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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...
May 23, 20222 min read


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...
May 18, 20223 min read
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...
May 6, 20221 min read


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...
May 6, 20223 min read


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...
Apr 22, 20223 min read
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...
Apr 14, 20223 min read


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...
Mar 24, 20223 min read


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...
Feb 1, 20224 min read


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...
Jan 25, 20224 min read


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...
Nov 16, 20211 min read


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....
Sep 24, 20213 min read


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...
Aug 24, 20213 min read


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...
Aug 16, 20214 min read


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...
Jul 30, 20214 min read
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...
Jul 13, 20214 min read


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...
Jun 30, 20213 min read


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...
Jun 18, 20214 min read


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...
May 25, 20212 min read


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...
May 19, 20214 min read
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...
May 1, 20212 min read


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...
Apr 7, 20214 min read


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...
Mar 22, 20214 min read
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...
Mar 22, 20213 min read


Women 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 11, 20213 min read
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