Court remands 2 men for allegedly defiling 11-year-old girl in Ebonyi
March 19, 2024 An Abakaliki Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that two men be remanded for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl in Ebonyi. The police charged Okpara Chidiebere, 36, Nwali…
Abia ranks highest on GBV ranking in South-East – NHRC Coordinator
Nov. 30, 2023 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that Abia ranks highest on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) rating among the five South-Eastern states. The NHRC Coordinator in Abia,…
FG says 34 states, FCT, have domesticated VAPP Act, urges diligent implementation
Nov. 6, 2022 Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, says 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have domesticated the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act 2015 to curb…
I didn’t harvest snails from sacred forest says Enugu woman stripped naked, bitten
November 4, 2022 Mrs. Anthonia Okonkwo, the widow allegedly stripped naked by some youths in an Enugu State community says she did not harvest snails from the scared forest as…
Outrage as community strips woman for picking snails in ‘sacred land’; Group kicks
By Alex Enebeli The South-East Human Rights Situation Room (SEHRSR) has decried the alleged dehumanizing abuse and stripping of a widow in Awgu community Enugu State for picking snails in…
Alleged abuse: NAWOJ demands justice for colleague
August 19, 2022 The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has demanded the immediate prosecution of the estranged husband of a female journalist, for brutalising and inflicting various degrees of…
Osinachi’s husband remanded in Kuje correctional centre
June 3, 2022 A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Friday ordered that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre. Nwachuckwu was…
Buhari urges states to domesticate Child Rights Act, VAPP
May 29, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has urged state governments to domesticate and effectively implement the Child Rights Act 2003 (CRA) and the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) to…
Uzodimma comes hard on sexual abusers, others; signs VAPP Bill into Law
December 16, 2021 Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has signed into law the Bill on Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) presented to him Wednesday by Speaker of the Imo…
Ending FGM: Traditional cutters now agents of change – UNFPA
Nov. 28, 2021 Dr Omolaso Omosehin, the Regional Head of UN Population Fund (UNFPA), says the UN has raised champions among traditional cutters who have not only become change agents…