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September 21, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Ignorance would not end the killings in Lagos island, this would

The recurrent clash on Lagos island, that has been a part of the area for years is taking a dramatic turn at the moment as the number of casualties is on increase. Rival gangs have killed each other over the past few days.At the moment, the residents of Onala has lost three people to the... Read More

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September 21, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Like Badoo, Edgal Imohimi must crush this too

For more than a year, the ‘Badoo’ killings was the talk of the town in Ikorodu, Lagos. It started from Ibeshe and later spread to other parts of the state. These killers were having a field time enjoying what they were doing and the casualties rose from one to over 30 victims not until the... Read More

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Edgal Imohimi, lagos island

September 21, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Oando Foundation partners with Fashion Vie to impact girl-child education

Oando Foundation (OF), an independent charity with a mission to create conducive learning environments in dilapidated public primary schools in Nigeria partnered with Fashion Vie New York on Thursday, September 14, 2017, to raise funds towards the education of the Nigerian girl child. The Foundation was selected as the first beneficiary from Africa to receive... Read More

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Fashion Vie, Nigerian girl child, Oando Foundation (OF)

September 21, 2017

[The Activism Blog] BudgIT sensitises Lagos residents on budget process

Civic tech organization, BudgIT Nigeria has visited six communities in Lagos to sensitise them on the 2017 Lagos state Budget and to seek their inputs into 2018 Budget. In a statement released by BudgIT’s lead partner Seun Onigbinde on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, he said, “In the six communities visited, we observed that very few... Read More

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BudgIT Nigeria, Lagos state budget

September 21, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] When will the government check the unending crisis in Lagos Island?

Lagos Island also known as Isale Eko is the principal and central local government area in Lagos. It was initially home to fishermen and loggers. The fishermen make a living from the Lagos lagoon while the loggers transport their logs through the water as its cheaper for their trade. Lagos Island which comprises of places... Read More

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Isale-Eko, lagos island

September 20, 2017

[The Activism Blog] USAID donates medical equipment to Kogi

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday September 18, 2017, presented medical equipment worth N30 million for 60 health facilities in Kogi. The State Team Leader for Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) Dr Alobo Gabriel at the handing over ceremony said, “We all know that Kogi being in the northern part of... Read More

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Kogi, Maternal and Child Survival Programme (MCSP), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

September 20, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] How well is the APC government tolerating the Nigerian Press?

The APC government led by President Muhammadu Buhari in the build up to the 2015 presidential elections faced a very stiff campaign from the PDP and other parties as it relates to media clamp down which was the norm during the Military tenure of the President. This led to the promulgation of the famous Decree... Read More

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APC government, nigerian press, President Muhammadu Buhari

September 20, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Behold the latest inductee into the MRA ‘FOI hall of shame’: Nigeria Immigration Service

The Media Rights Agenda has named the Nigerian Immigration Service as the new inductee into its ‘FOI hall of shame’. MRA’s freedom of information programme manager, Ridwan Sulaiman stated this in a statement on Monday September 18, 2017. He said, “The management of the Nigeria Immigration Service, an institution whose questionable recruitment process led to... Read More

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MRA FOI Hall of Shame award, Nigerian Immigration Service

September 20, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] NUJ needs to start acting, and stop “barking”

Briefly, the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) is the umbrella body of all journalists in the country; established on March 15,1955, in Lagos. The union also serves as the regulatory body of journalism activities in Nigeria as it relates to the practice of the profession. The Union, during the dark era of the military in... Read More

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Freedom of Information, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ)

September 20, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] The ban of journalists in Imo is quite an aberration

It is said that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. So was the case of the Imo governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Sunday, September 17, 2017, at the Imo government house where he banned two journalists: Amby Uneze of THISDAY and Chidi Nkwopara of Vanguard Newspapers. According to news reports, the duo were banned... Read More

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Freedom of Information, imo state, Nigerian journalists, Owelle Rochas Okorocha

September 20, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Bukky Shonibare’s #Mission2Makurdi

Bukky shonibare, a member #BringBackOurGirls group and Founder Adopt-A-Camp has concluded her humanitarian mission to victims of the recent flood disaster in Benue. The mission which took place between September 12-14, 2017, included a medical team who conducted basic medical tests for the beneficiaries, administered drugs, provided medical advice, and made referrals. This was fully... Read More

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Benue flood, Bukky Shonibare, makurdi

September 20, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Are you kidding with this ‘Kevin Hart was raped’ conspiracy theory?

