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The Kaduna State government appears poised to end child abuse in the state. Following the rejection of the Child’s Right Act 2003, the state came up with its version by enacting the Kaduna State Child’s Welfare and Protection in 2018. John Shiklam writes on the recent collaboration with UNICEF to train stakeholders on the implementation of the law In a move to curb the increasing cases of child abuse, the Kaduna State government in collaboration with the United Nation’s Children’s Fund ...

Britain – or indeed England – may not have a written constitution, but there are a couple of documents which, oddly perhaps, form part of the unwritten one. The first was Magna Carta, sealed in 1215 when King John got a bit too uppity for his barons liking. The second was the Bill of Rights. In the 17th century, the country was in the grip of religious turmoil – “popery”, of course, was the number one threat. So after the death of the protestant Charles II in 1685, the ascension of h...

Views: Visits 13 Justice Esther Y.B. Lolo (left); International Vice president of National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), Justice Binta Nyako; DG, Women Development Centre and representative of Mrs. Aisha Buhari, Mrs Mary Ekpere-Eta; National President of NAWJ, Justice Mary Ukaego-Peter Odili; Chairman House Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights, Rt. Hon Luke Onofiok; Prof. Bilkisu Seidu and representative of the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Paullen Tallen at the event. The V...

Businessmen get back to you? >>guest: have not heard from anyone in north or south korea. >>neil: who have you heard from? not names but groups or business types. >>guest: well, first of all, when we ran the big card check campaign a couple of years ago one group we had a lot of support from, were people who are in unions, who thought the unions were absolutely over-the-top. there are seven provisions in this law that were supporting the employees right act, seven provisions and they all about r...