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Analyses
Abductions Motivated By ‘Ritual Killings’ Growing Across Nigeria
When Bamise Ayanwole’s grieving mother identified the high capacity bus in which her daughter was last seen and climbed to…
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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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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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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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Human Rights
Justice Elusive Months After Police Kill Motorcyclist In Southwest Nigeria
Five months after Saheed Olabomi, a 31-year-old motorcyclist was shot dead by a Police Sergeant in Osogbo, Osun State, Southwest…
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Features
Plastic As Tuition: A School In Lagos Is Reducing Waste, Providing Quality Education All At Once
“The best thing to have ever happened to me” was how Onuka Blessing described her ability to pay her children’s…
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Features
Oyo Community School Where Pupils Study In One Class
The enthusiastic pupils of Community Basic School in Saki-West Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, are probably…
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Analyses
Unsung Heroes: The Evolving Roles Of Traditional Birth Attendants In Southwest Nigeria
Foluke Adebiyi lives in a bungalow in the suburb of Akure, capital of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. She has spent…
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Analyses
#COVID19: The Danger Of Govt, Medical Authority’s Neglect Of Mentally Ill Persons
Since the first COVID-19 case was detected in Feb. 2020 in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, the virus has so far…
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