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NPHCDA allays fear over COVID-19 vaccine storage
Friday Olokor and Daud Olatunji
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency and United Nations Children’s Fund on Sunday said the vaccination of Nigerians against COVID-19 would start with frontline healthcare workers.
The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib and UNICEF Country Representative In Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, who stated this in a joint statement, said Nigeria had planned to vaccinate at least 70 per cent of eligible Nigerians aged 18 years and above in four phases within two years.
The primary health care agency assured Nigerians that Nigeria had facilities to store the vaccine.
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A cross-section of the rescued students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State. Source: Femi Adesina s Facebook Page
Abduction, most traumatic period of our lives –Parents
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Some of the 344 schoolboys kidnapped in Katsina State by suspected bandits and released on Thursday, six days later have recounted their experiences in the den of the kidnappers.
The pupils were kidnapped last Friday from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara. Boko Haram had on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping though some government officials had refuted the claim that the terrorist group was involved in the mass abduction.
8 Years After Nirbhaya Case, Rape Conviction Rate Remains Abysmal in India
Aakanksha Khajuria (IANS)
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Eight years after the Nirbhaya case of gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student shook the conscience of the nation and led to hanging of four rapists earlier this year, the conviction rate in rape cases still remains abysmal despite stringent anti-rape laws in place.
As per the recent National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, the conviction rate for rape cases remained at 27.8 per cent in 2019. Out of a total of 1,62,741 rape cases which went to trial in 2019, the court convicted people in only 4,640 cases.
In 2018, however, the rate was 27.2 per cent, down from 32.2 per cent in 2017 and 23.9 per cent the year before that. According to legal experts, one of the reasons why criminals do not get convicted is poor investigation by the police, family pressure on victims, hostility of witnesses and complainants, absence of forensic labs and fast-track courts.