude account. While N628.29 billion ($5.37
With a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N16 billion in the 2007 financial year, Afribank is projecting additional N20 billion in the next financial year, representing an upward boost of N4 billion, the bank has said.
NO fewer than 18 people were killed and scores injured, Thursday, when a fully loaded petrol tanker crushed three vehicles at the foot of the Okpokim Bridge, along the Cross River State-end of the Calabar - Itu Highway .
Royal Dutch Shell yesterday said it shut down production from an offshore oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after the most powerful militant group in Nigeria launched an attack on an installation there.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that more than 30% of drugs could lead to the horrid healthcare crises that fake drugs often unleash. The rate of fake drugs is between 10 to 30% in developing countries.
