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Rights

February 2, 2023

Transporters develop bylaws to curb sexual harassment in motor parks

Transport workers in Kaduna commenced developing bylaws to curb sexual harassment and other forms of SGBV in motor parks.

NURTW
February 2, 2023

Kaduna businesses crumble as traders lament scarcity of naira notes: Report

Traders at Central Market in Kaduna have lamented the scarcity of the old and new naira notes, attributing it to the cause of low patronage in recent times.

Old Naira notes and new Naira notes
February 2, 2023

Pollution: Amnesty welcomes multibillion-dollar suit by 13,500 Niger-Delta villagers against Shell in London

Shell oil spills have wrecked their livelihoods, poisoned their wells, and polluted their land and water, which means they can no longer farm or fish.

oil spills in Niger Delta and Shell
February 1, 2023

Boko Haram: NHRC to probe Nigerian Army’s alleged abortion of 10,000 pregnancies

“I never saw anything like that from Maiduguri down to Maimalamari Cantonment, where I lived,” said the chief of army staff.

A composite of Pregnant woman and Nigerian soldiers used to illustrate the story
February 1, 2023

Viral Video: Two lovers jailed 10 years each for dancing romantically

They were convicted of “encouraging public corruption and public prostitution.”

Viral video of couple dancing
January 31, 2023

Court strikes out suit seeking to compel INEC to allow voting without PVCs

The Incorporated Trustees of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had dragged INEC to court.

INEC CHAIRMAN and PVCs
January 31, 2023

Court remands seven over alleged kidnap of Benue commissioner, terrorism

The men allegedly kidnapped the Benue Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Ekpe Ogbu, on December 4, 2022.

Court
January 31, 2023

Chicago prosecutor to drop sexual abuse charges against R. Kelly

Top prosecutor Kim Foxx said she believes “justice has been served,” and that “Mr Kelly is potentially looking at never walking out of prison again”.

Robert Sylvester Kelly popularly known as R. Kelly
January 31, 2023

Diaspora Voting: Nigerians living abroad to know fate February 15

Nigerians of voting age living in the diaspora are seeking to enforce their fundamental rights to vote in the 2023 general elections.

Ballot box
January 31, 2023

Court remands man for allegedly defiling seven-year-old girl

The accused, 47-year-old Paul Adebayo, was remanded in a correction centre, pending advice from the state director of public prosecutions.

Court room used to illustrate the story