CATHOLIC CHURCH ABUSE: LAW FIRM ACCUSES EX-POPE BENEDICT OF INACTION IN ABUSE CASES By Aishat Momoh. O. The legal company that conducted a major investigation concluded on Thursday that the former Pope Benedict XVI failed to stop four pastors accused of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Munich. According to lawyer Martin Pusch of Westpfahl Spilker Wastl, who was charged by the church to conduct the investigation, the ex-pontiff, who was … Read More
MALI TO CHALLENGE ECOWAS SANCTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL COURTS By Adeniyi Onaara Mali has stated that it will seek to have “illegal sanctions” imposed by a West African economic bloc over the country’s election delays overturned in international courts. In an interview broadcast late Saturday, interim Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga said, “These measures are illegal under several international conventions,” including those that “prohibit sanctions against landlocked countries” like … Read More
SOUTH AFRICAN COURT CHARGED FIRE SUSPECT WITH TERRORISM By Agency Report As he made his second appearance in court on Tuesday, a South African court charged a man suspected of igniting a deadly fire that burned South Africa’s parliament with terrorism, in addition to robbery and arson charges. After the fire broke out on January 2, Zandile Christmas Mafe, 49, was arrested near the parliament complex and appeared … Read More
MYANMAR’S SUU KYI HIT WITH NEW CONVICTIONS, BAGS FOUR YEARS JAIL TERM By Aishat Momoh. O. On Monday, a Myanmar military court found Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of three criminal offenses and sentenced her to four years in prison, the latest in a series of proceedings against the deposed democratic leader. The Nobel Laureate has been jailed since February 1, when her administration was deposed in an early morning coup, putting … Read More
SNOWSTORM LEAVES COMMUTERS STRANDED IN US By Aishat Momoh. O. As snowstorms raged over the United States, millions of commuters were trapped and unable to move without difficulty. According to the New York Times, the snowstorm generated perilous driving conditions in the impacted portions of the country’s North East and Mid-Atlantic regions. Earlier this week, several commuters were also hit by a major snowstorm, which made … Read More
ALMOST 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE LOST THEIR PARENTS TO COVID-19 – PERU’S GOVERNMENT SAYS By Aishat Momoh. O. According to Peru’s government, Covid-19 has killed at least one parent or primary caregiver for approximately 100,000 children, making it the country with the highest coronavirus death rate in the world. “Unfortunately, about 98,000 children in our nation lost their father, mother, or guardian as a result of the pandemic,” said Anahi Durand, Peru’s Minister of … Read More
WE CAN’T SET AN EXAMPLE WHEN OUR LEADERS ARE WILLING TO FABRICATE LIES – OBAMA By Aishat Momoh. O. In remembrance of the 6th of January 2021 Capitol attack, former US President Barack Obama has warned that the country’s democracy is in grave danger. Obama reflected on the events of January 6, 2021, when supporters of the immediate past President, Donald Trump, stormed the United States Capitol complex in protest of the 2020 election results … Read More
PHILIPPINES: PRESIDENT RODRIGO DECLARES CHILD MARRIAGE AS PUBLIC CRIME By Aishat Momoh. O. According to documents revealed on Thursday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law making child marriage a public felony punishable by up to 12 years in prison. The law was signed by Duterte on December 10th. The government “views child marriage as a practice constituting child abuse because it diminishes, degrades, and demeans the essential … Read More
IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 CONCERN, POPE CHANGES NEW YEAR’S EVE PLANS By Aishat Momoh. O. Despite delivering the homily, Pope Francis did not preside over New Year’s Eve vespers at St Peter’s Basilica on Friday as planned. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, presided over the service, with the 85-year-old pontiff seated on the sidelines, wearing a mask. A spokeswoman for Francis simply stated that he wished … Read More
1.5 MILLION NIGERIANS IN ITALY AFFECTED BY PASSPORT SCARCITY – NIDOE By Adeniyi Onaara According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, Europe (NIDO-Europe), Italy Chapter, the lack of Nigerian passports affects around 1.5 million of its 3 million registered members in Italy. Mr. George Omo-Iduhon, the chapter’s Chairman, stated this in an interview with the Nigerian News Agency (NAN) on Monday, while reflecting on NIDOE’s operations in Europe and Italy. According … Read More
