Yearly Archives: 2014
Bromley birthday shooter jailed
A man who shot another man at a 10-year-old’s birthday in May 2013 has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
Alfie...
Fake nurse jailed for circumcising 2-month-old baby
A woman claiming to be a nurse from Nigeria has been jailed after circumcising and nearly killing a 2-month-old baby.
Taiwo Shittu, 55, known to...
Dissidents set free in US trade pact
Vietnam has announced the release of several dissidents ahead of negotiations with the United States over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.
Nguyễn Tiến Trung, a...
New police chief ends Muslim-stalking program
Police in New York City have abandoned the systematic surveillance of Muslims started in 2003 as a way to spot terrorist activity.
Under the program,...
Mr Rana Plaza will face murder charge
An owner of Rana Plaza, the Bangladesh factory complex where a nine-storey building collapsed last year, killing 1,135 textile workers, is to face murder...
Nyanya bomber identified by Security agents
The Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Nigerian security forces may have identified and recovered the body of the suspected bomber, who set-off the bomb...
Supreme Court overturns Igbo custom
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has voided an age-old Igbo law and custom forbidding a female from inheriting her late father’s estate, on the...
Nigeria pays Ghana $10m for unsupplied Gas
When the deal to supply Ghana with gas was signed, the least expectation was to supply Ghana hard earned foreign exchange rather than receive...
The Acholi of Northern Uganda
The Acholi are a Luo people, who came to northern Uganda from the area now known as Bahr el Ghazal in southern Sudan. Starting...
World Port Harcourt Book Fair & Africa 39
The world of books and those who spend their lives and resources comes to berth soon as Port Harcourt, Nigeria celebrates the concept and...
