Apr 213 minON THE OCCASION OF CHILD SEXUAL AWARENESS MONTHThe month of April has been set aside as Child Abuse and Sexual Awareness Month in order to create more awareness on the prevalence of...
Apr 133 minDOMESTIC VIOLENCE DESTROYS THE NATION, DIMINISHES SELF-ESTEEM, AND LEADS TO DEATHI 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...
Mar 233 minTUBERCULOSIS: GENDER AND HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES IN NIGERIAWORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY CELEBRATION The Global community marks World TB Day on the 24th day of March each year. Nigeria cannot afford to...
Jan 314 minArmy School Expels Boy Over HIV StatusThere is no doubt that Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) have done a lot in Nigeria to create the necessary awareness towards stamping...
Jan 244 minJAMB AS IT STAND TODAYThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was established in 1978 to solve the problem of multiplicity of the admission...
Nov 15, 20211 minTOLERANCE: A Virtue Necessary for PeaceThe word “TOLERANCE” is a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic...
Sep 23, 20213 minRising Insecurity and the Nigerian ChildIt is no longer an exaggeration to say that the security situation in Nigeria is deplorable and that the situation worsens by the day....
Aug 23, 20213 minHEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR MINDMr. 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...
Aug 15, 20214 minCHILD ABUSE/MOLESTATION IN NIGERIASection 277 of the Nigerian Child Rights Act, 2003 defines a child as a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. According...
Jul 29, 20214 minVictims’ Voices Lead the WayFour 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...
Jul 12, 20214 minIT IS NOT MY CONCERNOne 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...
Jun 29, 20213 minTHE INCESSANT INSECURITY AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE IDPSRaymond, Benedicta’s brother who live in Ibadan visited his sister that is married from Mbakwande’s village. Benedicta ran to the IDP...
Jun 17, 20214 minJUSUN STRIKE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE VULNERABLE GROUPSBACKGROUND Courts throughout Nigeria was shut down on the 6th of April 2021 occasioned by a strike action embarked by the Judiciary Staff...
May 24, 20212 minLAWYERS 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...
May 18, 20214 minWOMEN’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...
Apr 30, 20212 minRE: KILLINGS AT THE ABABGENA INTERNAL DISPLACE PERSONS CAMPLawyers Alert condemns in the strongest terms the attack by gunmen believed to be Herdsmen on an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp...
Apr 6, 20214 minTRIBUTE: THE INNOCENT CHUKUMA THAT I KNEWI cannot pretend to be of the Chukwuma breed that fought the military junta from campus to activism with badges and relics of what that...
Mar 21, 20213 minCOVID-19 NATIONAL RESPONSE: IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDSBACKGROUND The upsurge/rise in covid-19 pandemic has really affected various segments of the world’s population. Among the population...
Mar 21, 20214 minLAWYERS ALERT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: THE JOURNEY SO FARHuman trafficking is one of the modern-day forms of slavery. Sex trafficking, forced labor, and debt bondage are the three most common...
Mar 10, 20213 minWomen in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World.A woman with a voice is by definition, a strong woman. International Women’s Day was marked on the 8th of March. The global theme for...
Mar 5, 20214 minHIV Discrimination at WorkplaceAbout three decades ago, HIV/AIDS used to be one of the most dreaded illnesses all over the world, but the story has changed now. Thanks...
Feb 28, 20212 minTHE ARRIVING COVID-19 VACCINEHumans have been aggrieved by diseases transmitted from animals, history has proven this. From the 1998 Nipah virus in Malaysia to the...
Feb 9, 20215 minTHE BANNING, SEIZING AND BURNING OF MOTORCYCLES IN KATSINA ALA AND UKUM AREAS OF BENUE STATE.PREAMBLE: Tuesday, the 29th day of December 2020, turned out to be a red-letter day for the residents of Katsina-Ala, Ukum and Sankere...
Feb 1, 20213 minTHE UNTAPPED RESOURCES WE SHOULD BE MAXIMIZINGThe severity of one’s disability does not determine their level of potential. The greatest barriers that persons with disabilities have...