LGs Must Exercise Constitutional Functions – FCT High Court

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jabi has held that Local Government Areas/Area Councils can perform functions conferred on them by the Constitution where the National Assembly has not made an enactment. The court presided by Hon. Justice Charles Agbaza also declared that only Local Government Areas/Area Councils have powers to name…

May 20, 20190Comments

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Abuja clubs raid: 72 Rights Groups denounce assault on women by FCT Officials

… threaten court action The recent raid, humiliation and sexual harassment of over 100 women by officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Team has been strongly condemned by over 72 women organisations, activists, Scholars, Civil Society and Human Rights Organisations in Nigeria. Insisting that the trial, sentencing and conviction of several amongst these women by a mobile…

April 30, 20190Comments

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Senior Advocate charges lawyers, others to heighten activism against non-women friendly cultural practices

By Lillian Okenwa A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Ogwu James Onoja has called on judges, lawyers, women groups and non-governmental organizations to step up activism, enlightenment and vigilance against cultural practices affecting women. Delivering a paper titled: Women and Traditional Inheritance: A Constitutional Analysis, in Abuja, Onoja disclosed that: “Section 42(2) of the 1999 Constitution forthrightly…

April 16, 20190Comments

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International Women’s Day: PTCIJ, WSCIJ, FIDA celebrate Nigerian women

The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, (PTCIJ), Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and the International Federal of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) have joined other groups in the country to mark the International Women’s Day, (IWD) 2019. The event which is marked every March 8 is intended to advance the cause of women all over the world. This…

March 8, 20190Comments

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Recall Sacked Married Women Or Face…, PGI Tells Glo

By Ipole Ogbeche Procative Gender Initiative (PGI) has asked the management of Glo Nigeria to recall the about 90 women sacked from its employ because of their matrimonial status or face legal action as well as total boycott of the network by women across the country. National Coordinator of PGI, Bar. Esther Uzoma, in a press statement…

March 17, 20183Comments

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LGs Must Exercise Constitutional Functions – FCT High Court

Abuja clubs raid: 72 Rights Groups denounce assault on women by FCT Officials

Senior Advocate charges lawyers, others to heighten activism against non-women friendly cultural practices

International Women’s Day: PTCIJ, WSCIJ, FIDA celebrate Nigerian women

Recall Sacked Married Women Or Face…, PGI Tells Glo

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