Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Rights

August 30, 2022

UN, Nigeria recommit to improving older people’s lives

Mr Buhari signed the act to establish NSCC in 2017, a focal body to reorient citizens’ negative perceptions and attitudes about ageing and older people.

Sadiya Umar Faruk and Claudia Mahler
August 29, 2022

Man asks court to dissolve 17-year-old marriage because wife closes late from work

Sunday Ayosugh accused his wife, a civil servant with Benue State, with an official closing hour of 4:00 p.m., of always returning home late at night.

Wedding rings used to illustrate the story
August 29, 2022

Ibadan man remanded for allegedly clubbing woman to death

Fatai Gbeminiyi, 50, is said to have clubbed Tinuke Olayiwola, 39, to death during a fracas.

Court symbol used to tell the story
August 29, 2022

South-South residents tell Buhari bandits, terrorists deserve death, not amnesty

Respondents in the South-South have condemned Mr Buhari’s amnesty to bandits and terrorists, saying they deserve death.

Bandits and President Muhammadu Buhari
August 29, 2022

Prophet raped, impregnated two sisters on prayer mountain, court hears

Enoch Sule, the general overseer of the Prayer Tabernacle Ministry, was nabbed by NSCDC.

Court symbol used to tell the story
August 29, 2022

Kaduna farmer remanded for defiling 13-year-old girl

The farmer allegedly lured the victim to his farm and raped her there.

Court symbol used to tell the story
August 29, 2022

UN representative to visit Nigeria over old people’s rights

Claudia Malher, the UN independent expert on the ‘Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Older Persons’, is set to visit Nigeria.

Photo of old people used to illustrate this story (Credit: Guardian Newspapers)
August 28, 2022

Anambra traditional rulers expunge traditional rites against women’s rights

Mr Achebe also identified the harmful practices that should be eliminated to include harmful rituals, widowhood practices; denial of inheritance, forced and girl-child marriage.

Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers
August 28, 2022

Murdered Yobe Cleric: Dismissed soldiers given fair trial, Nigerian Army says 

“The two dismissed soldiers will be officially handed over to the Nigeria Police, Yobe command in Damaturu for civil prosecution in the court of law.”

Farouk Yahaya
August 27, 2022

Yobe Cleric’s Murder: Nigerian Army dismisses killer soldiers

The cleric was shot dead by two soldiers on August 19 in Jaji-Maji, Karasuwa Local Government Area of the state.

Farouk Yahaya