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Rights

June 27, 2025

PWDs demand inclusion in Petroleum Industry Act benefits

Timi Ebikeme, the Amananowei of Peretoru Kingdom, emphasised the importance of prioritising people with disabilities in community development.

Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)
June 27, 2025

Father remanded in Kirikiri prison for allegedly raping daughter

Mr Ademigbuji said the defendant sexually molested his 13-year-old daughter while she was sleeping.

Kirikiri prison
June 27, 2025

DRC conflict survivors ‘have been through hell’, says UN

Currently, more than 20 million people need relief assistance.

DRC Crisis
June 26, 2025

Self-styled gospel singer who killed Nasarawa corper sentenced to death

The judge said that he found Ajayi guilty of killing and dismembering the deceased.

Timileyin Ajayi
June 26, 2025

129,300 married couples divorced in 2024 in Germany: Statistics Bureau

Official data released on Thursday shows that around 129,300 marriages were dissolved in Germany in 2024.

Divorce
June 26, 2025

Grave violations against children caught in war ‘moral failure’: UNICEF

Sheema Sen Gupta, UNICEF child protection director, told the Security Council that the world was failing to protect children.

UNICEF official with kids
June 26, 2025

World failing to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes: UN

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned that the world today is failing to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes.

Children in war zone
June 25, 2025

PIN drives grassroots digital rights conversations at internet governance forum

“This forum comes at a crucial time when digital governance decisions are shaping the future of billions of individuals,” said PIN.

20th Global Internet Governance Forum
June 25, 2025

Police, CSOs seek modern forensic practices for gender crime investigation

Police commissioner Johnson Adenola said this at a day of capacity building on forensics in gender-specific crime investigation and prosecution.

policewoman
June 24, 2025

ASUU condemns Benue killings, urges more protection of Nigerians

“The Yelewata tragedy is yet another painful blow to rural communities whose lives and livelihoods have been upended by these unprovoked acts of violence,” said ASUU.

Body bags