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April 17
Nigeria: Cost of Living - Government Policies Need to Wear Human Face
With galloping inflation that officially stands at 33.2 per cent, it has become trite to suggest that Nigerians have had to endure a lot recently. The hard times span the whole… Read more »
April 18
Nigeria: FG Asked to Create Awareness On Human Trafficking, Others
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Media Coalition and Awareness To Halt Trafficking (MeCAHT), has urged the federal government and… Read more »
March 03
Nigeria: Orphanages and Child Trafficking
The Mandate Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Women Affairs Secretariat, Mrs Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, disclosed recently, that the FCT Administration had sealed off… Read more »
Nigeria: Kingibe Demands Action On Child Trafficking
The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has called for urgent action to end trafficking of children and the rescuing of those missing. Read more »
February 20
Nigeria: Warif, Us to Combat Sexual Violence in Lagos
The Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF), in partnership with the United State consulate, has extended its WARIF Educational School Programme (WESP) initiative to… Read more »
February 14
Nigeria: Marafa Laments Killing of Ally By Zamfara Guards
Fear has gripped some residents of Zamfara State as members of the recently inaugurated Community Protection Guards (CPG) allegedly killed Magaji Lawal Salala, a political… Read more »
January 05
Nigeria: Killings - Senate Gets Bill On Self-Defence
In light of the recent killings in the country, the Senate is set to deliberate on a bill seeking to allow civilians to own firearms for self defence. Read more »
December 15, 2023
Nigeria: Supreme Court to Decide Fate of IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Today
Supreme Court will on Friday, December 15th deliver its judgement on the appeal seeking to compel the federal government to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People… Read more »
December 06, 2023
Nigeria: Govt to Prosecute Gender-Based Violence in Schools
The Federal Ministry of Justice is set to launch a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the prosecution of school-related gender-based violence (GBV). Read more »
November 11, 2023
Nigeria: Why the Police Need Reforms
The call by Nigerians for a reform of the Police Force, strident at the best of times, has now assumed an urgency of its own. Nigerians have come to an inexorable conclusion that… Read more »
October 12, 2023
Nigeria: Girl Child Day - Unicef Calls for Increased Investment in Girls' Rights
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), on Wednesday, joined others to mark the 2023 international Day of the Girl Child with a call for more investment in the girls. Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Leprosy Mission Empowers 24 Children of PLWDs in Sokoto
Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN) has trained no fewer than 24 children of people with leprosy and persons with disabilities (PWLDs) in various vocational skills in Sokoto State. Read more »
October 01, 2023
West Africa: Akufo-Addo Calls for Entrenchment of Democratic Accountability Amid Coups
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has said democracy in West Africa is in danger as evident in the recent military takeovers in the sub-region, and urged all to work harder… Read more »
August 25, 2023
Nigeria: How International Criminal Court Serves West's Interests
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established two decades ago to investigate cases of inhumane actions by the military, genocide, and crimes against humanity. However, it… Read more »
August 16, 2023
Nigeria: Emefiele Innocent of Procurement Act Breach, Unfair Advantages in Contract Award Allegations - ACJHR
A civil society organisation (CSO), African Center for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), has said that the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele,… Read more »
June 06, 2023
Nigeria: Accidental Airstrikes Kill 300 Innocent Nigerians in 7 Years - HRW
A report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described as unacceptable Nigerian Military's delay in owning up to the killing and injuring dozens of civilians in its erroneous… Read more »
April 22, 2023
Nigeria: 5 Years After Oba of Benin Invocation, Edo Sex Victims Brace-Up Against Traffickers
The long war against human trafficking in Edo State and other parts of the nation by various state governments and other stakeholders seems to be recording milestones regardless of… Read more »
April 18, 2023
Nigeria: Delta State Governor Faults Restriction On Medical Practitioners From Leaving Nigeria
Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has faulted restricting medical practitioners from moving out of the country, declaring that such experts could be exported to needy nations. Read more »
April 11, 2023
Nigeria: 'Bill to Halt Doctors' Emigration is Modern Day Slavery' - Doctors' Association
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has described the Bill to prevent Nigerian-trained medical doctors from being issued full practicing licenses or allowed to… Read more »
March 24, 2023
Nigeria: Organ Harvesting - UK Court Finds Ekweremadu, Wife, Doctor Guilty
Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and a medical "middleman" have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Nigeria: DSS 'Ll Be Rubbishing Buhari, Judiciary If It Go After CBN Gov Despite Court Order - ACJHR
A civil society organisation, African Center for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR) has said that the Department of Security Services (DSS) will be rubbishing President Muhammadu… Read more »
January 05, 2023
Nigeria: Students' Organisation Warns Against Varsity Fees Hike
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said that the recent 200 percent increase of school fees by the Nigerian universities especially, in the North-East region is a… Read more »
Nigeria: 'Reject Politicians Who Deny Nigerians Their Rights'
A group, Concerned Yoruba Muslim Scholars (CYMS) has advised Muslims to reject candidates who will deny them their fundamental human rights and discriminate against them at the… Read more »
December 31, 2022
Nigeria: After A Year of Violence Against Women, Draw the Line in 2023
In Nigeria, women and girls are subjected to multiple forms of violence in the home ranging from deprivation, starvation hitting, suffocating, burning, acid baths, poisoning,… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Nigeria: Terrorism - Pro-Buhari Groups, CSOs, Human Rights Lawyers Oppose Plan to Frame-Up Emefiele
Protests have hit the streets of Abuja, on Monday, following the discovery of a suit secretly filed by the State Security Service (SSS) wherein it accused the Central Bank of… Read more »
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