North West fails to to provide adequate scholar transport
MAHIKENG – The North West Government has conceded that they have failed to provide adequate scholar transport. The Human Rights Commission has been holding an inquiry into the scholar transport system in the province. Scholar transport in the North West has many problems which compromise a right to basic education. WATCH: [SAHRC probes systemic problemsEgypt, UNDP discuss strengthening cooperation in human development and health domains
CAIRO, March 15 (MENA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met with Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States Dr. Abdallah Al Dardari to discuss ongoing cooperation in human development and health domains…
With biological and cultural diversity at literal crossroads in the tropics, a new approach is needed (commentary)
The tropics are celebrated as hotspots of biological diversity and renowned as supply houses for food, fiber and pharmacies. They also harbor linguistic diversity, a proxy for cultural diversity, critical to people’s health, well-being and identity. Embedded in linguistic variation is a library of human knowledge…
Lives worth living: Elephants, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and the fight for coexistence
At this point in history, the hubristic belief that people are above nature has allowed humans to bring immeasurable change to the natural systems that all of life depends upon for survival. The documentary A Life Among Elephants — a collaboration between filmmakers Maramedia, elephant “whisperer” Iain Douglas-Hamilton…
SERAP sues Senate President Akpabio over Natasha Akpoti’s suspension
GistReel The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against Senate President Godswill Akpabio over the six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, describing it as “patently unlawful.” In a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP is seeking an order to overturn the suspension…
‘You can’t please humans’ – Asake reacts to father’s allegations of neglect
Nigerian singer Asake has broken his silence after his father, Fatai Odunsi, accused him of neglect. In a now-viral video, Odunsi, who is suffering from a partial stroke, called on Nigerians to offer him financial assistance for his medical treatment, noting that the last time he saw Asake was when the illness began in March…
You Have No Right To Prosecute Kanu Lawfully, Lawyer Blasts FG
A human rights lawyer, Barr. Christopher Chidera has tackled the Nigerian government over the plan to start the prosecution of the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu afresh (de novo) He said any attempt to prosecute the IPOB leader under the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013 is legally untenable…