Tag: starvation
Couple jailed for starving domestic helper
A Singapore Court jailed a couple on Monday for starving their Filipino domestic helper, a case that highlighted what rights…
My husband gives me N10 upkeep allowance, wife tells court
An Ojaoba Panel of Sharia Court of Arbitration in Ibadan on Friday heard that Abdulrasheed Yusuf, gives his wife, Sidikat,…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Refugees Starve To Death
Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighbouring Niger in the past week due to threats from Boko Haram…
UNICEF: 200,000 Kids May Starve To Death In Somalia
The United Nation’s children’s agency said Tuesday that 200,000 children may die of starvation this year in war-ravaged Somalia if…
BIAFRA: The Facts, The Fiction
Placed side by side independent accounts of the Nigerian Civil War, Professor Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country is a…
Lagos To Charge Dad Of Chained Girl
The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to prosecute the father of a 10-year old girl chained in the legs…
Sex-Starved Grandpa Divorces Wife
A 72-two-year-old technician on Thursday in Lagos divorced his wife for depriving him of sex for six years. An Igando…