Tag: violence
Hard times await perpetrators of violent crime against women – IGP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase has warned that hard times await perpetrators of violent crime against…
Sixty percent of Nigeria’s children experience violence
Reuters – Six out of 10 Nigerian children experience some form of violence and a quarter of girls suffer sexual…
Police commence ‘Operation Round Up Persons Inciting Violence’ in Nigeria
The Inspector –General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has ordered an immediate clamp down on persons or group of persons…
UNICEF seeks more media attention to violence against children issues
The UN children fund (UNICEF) has appealed to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to give adequate attention to the issue…
Committee Blames Unemployment, Drug Abuse For Southern Kaduna Violence
The Gen. Martin Agwai-led Southern Kaduna Peace and Reconciliation Committee has urged the state government to evolve deliberate policies that…
129 children dead in South Sudan violence – UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Friday, said horrific details have emerged that the three weeks of violence in South…
Cost of violence hits $14trn, more than economies of UK, Germany, Canada combined
LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The cost of violence around the world reached a record $14.3 trillion in 2014, equivalent…
Borno Elders tell Buhari to eradicate insurgency, violence
The Borno Elders Forum on Thursday advised President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to strive towards eradicating all sources of insurgency and…
Islamic Group warns against post-election violence
Damilare Okunola Following violence that has erupted in some parts of the country during and after last weekend’s election, an…
48 Hrs To Prezy Polls: Fashola, Amosun Appeal To Voters
Kazeem Ugbodaga, Simon Ateba & Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ahead Saturday’s Presidential election, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has appealed to Lagosians…
Buhari urges supporters to shun violence
Presidential candidate of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on his party’s supporters to shun violence during and after the…
Election: Lagos Residents Stockpile Food
Cyriacus Izuekwe As Nigerians prepare for the presidential election coming up on Saturday, residents of Lagos State, western Nigeria, have…
Stop Your Wife’s Hate Speeches, Fashola Tells Jonathan
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop his wife, Patience, from making hate…
2015 Elections And The Imperative Of Peace
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It is heartwarming that the two leading candidates in the forthcoming presidential elections in the country, President…
Southerners Flee Northern Nigeria
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Ahead of Nigeria’s 14 February presidential poll, southerners resident in the North are fleeing the region in droves,…