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A young female trader was allegedly raped and killed by unknown men in Makurdi, Benue State. Joy Onuh Ogochuckwu, a graduate of the Department of Mass Communication, Benue State University, Makurdi, was killed on Tuesday night. Joy, who markets clothes online, reportedly received a call on Tuesday night from someone posing as a customer and she went out shortly after to deliver clothes to the caller. Her body was found on Wednesday morning, October 20. Joy was killed one day before she was to leave for NYSC camp. Friends have taken to various social media platforms to mourn her.    

Boris Johnson has threatened to take legal action on social media companies who have failed to take action to prevent extremist material being shared online.   While addressing the pariliament recently,  the UK prime minister said new legislation will soon be introduced in the Commons that will toughen up sanctions on companies which allow ‘foul content’ to propagate.    The Online Harms Bill is expected to force the biggest tech firms, such as Facebook and Google, to abide by a duty of care to users, overseen by Ofcom as the new regulator for the sector.   Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he would work with the government on the law in the wake of the killing of Sir David Amess.   Mr Johnson was pushed by Sir Keir to use the ‘inescapable desire’ of MPs to ‘clamp down on the extremism, the hate and the abuse that festers online’.   In response, the government signalled it could strengthen th...