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Rights

May 30, 2021

SPECIAL: How period poverty forces Nigerian girls, women to use rags, cloths during menstruation

Girls in secondary schools will spend up to N55,000 on sanitary pads for six years, about N9,600 a year and N800 in a month.

May 27, 2021

Bayelsa residents end siege on Agip terminal

Bayelsa residents in Twon Brass have ended their siege on Agip’s Oil Export Terminal.

May 27, 2021

After teenager’s death on first day at work, Lagos seals off Chinese firm

Lagos government has sealed off a Chinese firm, Mingy Trading Company Ltd., over the death of a 17-year-old employee on his first day at work.

May 26, 2021

NLC insists national minimum wage stays on exclusive list

“If the minimum wage is brought under the discretion of the state governors, they may not pay their workers or pay less.”

Ayuba Wabba
May 26, 2021

Army probes soldiers over Katsina woman’s murder

The Nigerian Army says it has launched an investigation into the involvement of soldiers in the gruesome killing of a woman in Yankara, Katsina.

May 25, 2021

Kim Kardashian sued by ex-staff over unpaid wages

The lawsuit was filed on May 24, 2021 in Los Angeles.

Kim Kardashian
May 25, 2021

Girl, locked indoors for 10 years rescued; 297 criminals arrested in Kano

The girl was confined to a room for 10 years by her biological parents.

Kano Commissioner of Police, Sama'ila Dikko
May 25, 2021

Itse Sagay disagrees with Buhari, demands Nigeria’s return to republican constitution

“We adopt it, with amendments here and there, to make it accommodate states rather than regions, which we used to have. I think all these agitations will die down.”

Itse Sagay
May 24, 2021

Americans, Europeans, others apply for Nigerian citizenship

Lagos is also in partnership with foreign business owners who intend to acquire citizenship via naturalisation.

Buhari, Boris, Biden
May 22, 2021

Police officer strips child’s female teacher naked, assaults others in Ekiti

The Police Command in Ekiti said it has launched an investigation into alleged attack by five of its personnel.

Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo