Human Rights
Namibian Court Rules Against Laws Criminalising Same-sex Relationships
A top Namibian court on Friday ruled against the country’s colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex relationships, marking a win for the LGBTQ community....
Kenyan Police Release Journalist Arrested for Sharing Senator Orwoba’s Number on X
The Kamkunji Police Division in Kenya has released a Nairobi-based journalist, Edgar Wabwire, who was arrested for reposting the number of a House...
Peter Obi Calls For Support For Displaced Nigerians On World Refugee Day
In recognition of World Refugee Day, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has highlighted the plight of refugees and internally...
Kenyan Women Accuse British Soldiers Of Decades Of Rape, Sexual Violence And Abandonment
Kenyan women have accused soldiers from the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) of rape, sexual violence, and abandoning their mixed-race children without...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Calls For Recognition Of Independent Palestinian State
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has reiterated the kingdom’s support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with East Jerusalem...
Over 10 Million Displaced In War-torn Sudan – IOM
More than 10 million people have been displaced in war-torn Sudan, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said. Since the war began...
EFCC Operatives Allegedly Looted, Vandalised Properties In Akure Night Raid
Oluyemi Fasipe, a former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Honourable Tajudeen Adefisoye and Youth Advocates in Nigeria, has alleged that the...
13-year-old Boy Commits Suicide After Neighbour’s Soldier Boyfriend Brutalise Him, Parents Demand Justice
The family of Saul Hashimu from Angwan Maigero Community in Chikun LGA, Kaduna, have been thrown into mourning following the death of their...
#EndSARS: List Of 20 Protesters In Ikoyi Prison Emerges On Social Media
Three years and seven months after the violent suppression of the nationwide #EndSARS protest, a list of some protesters who were allegedly detained...
No New Figure On Minimum Wage Was Proposed By FG — NLC
Joe Ajaero, Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has denied claims that the Federal Government had proposed N105,000 as the new minimum...
Political Crackdown on Press Freedom Continues As Police Arrest Journalist, Precious Eze
In what is now identified as a continuous ongoing crackdown on Press Freedom by the Nigeria Police Force and Nigerian Politicians, another journalist...
Two Days After NLC’s Strike, Akpabio Seeks Motion To Make Industrial Actions Illegal
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) nationwide industrial action on Tuesday has attracted controversial criticism and subtle threats from the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio...