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Helpio allows victims in northern Nigeria to report cases anonymously and seek help, amid widespread fear of stigmatisation and soaring sexual assault figures. On a morning last February, eight-year-old Aminatu Zana – whose real name has been concealed – was raped in her hometown of Kano, Nigeria’s second largest city. The alleged perpetrator was no stranger: a neighbour, who used his familiarity and a bar of chocolate to lure the child into his room, then threatened her if she spoke of his crime.  But bloody traces of his assault on Aminatu’s garments gave him away. Her widowed and ...

Rivers state, Nigeria – On a morning last February, eight-year-old Aminatu Zana – whose real name has been concealed – was raped in her hometown of Kano, Nigeria’s second largest city. The alleged perpetrator was no stranger: a neighbour, who used his familiarity and a bar of chocolate to lure the child into his room, then threatened her if she spoke of his crime. But bloody traces of his assault on Aminatu’s garments gave him away. Her widowed and impoverished mother, Salima, dreaded going to the police but was encouraged by her neighbours to press charges. That itself was uncommon...

The minister who spoke virtually, told the forum, attended by stakeholders, that so far, of the N500bn COVID-19 funds, N288bn has been released to implementing agencies to support programmes. According to him, the Federal Government  is now in the process of releasing additional sums to the implementing Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). “The total package includes N500bn stimulus from special federal government account in the budget, and a N1.8trn through financial institutions. “From the N500bn stimuli from the reversed 2020 budget there is provision of N126bn to build resili...

ON THE GO Insecurity: Zamfara bans sale of petrol in jerrycans The Zamfara state government has banned the sale of petrol in jerrycans, stating that the measure is necessary to discourage the activities of bandits.Advertisement Zamfara has witnessed a wave of... ‘Situation becoming overwhelming’ — Kaduna varsity appeals to government over abducted students The management of Greenfield University in Kaduna state has appealed to the government to speed up efforts to ensure the safe return of students kidnapped from the institution.Advertisement Gunmen had... English foot...

How we spent COVID-19 funds so far- FG On Kindly Share This Story: Prince Clem Agba, Minister of State, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, on Thursday gave a breakdown of the COVID-19 expenditure in the country.   Agba revealed this at the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) Conference organised by Connected Development (CODE) in partnership with BudgIT civil society organisation in Abuja.   According to Agba, of the N500 billion COVID-19 funds, N288billion has been released to implementing agencies to support programmes and Federal Government, while the Ministr...