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2019 ELECTIONS: As the Clock Ticks …
By Laz Ahangba The loud music blares out in the quiet night. Tarkule, a middle aged Man of about 43 is awakened from his hard narrow bed....
Nov 26, 20184 min read
Bringing Hope to Prisoners in Nigeria
By Sunday Adaji Esq One fact about prisoners is that one after the other, virtually all of them will be out of prison and back into the...
Nov 19, 20184 min read
The Compulsory Treatment And Care For Victims Of Gunshots Act, 2017: An Analysis
By Chigoziem Ellen Onugha Esq One of the known characteristics of Laws is that it is dynamic and not static. An example is our...
Nov 12, 20183 min read
Election Primaries through the Lenses of the Law
Compiled by Mr Lazarus M.A, Miss Jerum Uneje, R.A. Hwande Esq and S.P. Oobulu Esq Nigeria’s democracy is nascent and oscillates on a...
Nov 7, 20184 min read
Women Participation in Politics: 2018 Primaries in Focus
Compiled by Mr Lazarus M.A, Miss Jerum Uneje, R.A. Hwande Esq and S.P. Oobulu Esq. Women are an integral part of the political process...
Nov 5, 20184 min read
Concluded Party Primaries: A Perspective and Matters Arising
Compiled by: Mr Lazarus m., Miss Jerume Uneje, R.A. Hwande Esq and S.P. Ozobulu Esq. If democracy is the government of the people for...
Nov 2, 20184 min read
SENSITIZATION WITH KABUSA MARKET WOMEN ASSOCIATION ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV)
Dated: 12Th June 2018 The problem of gender-based violence (GBV) is an age-long problem in our communities which has led to loss of...
Sep 28, 20181 min read
ADVOCACY VISIT TO THE BENUE SATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ON THE 23RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2018
The Head Office of Lawyers Alert in Makurdi, Benue State paid an advocacy visit to the Benue State Emergency Management Agency on the...
Sep 3, 20182 min read
COURTESY VISIT BY THE HOPE SISTERS AGAINST HIV/AIDS, STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION INITIATIVE
On the 29th day of August, 2018, the Hope Sisters Against HIV/AIDS, Stigma and Discrimination Initiative, a Women-Led Grassroot Civic...
Aug 31, 20182 min read
In Pictures: Strategic Impact Litigation Training for Nigerian Lawyers held on the 21st and 22nd of
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Aug 23, 20181 min read
Strategic Impact Litigation Training Workshop
Towards getting Nigerian Lawyers to commence active Strategic Litigation cases that offers legal support to resource constrain citizens,...
Aug 16, 20181 min read
Combating Insecurity in Nigeria: Call for Restructuring the Nigeria Police
By Sunday Adaji Esq. It would seem the current security situation in Nigeria calls for a complete overhaul of our security apparatus, to...
Aug 15, 20183 min read
Benue Political Logjam and the Fate of the Electorate
By Richard A Hwande Esq. Preamble Political upheavals and recalibrations are not new on election eve years. In Nigeria, this is...
Aug 15, 20185 min read
A ONE DAY SENSITIZATION WITH KABUSA MARKET WOMEN ASSOCIATION ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV)
Dated 12Th June 2018. The problem of gender-based violence (GBV) is an age-long problem in our communities which has led to loss of...
Jun 26, 20183 min read
LAWYERS ALERT CONTINUES ITS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS ENGAGEMENT
In continuation of our project which seeks to reduce and eliminate violence against women and girls, Lawyers alert has added 5 states to...
Jun 1, 20182 min read
FACILITATION OF EFFECTIVE SRHR MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA BEGINS.
Lawyers Alert on the 14th and 15th of May 2018 organised a meeting with Lawyers representing the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria...
May 18, 20181 min read
LAWYERS ALERT RELEASES REPORT ON MILITARY INVASION OF NAKA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.
Following the invasion and razing down of the Naka, a town in Benue state by the Nigeria military on the 19th day of April, 2018, Lawyers...
Apr 28, 20181 min read
LAWYERS ALERT RELEASES DATA ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WITH REGARD TO HOMOSEXUALS IN NIGERIA
The report is a compendium of reported violations of sexual minorities in Nigeria between April 2017 to March 2018, with particular focus...
Apr 22, 20182 min read
Increase State Resource Allocation on HIV efforts: Lawyers Alert Tells the National Assembly at the
The Nigeria Budget Proposals, or better properly called “The 2018 Appropriation Bill” which encapsulates what and how the federal...
Mar 28, 20184 min read
Benue As a Metaphor for Official Mischief
by Lazarus Mom A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the day it is hatched. So goes a popular saying. Put in another way, an...
Mar 21, 20187 min read
Women and the Benue Killings
By Jerome Mary Uneje The sound of the whistle pierces through the quiet dark night in the neighbourhood of Ityo Gbenda, a suburb of...
Mar 9, 20186 min read
HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY AND THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION
By Rommy Mom Esq, President, Lawyers Alert INTRODUCTION Institutionalized Government historically evolved from persons within a...
Feb 12, 20185 min read
Benue: Of Cattle Colonies, Ranching and Grazing Routes
By Rommy Mom Growing up on the Plateau, in the 80s, the yearly tradition was to see Herdsmen arrive on the rocky plains just before the...
Jan 14, 20184 min read
AMPLIFYCHANGE VISITS LAWYERS ALERT
A representative of AmplifyChange, Mr. Patrick MccLure paid a working visit to the Abuja Office of Lawyers Alert located at Area 11,...
Jan 4, 20181 min read
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