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FLOODING AND THE PLIGHT OF BENUE CITIZENS
BY: Yua Miriam Dooshima… I heard that all your properties were swept away by flood in your compound is it true?? She sighs, drops her...
Sep 2, 20193 min read


CHILD BRIDE: IT’S LONG TERM AFTERMATH
By: Innocent Doris U. “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same”. – Nelson Mandela...
Aug 26, 20194 min read


World Humanitarian Day: Nourishing the World with a Milk of Human Kindness
By Sunday Adaji Esq. Love, they say, makes the world to go round. Imagine a world devoid of charities, a world where everyone is to...
Aug 19, 20193 min read


LAWYERS ALERT SUES THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL/MINISTER FOR JUSTICE OVER NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF HIV WORKPLAC
By Roseline Oghenebrume The HIV and AIDS (anti-discrimination) Act was enacted in 2014. It discourages discrimination against persons...
Aug 15, 20193 min read


THE PLIGHT OF INDIGENT INMATES IN NIGERIA.
BY: SOLUMTOCHUKWU .P. OZOBULU ESQ Natasha(not real name) gazing at the blue sky inhales deeply as she steps out of the Makurdi medium...
Aug 14, 20194 min read
LAWYERS ALERT SECURE ANOTHER BAIL
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Our dedication to the protection and enforcement of Human Rights. The legal department in line with...
Aug 5, 20192 min read


Successful completion of course on criminalization of HIV transmission, exposure and non – dis
Two of our Lawyers Alert staff participated in a course on criminalization of HIV transmission, exposure and non-disclosure organized by...
Aug 1, 20191 min read


El-zakzaky, Human Rights and the Imbroglio Surrounding his Detention.
By Sunday Adaji Esq. Sometime ago, President Muhammadu Buhari declared that national security should supercede the rule of law, a...
Jul 29, 20194 min read


SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS (SRHR) VIOLATIONS OF SEXUAL MINORITIES
By Doris U Innocent Esq Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights or SRHR is the concept of human rights applied to sexuality and...
Jul 15, 20194 min read


WHEN THE ANOINTED GOT TOUCHED
By Devaan M. Mom Busola Dakolo’s decision to call her pastor out could not have been an easy one. She is after all, a successful...
Jul 9, 20195 min read


HIV Criminalization Cases Recorded in 72 Countries, Including 49 in the Last Four Years.
By Arasa Network HIV criminalization continues: a global review has found that HIV-related arrests, investigations, prosecutions and...
Jul 8, 20194 min read


THE RESONANCE OF ALBINISM
By Kyenpya Katkuk Esq As a 9 year old I had a problem with the colour of my skin because I was constantly bullied by a certain boy who...
Jul 1, 20193 min read


THE CLASS ACT OF THE 8TH BENUE ASSEMBLY AND THE VAPP LAW
By Jerome Uneje “Hmmm…Torkwase my sister, so it’s true that everything about the domestication of the Violence Against Persons...
Jun 17, 20194 min read


1 DAY INTERACTIVE SESSION ON THE OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP (OGP)
HELD BY LAWYERS ALERT ON THE 17TH MAY 2019 The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was formally launched on September 20, 2011 on the...
Jun 10, 20193 min read


SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO HIV VIOLATIONS
by Hwande Richard HIV is an acronym for Human Immune deficiency Virus; it is a virus that lives in human blood, sexual fluids, and breast...
Jun 3, 20194 min read


MY RETREAT STORY
by Elvis Torkuma 1st March to 3rd 2019, Lawyers Alert held her annual retreat. I left Abuja for Makurdi Benue State Capital with Rapheal...
Jun 3, 20195 min read


AN X-RAY: THE IMPLICATIONS OF FEMALE SEX WORK IN NIGERIA
By Chigoziem Ellen Onugha Esq As human beings, one of the things we find so difficult to desist from doing is the setting apart of morals...
May 27, 20193 min read


Rommy Mom: The Man with passion for community advancement.
By Akade Emmanuel If the greatness of a community is measured by the actions of its members then the Hon. Commissioner for Human Rights...
May 20, 20192 min read


Dusk: A Dangerous Time To Be Female In Nigeria
By Rommy Mom Esq The periodic indiscriminate arrest of women in Abuja has a history. Whenever there is push back either from intensive...
May 13, 20196 min read


SRHR with Regards to LGBTI Community
by Solumtochukwu P. Ozobulu Esq Sexual and reproductive health right (SRHR) is a growing movement around the world and in Nigeria. The...
May 6, 20194 min read


SEXUAL RIGHTS VIOLATION IN NIGERIA
By Doris U. Innocent Esq Sexual rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international human...
Apr 26, 20193 min read


PETTY OFFENCES; THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT
By Roseline Oghenebrume, Director Programs, Lawyers Alert Dawn sets in the suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria....
Apr 15, 20193 min read


Mr. X Terminated On Grounds Of His Hiv Status Gets The Fruit Of His Victory
Dear Colleagues and folks, Recall the National Industrial Court of Nigeria’s Judgement prohibiting employers from coercing existing or...
Apr 12, 20192 min read


Lawyers Alert Secures The Release Of John Ibya Through Its Pro Bono Services
As part of our free legal services to vulnerable persons, Lawyers Alert is happy to announce that we have secured the release of John...
Apr 11, 20191 min read
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