Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Rights

April 23, 2024

UK sending refugees to Rwanda cruel, costly: International Rescue Committee

Sending refugees to Rwanda, or anywhere else, will never be an effective solution, warns the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria
April 23, 2024

U.S. spent $15 million, trained 46,000 on dispute resolution in Northern Nigeria: Embassy

The CIPP programme has helped mitigate violent conflict in at-risk communities and engaged women and youth in peace processes.

Bandits attack
April 23, 2024

Lagos software engineer gets life imprisonment for raping 13-year-old girl

Mr Oshodi also held that the alibi and the issue of extortion, which the convict relied on, did not hold water.

Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court
April 23, 2024

Council of Europe slams UK asylum pact with Rwanda

The Council of Europe, a European rights body, has sharply criticised the United Kingdom for its controversial asylum pact with Rwanda.

African refugees
April 23, 2024

Wanted Yahaya Bello asks court to dismiss EFCC’s arrest warrant

The EFCC declared the former governor wanted over alleged N80 billion looting of Kogi state’s treasury.

Yahaya Bello (Credit: Yahaya Bello)
April 23, 2024

UK-Rwanda asylum law cruel, despicable, says Médecins Sans Frontières

The passing of the ‘Safety of Rwanda bill’ marks another dark chapter in the UK’s brutal approach to migration, which is rooted in policies of deterring, externalising and punishing

Rishi Sunak and Paul Kagame
April 23, 2024

Dangerous UK-Rwanda asylum law erodes refugees’ protection: UN

If implemented, it would pave the way for asylum seekers, including families with children, to be summarily sent to Rwanda, with no prospect of return to the UK.

REFUGEES IN UK; SUNAK
April 22, 2024

Appeal Court fails to hear EFCC suit against order restraining Yahaya Bello’s arrest

In a ruling on April 17, the Kogi court restrained the EFCC from arresting, detaining and prosecuting Mr Bello.

Yahaya Bello (Credit: Yahaya Bello)
April 22, 2024

Awaiting trial inmates increased by 70% in Kano: Correctional Service

The Kano command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says 70 per cent of inmates are awaiting trial across the custodial centres.

Prison bar
April 22, 2024

My ill-tempered lover grabs my private parts during arguments, ex-serviceman tells court

He said, ”My lord, for you to know how terrible Victoria had been, I stopped performing my duties as a husband (for) 22 years…”

Courtroom (Credit: Nigerian Guardian)