Taiwan’s parliament has become the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage following a vote on Friday. In 2017, the island’s constitutional court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to legally marry. Parliament was given a two-year deadline and was required to pass the changes by 24 May. Hundreds of gay rights supporters gathered outside the building in the capital of Taipei to await the landmark ruling. Share on: WhatsApp
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The 41- year-old marriage between Mrs Mabel Alli and her husband, Pastor Richard has been dissolved by an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Thursday, over incest. The Court President, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that it appeared that the estranged couple were tired of the marriage and all efforts to reconcile them failed. “Since both parties agreed to the dissolution of the marriage, this court has no choice but to dissolve it. “The court hereby pronounce the marriage between Mabel Alli and Pastor Richard, dissolved. Both of you henceforth cease…
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In order to resist arrest, suspected internet fraudsters reportedly unleashed an attack dog on detectives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office. Upon receipt of intelligence reports and launch of preliminary investigations into their illegal activities, officers of the commission in the early hours of Thursday stormed the suspects’ hideout at Agara area of Ibadan. Instead of allowing them in, after proper introduction, one of the suspects instructed the guard to release the attack dog on the operatives. The trick, however, failed to work as it…
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A group of gunmen, who invaded an operation site of an indigenous oil firm, Belemaoil, in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State have abducted five oil workers. The gunmen had accosted their victims while they were working on an oil installation on the high sea before whisking them away in a speedboat. A statement by the Public Relations Department of Belema Oil Producing Limited indicated that the workers were seized within the OML 55 operational area of the oil firm in Akuku-Toru. According to the statement, the workers,…
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Internet users have been warned by the Australian government to shun an online cow-kissing challenge, calling it a “dangerous nuisance”. A Swiss app called Castl launched the #KuhKussChallenge (“Cow Kiss Challenge”) on Wednesday, encouraging users in Switzerland and other German-speaking countries to kiss cows — “with or without tongues” — to raise money for charity. But Austrian Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Koestinger branded the challenge a “dangerous nuisance” in a statement on Thursday. “Pastures and meadows are not petting zoos — actions like these could have serious consequences,” she added, pointing…
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