When the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 (VAPP) was signed into law, many women’s rights advocates believed it would finally end dehumanising practices against widows. But 11 years on, the cruel ritual that inflicts physical and psychological pain on mourning wives still thrives in parts of Nigeria, taking on a new, sneaky, si...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FAILURE TO curb persistent gas flaring has become the subject of a legal battle at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ), where the Federal Republic of Nigeria now faces a suit alleging violations of international human rights and environmental treaties. The case, filed on 22 September 20...
By JKNewsMedia A WAVE of condemnation has greeted the University of Ibadan following the suspension of three students who publicly opposed a dramatic increase in school fees during a campus gathering last year. The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has denounced the university’s action as a brazen act of victimi...
By JK NewsMedia HUMAN RIGHTS and civic organisations are calling on President Bola Tinubu to ensure the immediate release and clearing of charges against 11 protesters facing trial in Abuja, months after the August 2024 #EndBadGovernance demonstrations. This call is led by the Initiative Against Human Right Abuse and Torture (INAHURAT) in a s...
