LAWYERS ALERT CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF FATIMA AND HER CHILDREN
Lawyers Alert has condemned the gruesome killing of pregnant Fatima and her four children by so-called unknown gunmen. Fatima who was...
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- May 23
- 2 min
THE IMPACT OF TB ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NIGERIA
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. The bacteria that cause(s) tuberculosis are spread from...
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- May 18
- 3 min
On the Gruesome Killing of Deborah Yakubu
The stoning and subsequent burning of the body of the 25-year-old Miss Deborah Yakubu, a 200-Level Home Economics student of Shehu...
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- May 6
- 1 min
FREE LEGAL SERVICES FOR PERSONS AFFECTED BY TUBERCULOSIS IN LAGOS AND THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY,
Lawyers Alert is a legal and human rights organization that provides free legal services for vulnerable groups especially when they...
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- May 6
- 3 min
The prevalence of Gender-based violence in Nigeria: A Call for action
Undoubtedly, Nigeria is failing its women and girls in so many ways. There has been an astronomical increase in the cases of gender-based...
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- Apr 22
- 3 min
ON THE OCCASION OF CHILD SEXUAL AWARENESS MONTH
The month of April has been set aside as Child Abuse and Sexual Awareness Month in order to create more awareness on the prevalence of...
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- Apr 14
- 3 min
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DESTROYS THE NATION, DIMINISHES SELF-ESTEEM, AND LEADS TO DEATH
I remember all of it! I can for certain say what it was!! It was a daily battle for survival!! It all makes sense to me now!!!! It was...
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- Mar 24
- 3 min
TUBERCULOSIS: GENDER AND HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES IN NIGERIA
WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY CELEBRATION The Global community marks World TB Day on the 24th day of March each year. Nigeria cannot afford to...
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- Feb 1
- 4 min
Army School Expels Boy Over HIV Status
There is no doubt that Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) have done a lot in Nigeria to create the necessary awareness towards stamping...
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- Jan 25
- 4 min
JAMB AS IT STAND TODAY
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was established in 1978 to solve the problem of multiplicity of the admission...
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
TOLERANCE: A Virtue Necessary for Peace
The word “TOLERANCE” is a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Rising Insecurity and the Nigerian Child
It is no longer an exaggeration to say that the security situation in Nigeria is deplorable and that the situation worsens by the day....
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- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR MIND
Mr. Eze: How are you feeling? Adaora: Not sure I’m fine but I don’t have a word for it. Mr. Eze: Can you try to explain? Adaora: Suddenly...
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
CHILD ABUSE/MOLESTATION IN NIGERIA
Section 277 of the Nigerian Child Rights Act, 2003 defines a child as a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. According...
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- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
Victims’ Voices Lead the Way
Four cups of garri, two spoons sugar Three bags of promises And a carton of goodwill Mama sold me to Aunty Her eyes wet with drops of her...
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- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
IT IS NOT MY CONCERN
One of the easiest things to do in a society such as ours is to act like it doesn’t concern one. The police are acting unjustly, it is...
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
THE INCESSANT INSECURITY AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE IDPS
Raymond, Benedicta’s brother who live in Ibadan visited his sister that is married from Mbakwande’s village. Benedicta ran to the IDP...
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- Jun 18, 2021
- 4 min
JUSUN STRIKE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE VULNERABLE GROUPS
BACKGROUND Courts throughout Nigeria was shut down on the 6th of April 2021 occasioned by a strike action embarked by the Judiciary Staff...
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- May 25, 2021
- 2 min
LAWYERS ALERT AND PARTNERS SEEK TO STRENGTHEN LAWS ON THE VULNERABLE POPULATION THROUGH THE ONGOING
Lawyers Alert, a human rights organization has been working on issues of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and other...
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- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN VIOLENT AND ARMED CONFLICTS SITUATIONS.
Background Women and children seem to be at a higher risk of assault during any form of armed conflict or hostilities. The impact of...
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- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
RE: KILLINGS AT THE ABABGENA INTERNAL DISPLACE PERSONS CAMP
Lawyers Alert condemns in the strongest terms the attack by gunmen believed to be Herdsmen on an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp...
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 4 min
TRIBUTE: THE INNOCENT CHUKUMA THAT I KNEW
I cannot pretend to be of the Chukwuma breed that fought the military junta from campus to activism with badges and relics of what that...
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 4 min
LAWYERS ALERT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: THE JOURNEY SO FAR
Human trafficking is one of the modern-day forms of slavery. Sex trafficking, forced labor, and debt bondage are the three most common...
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19 NATIONAL RESPONSE: IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS
BACKGROUND The upsurge/rise in covid-19 pandemic has really affected various segments of the world’s population. Among the population...
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