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February 6, 2024

Police teargas Michael Okpara varsity students for protesting tuition fee hike

Some Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) students in Abia shut down the institution on Tuesday to protest the tuition fee hike.

Protesting Nigerian students
February 6, 2024
Ikeja High Court
February 5, 2024

Senegal government shuts down internet after election postponement, violent protests 

This followed Mr Sall’s postponement of the election scheduled for February 25, which sparked widespread protests in the country.

Macky Sall (Credit: Bloombrerg) and internet shutdown (Credit: CEOmedium)
February 2, 2024

Benue varsity lecturers embark on indefinite strike

The lecturers said the management of BSU had refused to address the welfare concerns of the union after a series of engagements.

Benue State University (BSU)
February 2, 2024

Gender advocates seek inclusion of vulnerable persons in governance

“No society can thrive if any group is left behind in the developmental processes of any nation,” one of the advocates said.

Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)
February 2, 2024

Gaza: UN rights experts condemn ‘killing, silencing’ of journalists

“We are alarmed at the extraordinarily high numbers of journalists and media workers who have been killed, attacked, injured and detained,” said the experts.

Violence in Gaza
February 2, 2024

Abuja: Women affairs secretariat decries rising cases of GBV 

The women’s affairs secretariat at the FCTA has decried the rising cases of gender-based violence in Abuja.

WOMEN
February 1, 2024

CSOs write Malawian govt. to refrain from harassing whistleblowers

In a post via his Facebook page, Mr Gondwe revealed details of his corruption exposé about the military.

troops
February 1, 2024

Ukraine’s first lady asks Russia to return abducted children

Olena Zelenska said this on Thursday at a two-day international conference in Riga entitled ‘Russia’s War on Children’.

Abducted Ukraine children and Olena Zelenska
February 1, 2024

Ekiti man rapes three-year-old girl, jailed 30 months

Delivering his judgment, Justice Familoni said, “I believe the defendant as a young person deserves a second chance to redeem himself and be a good citizen.

Jail