Tag: violence
Ogun partners community leaders against gender-based violence
Ogun Government says it is joining forces with community leaders in Ogun East Senatorial District to promote advocacy and curb the rising cases of...
Boro Day: Shun violence, PAP boss urges N/Delta youths
The Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, on Thursday in a tribute to the late Ijaw hero, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro,...
Woman, children docked for alleged assault, battery
Abuja, Jan.22, 2024 (NAN) A woman, Rahmat Muhammed, her two daughters, Aisha and Amir, and her sister, Ummi, were arraigned on Monday before a...
FG trains 82,722 women in ICT, artisanship
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, said more than 82,722 women were trained in Information Communication Technology (ICT) and artisanship, among others, between...
Osun Governor Warns NURTW Over Violence In The State
The governor of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke, has told the National Union of Transport Workers, NURTW, to direct their grievances to proper channel
This statement...
NCWS embarks on nationwide campaign to upscale advocacy against rape, GBV
The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), has begun a nationwide campaign to upscale advocacy against rape, sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Women and...
Guyuk, Lamurde violence: 16 arrested in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 16 suspects in connection with the recent communal conflicts in Guyuk and Lamurde local...
Violence against women and girls prevalent in Nigeria, says UNICEF
As the world gets set to mark 25 years since the historic Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to advance women’s and girl’s rights,...
Jonathan urges Niger Delta youths to shun violence
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Niger Delta youths to shun acts of violence and embrace peace to ease the execution of projects that...
11 sentenced to death over football riot
11 men have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian court for their involvement in a 2012 football riot in the city of Port...
It shall be gun for gun, bullet for bullet, bomb...
Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, leader of the Niger Delta People Salvation Front, NDPSF has threatened to match violence with violence if riots broke out after...
Keep your violence out of our community, Ogu people tell politicians
Politicians who may have been planning to use youths as political thugs for the violent rigging of the 2015 elections now rescheduled to start...
Burundi orders U.N. security adviser out after violence warning
Burundi ordered a security adviser at the United Nations mission in the country to leave on Thursday, escalating a row that started with a...
