Thursday, October 8, 2026

Rights

June 30, 2023

Man City player Benjamin Mendy said he slept with 10,000 women: Prosecutor

The France international is on trial for one rape charge and an attempted rape charge.

Benjamin Mendy, Chester Crown Court
June 29, 2023

It’s illegal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, U.K. appeal court rules

Both the UK and Rwandan governments agreed more than a year ago that some migrants would arrive in the British country.

UK Appeal Court (Credit: ICRL)
June 29, 2023

NDPC: CBN’s social media directive illegal, says data protection commission

“We are already engaging with the CBN to let them know that what they have done is against the law.”

CBN; TWITTER; FACEBOOK; INSTAGRAM
June 29, 2023

Bauchi: Paralegals receive training to tackle SGBV

Attah Sisters Helping Hand Foundation (ASHHF), an NGO, has trained 10 paralegals to tackle sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Bauchi.

Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV)
June 29, 2023

Hunger afflicting 4.3 million Nigerians in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe: UN

The UN’s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, says severe hunger affects 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.

PEOPLE IN NORTH-EAST IDP CAMP
June 27, 2023

DR Congo worst in violating children’s rights: UN

Ms Gamba described the use of schools both by armed forces and armed groups as “a very worrisome trend”, calling for them to remain “zones of peace”.

Child soldiers
June 27, 2023

Court restrains Kano govt, AGF from re-arresting Doguwa for murder

Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the order following an oral application by Mr Doguwa’s counsel, Afam Osigwe, SAN, to that effect.

Alhassan-Ado-Doguwa
June 27, 2023

60 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa: UN

UN humanitarian agencies on Monday said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa urgently needed humanitarian assistance.

SUFFERING PEOPLE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
June 27, 2023

N1.3 billion paid to 303 wounded, deceased NSCDC personnel: Report

NSCDC says it recorded 424 benefit claims and 121 backlogs and disbursed more than N1.3 billion to 303 injured and deceased personnel from 2021 to date.

NSCDC officers
June 26, 2023

Barack Obama under criticism over remarks on Muslim rights in India

Mr Obama had said in an interview that the country may “start pulling apart” if the rights of minorities were not protected.

Barack Obama