Author: Chioma Osuji
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)-A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), report shows that for the second year running, high-risk areas still remain an unsafe zone for journalists and media workers. The report claims that 68 persons died while on assignment in 2024. In its latest data sourced from various leading international press freedom organisations, over 60 percent (the highest in 10years) on-assignment deaths happened in warring countries. On the verified data, it shows that in 2024, these war torn countries claimed the lives of 42 journalists with 18 dying in Palestine, which recorded the highest casualty on the list. Not…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), released a statement on Thursday, announcing that all churches in the country will be taxed, and they are expected to comply with the new regulations. ZIMRA is responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for revenue through the Ministry of Finance as specified by the Revenue Authority Act. As part of its objectives to be transparent, ZIMRA intends to use this new rule to tackle the issue of tax compliance across all tax groups. The released statement however, includes crucial tax guidelines for the churches to follow. READ ALSO: Property Taxes Can Boost…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The Armed Forces of Nigeria has retired 656 senior non-commissioned officers (SNCOs) after the completion of a six-month demilitarisation training programme. The formal discharge ceremony was held at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) in Oshodi, Lagos State. Out of the 656 SNCOs, 535 were soldiers from the Nigerian Army, 86 from the Nigerian Navy, 35 among them belonged to the Nigerian Air Force, and 2 from the Nigerian Defence Intelligence Agency. During the ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, highlighted the discipline, dedication and effort put in by the…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)-A 30-year-old Nigerian mother has been remanded into custody for the alleged killing of her 8-month-old daughter using rat poison. On Thursday, the accused Mercy Michael, stood before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, after she was charged with culpable homicide, contrary to Section 189 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). During court proceedings on December 11, the NSCDC Prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu, told the court that a resident Godfrey Sunday, who lived in Fadia Bakut, around Zonkwa, a town in the Zangon Kataf LGA…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The Kano State Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has received 10 human trafficking victims rescued by operatives of the Nigeria Police. The agency received all 10 victims which included six females and four males on Thursday, handed over by Officers of the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Abdullahi Babale, while receiving the rescued victims in Kano on Thursday, disclosed that a team of policemen from the Kano Command led by CSP Bala Shuaibu, rescued the victims on December 7,…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- It is the last month of the year, a time to reflect on all the craziness the year brought while one prepares for the next. It is also the time for holidays, the grace to be outside laughing and enjoying life with loved ones. The joy of the holiday with all its pleasures sometimes births in individuals’ recklessness and negligence especially among road users. According to the 2024 Global Terrorist Index, Nigeria, ranks 8th among the the most dangerous countries in the world due to insecurity, caused by the many crimes plaguing the nation and its…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- In a bid to secure harvest and peaceful end-of-the-year celebrations, operatives of the Nigerian Army has raided a kidnappers’ lair arresting an infamous kingpin as well as other bandits’ arms dealers disguising as transporters. During the raid, troops of 3division/Operation Safe Haven (a unit of the Nigerian army), in a daring operation tagged ‘Operation Golden Peace, stormed the lair of the kidnappers in the Rafiki community of Bassa Local Government Area, in the north of Plateau State, Nigeria, leading to the arrest of an infamous kingpin known as Mohammed Musa, aka Mamman and his accomplices. In…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- The office of the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has announced that there will be a national census in 2025. This information was made public on Thursday, in Abuja, by the chairman at the 2024 anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Nigeria held its last census in 2006, this 18-years-gap has hindered the effective allocation of resources among states, and accurate evaluation of the needs of its citizens, particularly those in inaccessible rural areas. According to Kwarra, “This gap in accurate population data poses…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)-.A US-based Nigerian mathematician, Dr. Akinyemi Agbede, has become a leading political figure in the US, representing the Democrats in the forthcoming California governorship election in November 2026. He previously ran unsuccessfully as a candidate to be California’s Governor in 2014 and 2018 and as a Senator in 2016 and 2022 respectively. Once again, he joins the race and if successful this time, he will be the first US-based Nigerian native to be Governor of the Golden State. With all these proof showing his political experience, resilience and leadership qualities, he announced to excited associates and loved…
LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)-Newly installed electric cables at the Epe district have recently been destroyed by vandals, plunging the already blacked-out area into further darkness. Speaking on the development, the Chairperson of Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State, Princess Surah Animashaun, reproved the actions of those responsible for the vandalism. She reported that some areas in the district had for long suffered power outage, which led to various attempts to reconnect to the national grid for the restoration of electrical power. However, due to the vandals recent mischief at Temu, Araga, Ererufu village between Ketu and Itokin, and Sala,…