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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says global suicide rates have decreased over the past few years but one person still takes his or her life every 40 seconds somewhere around the world. Director General of the organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made this known in a statement on Monday ahead of the World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday, Sept. 10, warning that too few countries have prevention strategies in place. According to Ghebreyesus, only 38 countries currently have national suicide prevention strategies. “Every death is a tragedy for family, friends and colleagues, yet suicides are preventable. “We call on all countries…

A housewife, Talatu, on Monday, dragged her husband Nasiru Sulaiman, before a Sharia Court ll, sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking legal divorce saying she has been sexually starved for five years. Talatu, 35, who resides in Makera, Kaduna, told the court that Sulaiman denied her sex for five years. “We have six children but he has refused to enrol them in school. I enrolled them but he pulled them out, saying that I want to change their belief from his school of thoughts. “For nine months now they have not been to school. “The house we live in…

There is prospect Nigerian victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa may soon get some justice, as Ms Soyata Maiga, Chairperson, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has agreed to “take appropriate action” on request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) asking the commission to “submit a case on the escalating xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African citizens in the country to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and to seek an effective remedy and reparation for Nigerian victims.” SERAP had in its letter to Ms Maiga last Friday stated that “these xenophobic attacks constitute…

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The British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) on Monday commenced a 48-hour strike in a dispute overpay. Balpa said almost all British Airways flights, totalling hundreds, were cancelled and an estimated 195,000 customers would be affected. The association said 8.50 a.m. scheduled flights were cancelled, and passengers would be offered a refund or a later flight. The strike has been labelled one of the biggest in the airline’s history. Balpa added that a one-day strike would cost the airline about £40 million  ($49 million). In July, the pilots declined an offer by British Airways of an 11.5-per-cent pay rise over three…

A government statement, on Monday announced that the late former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe will be buried on Sept. 15. Mugabe, 95, died on Sept. 6 in Singapore where he had been receiving medical treatment since April. He ruled Zimbabwe for nearly four decades until November 2017 when he resigned. According to the memo to diplomats accredited to Harare, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a funeral service for Mugabe will be held on Saturday in the National Sports Stadium, before his burial on Sunday. The ministry did not indicate where Mugabe, who has since been declared a national…

The FCT High Court on Monday resumed regular Court activities marking the end of the annual vacation. The vacation which began on July 8 and ended on Friday, Sept. 6, was announced via a circular and signed by the Chief Judge of FCT High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello. READ: Tribunal to deliver judgment in the petition by PDP challenging Buhari’s victory News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bello  appointed vacation judges to hear urgent cases during the period. The vacation judges , Justice Peter Affen in Nyana while Justice M.B. Idris. sat in Jabi  during the vacation. Lawyers and…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will deliver judgment in the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 general election. Chairman of the five-man panel, Justice Mohammed Garba had while reserving the judgment on August 21 stated that the date would be communicated to all parties in the matter. The date for the judgment has not been fixed by the tribunal but by law the duration of the petition will lapse on Saturday September 14. Also, Section 134 (2) and (3) of the Electoral Act, 2010,…

The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, has disclosed that the recent closure of Nigeria’s borders has significantly led to a reduction in the smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, out of Nigeria. The illegal act was done by smugglers who carried the commodity to as far as Burkina Faso, Mali and Cote d’Ivoire. But the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari, tweeted that the closure of Nigeria’s borders towards the end of August this year, as well as other interventions, had helped in reducing the smuggling of petrol. “Significant drop in PMS…

The wife of Timi Dakolo, Busola Dakolo has told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja that the rape allegedly committed against her by the founder and Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, has adversely affected her marital sex life. She therefore demanded “a personal letter of apology” from the cleric to show honest remorse for his misdeeds. You would recall that Busola Dakolo, a photographer and wife of the musician, Timi Dakolo, had in June accused the founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Pastor Abiodun Fatoyinbo of rape. Mrs Dakolo during an interview…