In the wake of increases in sexual abuse, the Nigerian Senate is in the process of enacting critical legislation to protect victims of rape against any form of stigmatization in the country, Channels TV reports. The bill, titled ‘Rape and Insurgency Victims Stigmatization (Prohibition) Bill 2019’, scaled second reading during Wednesday’s plenary session. The bill provides for…
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By now it is no news that NBA legend Kobe Bryant tragically died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Sunday morning, alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna and seven (7) others. However more developing reports are revealing the identities of the victims who were on board the private helicopter. They include John Altobelli, a baseball…
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The victims of last week’s tanker fire disaster have raised the alarm that the financial supports being announced to have been given to them are being diverted. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday in Onitsha, the leader of the victims, Anthony Okonkwo, said only two persons had visited and given them money. He named…
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Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has pledged his support towards the ease of the current violence and massacre happening in Sudan. The singer took to his social media to reach out to any organisation available to provide relief assistance to the victims of the ongoing violence and massacre in Sudan. In the social media post, he…
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Former senate president, Bukola Saraki has donated his severance pay to families of three victims of the deadly insurgency group Boko Haram. The victims are Leah Sharibu, Hussaini Ahmed Khoisan and Hauwa Liman. In a statement issued on his behalf by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his spokesman, Saraki directed that part of the allowance, said to be at…
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