So, months after refusing to directly address a rumour supported by a TMZ video that Kevin Hart was cheating on his very pregnant second wife Eniko, over the weekend, Kevin Hart via Instagram, tendered a warning veiled as an apology to his wife and children at the woman who was trying to blackmail him with... Read More

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Eniko Hart, infidelity, KEvin HArt, rape, The Sexuality Blog

September 18, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Just before the military starts another exercise in the Southsouth and Southwest

While the nation is still grappling with the tensions created by the ongoing Operation Python Dance II in the Southeast, the Nigerian Army on Saturday, september 16,2017 announced its intention to launch another operation codenamed Operation Crocodile Smile II In the Southsouth region and some parts of the Southwest. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani... Read More

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Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, Operation Crocodile Smile II, Operation Python Dance II

September 18, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Are we not over-stretching our Military?

The Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara in Abuja on July 4, 2017, at a capacity/ Interactive Needs Assessment Workshop of Security Sector Related Committees in the House of Representatives, organised in collaboration with Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre said: It is worrisome that Nigeria is effectively permanently in a state of... Read More

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Nigerian Army, Yakubu Dogara

Fulani

September 18, 2017

[The Activism Blog] #OperationPythonDance2: Amnesty International to investigate allegations against Army

As reactions continue to trail the ongoing Operation Python Dance II in the Southeast, Amnesty International has declared that it is investigating allegations of human rights violations in the region. In a series of tweets on its Twitter handle the human right group states: We are deeply concerned about reports of violence across Nigeria following... Read More

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Amnesty International, Operation Python Dance II, southeast

September 18, 2017

[The Activism Blog] UNICEF leads campaign against child bombers

The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has decried the increase in the use of children by the Boko-Haram sect for suicide operations and hereby called for the stoppage of such acts. The organisation’s country representative, Mohammed Fall, made the call after the official signing of Action Plan Agreement against recruitment of children between the... Read More

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Mohammed Fall, United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF)

September 17, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] There’s a fourth Powerpuff girl and she’s gay

In case you’re living under a rock and haven’t heard the news yet, Cartoon Network has just announced it is creating a five-part film for its beloved show The Powerpuff Girls, and it is adding a fourth, black Powerpuff girl to the mix. Even better, a new Powerpuff girl who happens to be none other... Read More

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Cartoon Network, LGBT, The Powerpuff girls, Toya Delazy

September 17, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Can we talk a little more about male entitlement?

For the last few days, these tweets from an American social media user has been making its rounds around twitter. A woman’s idea of “Let just be friends” is “Hey listen to all my problems and keep me company…while I have sex with someone else.” — Chef Nol (@UR_SO_COOL_NOL) September 14, 2017 If I met... Read More

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Emotional labour, feminism

Tanzania

September 17, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog ] When it comes to homosexuality, Africa is a country

Last month, it was all over the news that the Lagos State government in collusion with the Nigerian Police, raided a hotel where 80 people were attending a HIV/AIDS sensitisation event and arrested all of them on charges of homosexuality. We reported how half of the people arrested and charged were said to be minors... Read More

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September 16, 2017

[The Activism Blog] 46 million Nigerians still practice open defecation – UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 46 million Nigerians still practice open defecation. The organisation through one of its officials, Moustapha Niang, stated this on Friday, September 15, 2017, while presenting an overview of the UNICEF supported water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme in Nigeria at the EU-UNICEF WASH media dialogue in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.It... Read More

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Moustapha Niang, Open defecation in Nigeria, UNICEF

