Undoubtedly, Nigeria is failing its women and girls in so many ways. There has been an astronomical increase in the cases of gender-based...

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...

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...

WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY CELEBRATION The Global community marks World TB Day on the 24th day of March each year. Nigeria cannot afford to...

There is no doubt that Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) have done a lot in Nigeria to create the necessary awareness towards stamping...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was established in 1978 to solve the problem of multiplicity of the admission...

The word “TOLERANCE” is a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic...

It is no longer an exaggeration to say that the security situation in Nigeria is deplorable and that the situation worsens by the day....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Raymond, Benedicta’s brother who live in Ibadan visited his sister that is married from Mbakwande’s village. Benedicta ran to the IDP...

BACKGROUND Courts throughout Nigeria was shut down on the 6th of April 2021 occasioned by a strike action embarked by the Judiciary Staff...

Lawyers Alert, a human rights organization has been working on issues of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and other...

Background Women and children seem to be at a higher risk of assault during any form of armed conflict or hostilities. The impact of...

Lawyers Alert condemns in the strongest terms the attack by gunmen believed to be Herdsmen on an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp...

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...

Human trafficking is one of the modern-day forms of slavery. Sex trafficking, forced labor, and debt bondage are the three most common...

BACKGROUND The upsurge/rise in covid-19 pandemic has really affected various segments of the world’s population. Among the population...

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...

About 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...

Humans have been aggrieved by diseases transmitted from animals, history has proven this. From the 1998 Nipah virus in Malaysia to the...

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...