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Emergencies
Cameroon Records Cholera Cases In Five Regions
Five cholera patients are currently hospitalised in Cameroon. Among the five, one is under oxygen, the Minister of Public Health…
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Gender & SGBV
Nigeria Struggling To Combat Gender-Based Violence, Despite Laws
Police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, are still unravelling the circumstances around the death of 34-year-old Busayo Adewuni, a mother of…
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Human Rights
Nigeria Violates International Legal Standard With Use Of Firearms On Unarmed Citizens
Isiaka Jimoh, 20, had his life cut short at the Under G area of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, on…
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Emergencies
35 Persons Die Of Cholera In Cameroon
At least 35 persons have died from cholera and 1,242 cholera cases recorded in the Southwest, Littoral, South, and Far…
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Analyses
Out Of Sambisa: Boko Haram Defectors Face Bumpy Road Ahead
The threat of relapse and resource shortfall is casting a shadow on the disengagement process for tens of thousands of…
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Analyses
‘Inefficient’ Judicial System; Mob Violence Persists In Nigeria
“Ole, ole!” (thief, thief!) “Stone him!” “Kill him!” The above are sometimes all that need to be screamed in Nigeria…
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Analyses
Nigerian Children Used As ‘House Helps’ Face Life Of Abuse
From his narration, John Akinkunmi (not real name) was trafficked from Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria to work as a house…
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Features
Initiative Gives Nigerian Ex-inmates Boost To Restart Their Lives
Hezekiah Olujobi, born on Aug. 8, 1963, suffered unlawful detention at Agodi prison in Ibadan, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria between…
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Analyses
Reign Of Impunity: Nigeria’s Security Forces Torturing Suspects To Death
Although a signatory to the ‘United Nations Treaty Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment’, adopted…
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Analyses
In Pursuit Of Truth (2): Illegal Arrests, Violent Assaults Mar Nigerian Journalism
The magnitude of attacks suffered by Nigerian journalists intensifies yearly. From harassment to torture to unlawful arrest, physical assault, and…
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