Agriculture in Nigera - Photo credit: Guardian Nigeria

September 16, 2017

[The Activism Blog] WANEP, OXFAM, organise workshop for stakeholders in the Agric sector

The West Africa Network For Peace Building (WANEP) in collaboration with the international confederation of charitable organisations, focused on the alleviation of global poverty (OXFAM), on September 14, 2017, organised a one-day sensitization workshop for key stakeholders in the Agricultural sector in Kebbi. While declaring the workshop open, the Permanent Secretary Kebbi state ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammed Lawal Shau said agriculture... Read More

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kebbi, Oxfam, West Africa Network For Peace Building (WANEP)

September 16, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] The adverse effects of establishing another Public Institution in Ogun

The Ogun state government just established a new Polytechnic in Ipokia, Ogun west Senatorial District of the state, which, according to the Govenor, is in fulfillment of his electoral promise to the people of the district. Lets scrutinise the implications of the new polytechnic. The state is establishing the school at a time states are... Read More

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education in Nigeria, Ibikunle Amosun, Ipokia, Ogun State, polytechnic

September 16, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Amosun, why establish another Higher Institution?

The legendary late Chinua Achebe in his book, The trouble with Nigeria aptly captures our leadership failure as follows: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or... Read More

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Ibikunle Amosun, Nigeria's decading education sector, Ogun State

September 15, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Should children and pre-teens be allowed to switch genders?

On the internet there have been a slew of articles that report on people beginning the process of transitioning from one gender to another and then choosing some way in, to revert to being their birth sex. The most recent example of this was reported by a number of news outlets across the world, and... Read More

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September 15, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] How the FG polarised labour unions against Nigerians

Bearing any last minute decision, the United Labour Congress (ULC) under the leadership of Comrade Joe Ajaero, will today embark on an indefinite strike that is expected to shut down the country. The strike, if complied with by all concerned, will affect critical sectors such as transportation, banking, petroleum, power among others. ULC’s grouse is same as... Read More

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Federal Government, nlc, TUC, ULC

September 15, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] The rot in Nigerian Labour Unions, an outward reflection of Nigeria

The labour movement in Nigeria that used to be one entity now has three factions. The NLC, the TUC and the ULC; being the new entrant. Once upon a time, labour union’s were the strongest movement in the country, it serves as the umbrella body of all workers and a means to champion their course.... Read More

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Nigerian labour unions, nlc, TUC, ULC

September 15, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Clarify Senators earnings | SERAP tells Saraki

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Senate President Bukola Saraki to clarify the true status of earnings of senators in the National Assembly. This is coming few days after Professor Itse Sagay, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC) alleged that a senator earns N29 million monthly and over N3 Billion annually.... Read More

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Bukola Saraki, nigerian senate, PACAC, Prof Itse Sagay

September 15, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, CSOs write AU, UNHRC over internet shutdown in Togo

The foremost digital rights group in Africa, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) has mobilised a coalition of 35 civil society organisations to write several international bodies including the African Union and the United Nation Human Rights Commission over the recent internet shutdown in Togo. The letter, dated September 14, 2017, was signed on behalf of the... Read More

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Access Now, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Ghanaian Centre of PEN International, Paradigm initiative, Reporters Without Border, World Wide Web Foundation

September 15, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] In Trump’s America, an immigrant is making a home for at-risk LGBT youth

When Donald Trump assumed office in early 2017, many people worried that his administration would target illegal immigrants and sexual minorities. He had promised this during his campaign and had garnered support by stirring racist and homophobic sentiments within the conservative white Christian community in the country. Less than halfway into the first year of... Read More

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LGBT, racist, Ruby Corado, Transgender

September 15, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Thursdaline Peter has a few choice words for men who hit women

If you scanned a Nigerian newspaper on any given day, you’d find at least one story about a woman either being physically assaulted, sexually assaulted or even raped. It is not news to anyone that violence against women in the country has reached epidemic proportions and not enough is being done by the government to... Read More

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Gender Violence., Thursdaline Peter

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