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The court also ordered the residence of the sureties must be verified by the court registrar and that the sureties must submit documents proving they own a landed property in Abuja.

Serah Akpan, 70, from Boki Local Government in Cross River, southern Nigeria, when she was accused of being a witch. She survived but was badly injured.

ABUJA, Feb 01 (IPS) - One day in October 2020, Serah Akpan, 70, was seated in her house at Boki Local Government in Cross River, southern Nigeria, when she heard the murmurings of irate youth outside. Before she could grasp what was really happening, they had broken into her house, bundled her outside, and threatened to kill her for allegedly being a witch.

The House of Representatives is expected to commence debate on the general principles of a bill for the regulatory body organ harvesting, transplanting

Economic factors and the absence of sympathetic anti-suicide laws are increasing the rate of suicides and suicidal thoughts in Nigeria

  A prison census report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has identified Eritrea, Ethiopia and Cameroon as three worst jailers of journalists in the Sub-Saharan African region in 2023. The report stated that the number of journalists jailed on December 1, 2023 in Sub-Saharan Africa rose from 37 recorded in 2022 to 47.

  The Committee to Protect Journalists has lamented the continued incarceration of Saint Mienpamo Onitsha, publisher of NAIJA Live TV, by the Nigerian government since October 2023.   Onitsha was arrested on October 10, 2023, and charged with cybercrime and defamation concerning a report that he wrote alleging that there was tension in the Niger Delta after a man had been killed by security guards outside government offices in the capital, Abuja.  

Young unemployed women are especially vulnerable to intimate partner violence and face formidable barriers to justice, says Minetta Daniella Kakarere.

Regulators and enforcement authorities in Australia intensified their efforts to curb white-collar crime in 2023. They targeted fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, cybercrime, and...

The death of an Australian national in Lebanon has been selectively dismissed by the Australian Government, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark.