South Africa Declares Gender Violence a National Disaster Amid Nationwide Protests
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (BN24) — South Africa has officially declared gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide a national disaster after widespread protests and an online...
Gunmen Abduct More Than 200 Schoolchildren and 12 Teachers in Attack on Nigerian Catholic School
Gunmen stormed a Catholic boarding school in western Nigeria early Friday and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren along with 12 teachers, according to the...
Court sentences Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment
ABUJA, Nigeria (BN24)— The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, to life imprisonment after...
16 Prospective Corps Members Killed in Fatal Accident on Way to NYSC Camp in Gombe, in Nigeria
GOMBE, NIGERIA (BN24) — Sixteen prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were killed in a devastating road accident while en route...
Two Nigerian Men Sentenced in US for $4.5 Million Money Laundering Scheme Targeting Elderly Victims
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (BN24)— Two Nigerian-born men, Olumide Olorunfunmi, 40, and Emmanuel Unuigbe, 43, were sentenced to 30 months in prison each on Tuesday,...
