Gender Issues
The Police in Bayelsa on Wednesday arraigned 12 women from Agobiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (LGA) of the Bayelsa before a Magistrates Court for allegedly using charms…
A 35-year-old woman, Rifkatu Haruna, has been apprehended by the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly stealing a three-year-old male child in the state. The suspect was paraded alongside 18…
Investing in girls’ secondary education leads to fall in child marriage rates, maternal mortality rates, child mortality rates, and child stunting. Besides, the lifetime earnings of girls rise dramatically, pushing…
Mr Nwigoh(other names withheld) whose 12 year old daugther was allegedly defiled and impregnated by one Mr Collins Azunna(other names withheld) a man of over 50 years at Eleme in…
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State on Monday, November 29, remanded a 21-year-old photographer, Muhammed Zubairu in prison custody over the death of his pregnant girlfriend, Miss…
A Nigerian lady, Hannatu Yahaya, has died on her wedding day. Hannatu and her husband, Isyaka Yusuf, got married on Saturday, November 27, in Kawon Maigari, in Kano state. According…
There was Jubilations On Friday as Courts Orders for the release of 8 SUSPECT standing trial for Child theft. The Eight female suspects who were arraigned before a Magistrate Court…
A pastor with the Deeper Life Bible Church Ministry, Afolabi Oluwole Jacob, was docked before Magistrate O. O. Sam-Obaleye of Court four, Otta, by the Legal Department of the Ogun…
Violence Against Women and Girls having reached pandemic proportion especially with COVID-19 hit, the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Rivers State is calling for strengthened actions and resources to…
UNJUST/ILLEGAL SUSPENSION OF THREE (3) OFFICERS OF FIDA, RIVERS BRANCH AND BREACH OF SECTIONS 15, 35, 44 SUB 5 i – vii OF THE FIDA CONSTITUTION AND SECTION 29 SUB…