Torture is torture – it is illegal and always wrong ….American perspective Twenty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan vigorously...

ICTJ: Conviction of Ríos Montt on Genocide a Victory for Justice in Guatemala The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)...

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has directed the chief registrar of the Supreme Court to strike off the names of...

By Rommy Mom esq After the hearing of my case in the Makurdi High Court on the 9th of May 2013, I was billed to leave for Abuja on the...

Papua New Guinea Mine Watch Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining deals BBC News Tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial...

The matter between Rommy Mom Esq and the Benue State Emergency Agency came up today the 9th May 2013 before the Hon. Justice Ada Onum of...

Tired Road Warrior The following conversation is taken from Time magazine (13 May 2013).  Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard professor and...

The case between Rommy Mom esq, President of Lawyers Alert Vs The Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BSEMA comes up tomorrow 9th...

Every rainy season in the north western Nigeria State of Zamfara, at least 300 children die from lead poisoning owing to artisanal mining...

One of my main takeaways from my Environmental Justice (EJ) class was the importance of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and...

Gold Mining alongside its attendant effects in Zamfara State of North Western Nigeria comes to mind Jetztzeit In his keynote UN Special...

Nigeria: Massive Destruction, Deaths From Military Raid Satellite Images, Witness Accounts Raise Concerns of Cover-Up MAY 1, 2013 EMAIL...

Free testing for homosexuals will have positive steps in societies that are tolerant to gays. In Africa this is rarely the case....

The Debate on Guantanamo Bay will not lapse so long as the acclaimed bastion of Human Rights, the US, continues to treat the issue with...

Recall Lawyers Alert had sued the FCT Minister and Inspector General of Police regarding the arrest of women seen around Abuja streets at...

We all are aware of the flooding that ravaged people and communities in Benue. As a result, the FG,  Philanthropists, State Governments...

No doubt the need for resources exists to enable governments, including the government of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja to...

Kabura Zakama Randomised THE National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday, approved plans by the Federal Government to take loan...

At the dark corners across Abuja popular streets, away from the street lights, men in uniform allegedly commit rape under the guise of...

Aiyeloja... As long as the Nigerian government continues to battle fruitlessly with the legitimacy and morality to govern, the spate of...

Interesting reading on Gender Equality

Lessons here are applicable everywhere. In Nigeria, since the inception of democracy States have taken steps to pass Non Discrimination...