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By Akanimo Sampson The Senior Disability Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Emina Ćerimović, has taken President Muhammadu Buhari to task, claiming that the Nigerian leader is not doing anything yet on torture chambers in the country. President Buhari said in October 2019 of the Islamic rehabilitation centers that he will not ‘’tolerate the existence of the torture chambers and physical abuses of inmates in the name of rehabilitation.’’ According to the global rights group, the Buhari administration was yet to acknowledge that the abuse of people with mental health conditions was even rife in government-run facilities. “People with mental…

By Akanimo Sampson In Uganda, refugees in Kyaka and Kyangwali settlements and their nearby host communities are currently benefitting from a EUR 2.00 million (UGX 8.3 billion) humanitarian water aid package from the European Union (EU). The two piped water systems was recently completed by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a United Nations agency. This substantial EU funding was complemented by project funds from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). CERF is however, one of the fastest and most effective ways to ensure that urgently needed humanitarian assistance reaches people caught up in crises. Established by the United…

Brazil recorded a dramatic comeback to narrowly defeat France and reach the final of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. The hosts booked a place in their sixth FIFA Under-17 World Cup final after coming from two goals behind to top France 3-2 at Bezerrão Stadium in Brasilia. Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga scored first for France in the seventh minute, before Nathanael Mbuku made it 2-0 five minutes later. France remained in control for the majority of the match, but Kaio Jorge then began the comeback for Brazil in the 62nd minute. Gabriel Veron equalised by scoring a rebound off French goalkeeper Melvin…

Pope Francis has called for action to be taken on kids’ exposure to porn sites online. Speaking at the Promoting Digital Child Dignity conference in the Vatican recently, he, therefore, called on technology giants to prevent children from accessing pornography online easily. Francis said: “There is a need to ensure that investors and managers remain accountable, so that the good of minors and society is not sacrificed to profit. “For the sake of advancing the development of the internet and its many benefits, companies that provide services have long considered themselves mere suppliers of technological platforms, neither legally nor morally…

A Nigerian immigrant made history on Tuesday, November 5, as she became the first black to win a councillor seat for Bangor City Council in Maine, United States of America. Angela Okafor and others elected were sworn in during a ceremony at Bangor City Hall on Wednesday, November 13. Okafor from Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State, became a United States Citizen earlier this year. Angela and Ben, her husband own two pharmacies, and live with their three children in Bangor. A foreign-trained and American-licensed attorney, she worked in the dish room washing department because she did…

A nine-year-old Belgian is shinning like a star as he prepares to graduate this December from the Eindhoven University of Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering. Laurent Simons, who University staff have described as ‘simply extraordinary,’ plans to do his PH.D in Electrical Engineering in the university, while he will also study for a Medicine degree, his father revealed during an interview with CNN. The boy’s parents, Lydia and Alexander Simons, did not believe their son is a genius until his school teachers started reporting how he quickly understood and learnt things far above his age…

For some years, most villages in Ukanafun and Etim Ekpo local government areas of Akwa Ibom State were locked down as a result of cult war among some restive but aggrieved youths in the areas. Consequently, the aggrieved caused mayhem that led to loss of lives and properties of innocent persons. Some persons were kidnapped and ransom paid; others killed; women raped; socio-economic activities zeroed in resulting in the villagers abandoning the crisis-torn areas to safer communities. Though the militants later called aggrieved youths embraced peace, Governor Udom Emmanuel had announced the state government’s intention to resettle them to sustain…

By Akanimo Sampson By March this year, Ethiopia recorded 3.04 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)  due to ethnic conflict and environmental shocks over the past year. Since April, the government of Ethiopia, according to International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has rolled out a phased plan to return, relocate and integrate those displaced, resulting in tens of thousands of IDPs returning to their places of origin The global migration agency and its humanitarian partners are now scaling up use of the Community-Based Planning (CBP) approach to support the government’s return initiative, and to strengthen sustainable return, recovery, and social…

By Akanimo Sampson The war-torn Central African Republic (CAR) is being ravaged by flood that has already displaced around 30,000 persons with scores struggling to cope with the disaster of nature. CAR has been mired in a brutal civil war since the 2013 ouster of President Francois Bozizé by a coalition of rebel groups. The militias have been fighting each other or the government, forcing around a quarter of the country’s 4.7 million people to flee their homes. Last September, the United Nations estimated that two-thirds of CAR’s population requires humanitarian aid to survive. At the moment, the flooding has…

The Appeal Court in Calabar, Thursday, November 14, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, lNEC, to issue Certificate of Return to the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Mbo State Constituency of Akwa Ibom. This was as the appellate court nullified the State Assembly election won by Okon Asukwo, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and declared Effiong Johnson of APC, a winner. Though the State House of Assembly election was held on Saturday, March 9, 2019, Asukwo declared a winner of the election by INEC was a member of the House of Assembly. However, PDP in the state in…