Since the early 17th century, the Garifuna Afro-Indigenous peoples of Honduras have lived on the country’s northern Caribbean coast, where they collectively own large tracts of rich coastal land and sustain their livelihoods on subsistence agriculture and small-scale fishing. But ever since palm oil plantations, tourist developments and other harmful practices have expanded across their…
CNN — The US military is ending its temporary pier mission off the Gaza coast that has been plagued with challenges after roughly 20 days of operational use, as humanitarian aid begins being brought in through an Israeli port instead. “Our assessment is that the temporary pier has achieved its intended effect to surge a very high volume of…
…As Police Await Mental Assessment Result The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner, Bennett Igweh and human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju will empower Shaibu Yusuf, who attempted to commit suicide 10 days ago with funds to start a business. Yusuf had attempted to create awareness of the sufferings of Nigerians by climbing a broadband mast…
Mercy Corps’ Girls Improving Resilience through Livelihood and Health (GIRL-H) program has empowered 2,500 Nigerian youths with marketable skills. This was disclosed by the humanitarian group at the GIRL-H Program’s Job Fair in Lagos. Students, fresh graduates, and prospective professionals were among the varied crowd of attendees at the employment expo…
A civil society group (CSO), Civil Society Organisation on Community Advancement and Humanitarian Empowerment Initiative (CSCHEI), has called on President Bola Tinubu to review his administration’s tax and pension policies. CSCHEI’s Director-General, Kunle Yusuf, made the call on Thursday at the inauguration of the group’s Advisory Committee in Abuja…
Operatives of the Delta State Command of Nigeria Police Force have arrested 23 teenagers and 13 others on allegations bordering of child prostitution and human trafficking. The arrests were made early in the week after the Command received credible information regarding the activities of one Chinyere who specialises in trafficking women from the Eastern part…
Members of Protect the Weak International Foundation and Centre for Human Rights Defense International as well as Mrs Ifeoma Jovita Egemole, the detainee’s wife have all called for the immediate release of a business man, Kingsley Egemole, who was arrested by soldiers at the Ojo Military Barracks in Lagos on…
Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has dismissed an action filed by the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) challenging the legality of the presidential directive for the barring of SIM cards not linked with the National Identification Number (NIN…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a teenage boy, Arthur Angel Jr. for allegedly k!lling his 70-year-old father, Arthur Judah Angel over money in Ugboha, in Esan South East Local Government Area of the state. Arthur Judah Angel, an Anti-death penalty advocate and human rights defender…
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