NAPTIP inaugurates Rapid Response Squad to fight human trafficking
NAN-HG-2 Squad By Mustapha Sumaila Abuja, Aug.22, 2017 (NAN) The Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Ms Julie…
Month: August 2017
Court ends police officer’s marriage over alleged brutality against wife
NAN-H-8 Brutality By David Adeoye Ibadan, Aug. 22, 2017 (NAN) An Idi-Ogungun Customary Court in Agodi, Ibadan, on Tuesday dissolved the eight-year-old marriage of…
Red Cross: 700 feared dead as South Asian floods pour downstream
NAN-F-37 Flood Geneva, Aug. 22, 2017 (dpa/NAN) The Red Cross on Tuesday said flood crisis was rapidly becoming worse in South Asia, where flooded…
Man,36, in court for allegedly defiling teenager
NAN-H-14 Defilement By Moronke Boboye Lagos, Aug. 22, 2017 (NAN) A 36-year-old man, Olamilekan Adebayo, was on Tuesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates'…
Woman killed in same spot sister died 24 years ago
NAN-F-27 Sisters Valletta, Aug. 22, 2017 (dpa/NAN) A woman was killed in a car crash in Malta few metres away from the same spot…
Woman married to 2 husbands get divorce
NAN-H-44 Husband By David Adeoye Ibadan, Aug. 22, 2017 (NAN) A middle aged woman married to two husbands in Ibadan has gotten the leave…
Japan needs to “walk the talk” to improve ties with China: FM
NAN-F-25 Ties Beijing, Aug. 22, 2017 (Xinhua/NAN)China on Tuesday urged Japan to walk the talk and take concrete actions to improve bilateral ties, according…
Train crash outside Philadelphia leaves 42 injured
NAN-F-35 Crash New York, Aug. 22, 2017 (dpa/NAN) A high-speed train has crashed into an empty train in a station outside Philadelphia early Tuesday, leaving…
Jigawa SUBEB conducts biometric verification to flush out ghost workers
NAN-H-12 Verification By Muhammad Nasir Bashir Dutse, Aug. 22, 2017 (NAN) The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on Tuesday, said it…
4000 policemen to be deployed ahead of former Thai PM verdict
NAN-F-34 Verdict Bangkok, Aug. 22, 2017 (dpa/NAN) About 4,000 police officers will be deployed to Bangkok Supreme Court on Friday, as thousands are expected…