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Rights

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
June 20, 2025

Pension fund assets rose to N23.33 trillion in Q1 2025: PenCom

The National Pension Commission reports that the total assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme increased to N23.33 trillion as of March 31.

PenCom
June 19, 2025

Plateau governor’s wife calls for end to sexual violence in conflicts

The governor’s wife said conflict-related sexual violence was not just rape but a weapon of war.

Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV)
June 19, 2025

Alleged Defamation: Court admits Akpoti-Uduaghan to N50 million bail

Justice Oji subsequently adjourned until September 23 for the commencement of trial.

Natasha in court with her husband