•Nigerian Senate chamber The Senate has unanimously passed a groundbreaking bill that mandates life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of defiling a minor, with no option for fines. This decisive move marks a significant step towards protecting the rights and safety of children across the nation, reports Channels TV. The proposal which is pa...
The Yobe State command of the Nigeria Immigration service has intercepted a toyota hiace bus, (with registration number 10B-87GM, Gombe state) carrying 21 minors from Labule and Ibeto towns of Magama local government area in Niger State to Maine Soroa in Niger Republic. The minors between the ages of 7 and 15 years were intercepted […]
No fewer than 27 individuals were arrested by the Lagos State Environmental Taskforce yesterday for engaging in street begging and causing public disturbances. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement, accompanied by a video shared on X.com today. Wahab revealed that among those a...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun today broke the silence over alleged arrest of minors during last August #EndBadGovernance protests. Egbetokun emphasised that those detained were criminal elements engaged in arson, destruction of property as well as looting of shops and public facilities, adding that they were not peacef...
The recent release of protesters detained in connection with the August 1 to 10 #EndBadGovernance protests in some parts of the country has raised fresh issues concerning the propriety of the arrests, detention, trial and treatment of suspects while in custody as well as the sudden interests shown by state governments in the case. It […...
•Governor Abba Yusuf The Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has commended President Bola Tinubu for responding to public calls and releasing 76 detained minors arrested following the August 2024 #EndBadGovernance protest. In a statement issued by the governor’s spokesman, Sanusi DawakinTofa, he expressed his deep appreciation for Tinubu’s compas...
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Tinubu-led federal government to discontinue the charge against 101 #EndBadGovernance protesters. His demand comes after President Tinubu yesterday directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to release minors arrested and f...
Meta said today it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from “sextortion” scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters. Gangs run sextortion scams by persuading people to provide explicit images of themselves and then threatening to release them to the public...
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