Zamfara has reaffirmed its commitment to combating gender-based violence through sustained support for the Huriyya Dauda Lawal Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Gusau.
A former U.S. employee, Fode Sitafa Mara, has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual abuse of two girls aged 13 and 15, after lying to help their sick mother.
Latest data indicates that at least 11,300 civilians were killed in 2025, nearly triple the number in 2024, while many thousands are still missing or unidentified.
Several communities in the Kwara North have come under consistent terrorist attacks in recent times.
“Imagine a sergeant in the Nigeria Police Force on Grade Level 6 earning more than a Grade Level 16 magistrate. This situation is demoralising,” he said.
“We are here to see things for ourselves. The inferior courts are where the majority of our citizens first encounter the judiciary,” said the chief judge.
The Bauchi government has launched a two-day training programme on gender-based violence for secondary school students.
Mr El-Rufai is scheduled to take his plea before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik in the court on a three-count charge.
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Mr El-Rufai’s aide noted that the SSS committed flaws bordering on incompetence, non-disclosure of the offence and gross abuse of the court process.
