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Jake Blight is an associate professor on national security law at the Australian National University

Euthanasia has become increasingly available in Australia, being currently legal and accessible in Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania, and set to become legal in New South Wales later this year.

Defilement has become a huge menace in the society, needing urgent attention of government and the citizenry. Some religious, security and professional stakeholders have expressed concern over these increasing cases of defilement. The stakeholders, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in separate interviews in Lagos that it was time urgent measures were taken to

Bamidele who operates under the name Prosocial International Limited is facing three counts of conspiracy, obtaining and stealing preferred against him by the police.

Interestingly, the Criminal Code Act 2004 and the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act 2015 criminalizes Revenge Porn. Section 170 of the Act provides for 1 year imprisonment while section 24 of the Cybercrimes Act of 2015 provides “a seven million naira fine or imprisonment for a term of not more than three years or to both such fine and imprisonment”.

By Zayd Ibn Isah In what seems to be another troubling reflection of the Nigerian entertainment industry, a video emerged showing actress Moyo Lawal engaged in a sexual encounter with an individual believed to be her boyfriend, although his identity remains undisclosed as of the time of writing this article. The video quickly circulated on…

A signal warning men and officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, against leaking official documents has been leaked to the press.

Many celebrities, including popular musician, Tiwa Savage; on-air personality, Toke Makinwa; actors, Godwin Maduka and Empress Njamah; singer, Oxlade; and ex-beauty queen, Chidinma Okeke, and controversial cross dresser, James Brown, among others, had been victims of revenge porn.

Of late, Nigeria has witnessed a tremendous rise in the number of suicide cases in the country. Experts said Nigeria is gradually

This investigation documents multiple cases of religious intolerance in northern Nigeria, providing insights into whether or not the holy scripture supports the death penalty for blasphemy and the position of the constitution and international frameworks on religious freedom.