Yemisi Adegoke

2 months ago | bbc.com | Yemisi Adegoke |Nichola Mandil

Yemisi Adegoke & Nichola MandilBBC News, London & JubaRising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar, have sparked concerns that the world's youngest nation is heading for another civil war. His party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO), has said that his house arrest "effectively brings… to a collapse" the fragile 2018 peace agreement that ended five years of fighting. What's the background?

Mar 18, 2025 | bbc.com | Yemisi Adegoke

A Nigerian senator who alleged she was sexually harassed by one of the country's top politicians has told the BBC the Senate operates like a "cult". A fortnight ago, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months after submitting a petition saying she had been harassed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, which he denies.

Jan 7, 2025 | yahoo.com | Yemisi Adegoke

A prominent Nigerian atheist, who has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison for blasphemy, is now living in a safe house as his legal team fear his life may be in danger. Mubarak Bala, 40, was convicted in a court in the northern city of Kano after, in a surprise move, he pleaded guilty to 18 charges relating to a controversial Facebook post shared in 2020.

Dec 15, 2024 | namibian.com.na | Yemisi Adegoke

High-profile Nigerian Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has dismissed claims that he was about to be deported from the UK, where his church is facing allegations of financial misconduct. Pastor Adegboyega, leader of SPAC Nation (Salvation Proclaimer Ministries Limited), now known as Nation Family, told the BBC: “There is no deportation order.

Nov 25, 2024 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Yemisi Adegoke

Chioma está convencida de que Hope, el bebé que tiene en brazos, es su hijo. Después de ocho años de intentos fallidos buscando concebir, lo ve como su criatura milagrosa. "Soy la dueña de mi bebé", dice desafiante. Está sentada junto a su marido, Ike, en la oficina de una funcionaria estatal nigeriana que lleva gran parte de una hora interrogando a la pareja.