Consumers’ rights under the Consumer Protection Law
The consumer protection law of Lagos State was appraised at the 16th Chief Gabriel Oliyide Sodipo Memorial lecture recently in Lagos. Senior Correspondent, JUDE...
Involving men in violence against women campaign
A civil rights women organisation, The Project Alert, in conjunction with Zonta Club of Lagos 1 recently organised a roundtable discussion on male involvement...
Role of religious leaders in eliminating GBV
Introduction
In the lives of hundreds of thousands of women and girls all over the world, violence is still an everyday reality. The scandal is...
Anti-corruption Day: Groups demand collective fight against graft
December 9 is the International Anti-Corruption Day. This year’s edition was marked in Abuja with civil rights groups in attendance. At the event, groups...
Coca-Cola draws ire of consumer rights groups
The failure of Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited to comply with the recommendations of Consumer Protection Council on safety and quality of its products, in line...
Curbing extra-judicial killings by the police in Nigeria (4)
The way forward
Failure to bring perpetrators of abuse to account sustains the climate of impunity that encourages others to commit abuse. There is the...
SERAP engages Lagos over councils’ reckless spending
A civil rights group, SERAP, has reacted to Lagos State government audit report which indicted eight local councils of stealing and mismanagement of public...
At last, bank joins campaign against sexual violence
The escalating rate of sexual abuse involving minors has got the attention of a human rights group and a financial institution, writes Special Correspondent,...
Curbing Extra-judicial killings by the police in Nigeria (3)
Culture of cover-up and stalling…
But it appears that the culture of cover-up of crimes and stalling of prosecution is entrenched more within the Nigeria...
PVC: Doubts over conduct of 2015 elections
The recent issuance of PVCs by INEC in some states was flawed, which attracted wide criticisms and protests. The exercise adjudged by election monitoring...
