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Nov 2019
IN REFERENCE TO A BILL SPONSORED BY SENATOR OLUREMI TINUBU (APC, LAGOS CENTRAL), THE SENATE HAS COMMENCED AN AMENDMENT OF THE CRIMINAL CODE ACT, 2004. Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who raised the bill on Tuesday’s plenary in Abuja is pushing for the removal of gender restrictions on rape offences and a proposal of stiffer penalties for kidnapping. Channels TV reports that Oluremi Tinubu in her lead debate on the bill objected to the provision of Section 218 of the Criminal Code which stated, “Anyone who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under......
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GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA APPOINTS NIGERIAN AS 1ST BLACK DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA APPOINTS NIGERIAN ADETOKUNBO AS 1ST BLACK DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION A Nigerian, Adetokunbo “Toks” Omishakin has been appointed by California governor, Gavin Newsom, as the new director of the State’s department of...
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SUICIDE RATES IN GIRLS ARE RISING!
SUICIDE RATES IN GIRLS ARE RISING, STUDY FINDS, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AGE 10 TO 14 CNN. Suicide rates for young girls are rising at a pace faster than that of boys, changing the established...
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