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GROUND ZERO Saturday, 6th June, 2020: Rape and Gender Based Violence in Nigeria… Conspiracy of silence and How family members and security agents connive to suppress justice

GROUND ZERO Saturday, 6th June, 2020, on Invicta 98.9fm. SNIPPETS1- Rape and Gender Based Violence in Nigeria… Conspiracy of silence. How family members and security agents connive to suppress justice GUESTS –i – Hafsat Baba, Commissioner for Human Services & Social Development, Kaduna state.ii- Bilqis Yusuf – Center for resolution and study of domestic violence […]

13-year-old girl drugged, gangraped in Kaduna

Kaduna State

The Kaduna State Ministry of Human Services and Social Development has launched an investigation into the raping of a 13-year-old girl in the state. It was learnt that the girl was drugged before being gangraped by the four men. They later dumped her underneath a parked vehicle near her house. According to the ministry, the […]

Kaduna State Violated Chocolate City CEO’s Right — Appeal Court Rules

The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Friday affirmed the judgment of Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, finding the Kaduna state government guilty of abducting the CEO Chocolate City, Audu Maikori, a music promoter from Lagos to Kaduna. Audu Maikori is a lawyer and entrepreneur from Southern Kaduna was said to have been abducted […]

Man Who Led Group That Beat Up Nigerian Activist, Deji Adeyanju, In Abuja During Peaceful Protest, Leads #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd Protest In FCT

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK Ibrahim Kabiru Dallah, the man, who led thugs to attack rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has been discovered to be behind the protest in Abuja against the killing of George Floyd, an American, by a policeman in Minneapolis. Dallah, SaharaReporters gathered, on December 23 led miscreants to disrupt a peaceful protest organised by a […]

RSF and 13 other groups call on US governors and mayors to ensure safety of journalists; investigate First Amendment violations during protests

CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP The following statement to governors and mayors across the United States was signed by 14 press freedom, journalism, and human rights organizations, including: Reporters Without Borders, PEN America, Freedom House, Society of Professional Journalists, International Women’s Media Foundation, the National Press Club, NPC Journalism Institute, the National Association of Black Journalists, […]

Gambia Government Relaxes Some Covid-19 Restrictions

…lists rules for interaction in Markets, religious centres and schools His Excellency President Adama Barrow in consultation with his Special Cabinet Sub-Committee on the Covid-19 pandemic and based on advice by the Health Experts’ Committee of The Ministry of Health has decided to relax some of the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency Restrictions. For now though, […]