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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Rights

June 18, 2026

Police foil Ivory Coast sex trafficking plot in Lagos, rescue three Kaduna girls

The police command in Lagos has apprehended a woman for allegedly attempting to traffic three Kaduna girls to Ivory Coast for prostitution.

Armed Cops
June 18, 2026

Tragedy in Daura: 20-year-old nabbed for bludgeoning her 97-year-old grandmother to death

The police said the suspect allegedly struck the elderly woman on the head with a wooden stool during the altercation.

wooden stool Used to hit her grand mother
June 18, 2026

950 Nigerian, other countries’ activists, journalists, unionists killed, disappeared in 2025: UN

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, stated, “Behind every data point is a real life lived — or lost.”

Body bags
June 17, 2026

Lagos doctor apprehended over sale of baby for N2.5 million

The police command in Lagos has nabbed a medical doctor, a traditional birth attendant and a couple for the alleged sale of a newborn baby.

Babies in Lagos hospital
June 17, 2026

African leaders urged to end debt injustice, use resources for youth’s social protection

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has urged African leaders to end debt injustice and redirect resources to youth health, education, and social protection.

African youths used to illustrate the story
June 17, 2026

Mass Abduction: Police chief orders more security around schools in Katsina

The inspector-general of police, Tunji Disu, has ordered the police command in Katsina to strengthen security around schools across the state.

The deputy inspector general of police (Department of Finance and Administration), Sulaiman Abdul
June 16, 2026
Omoyele Sowore
June 16, 2026

Bauchi: Group seeks affirmative action against child marriage

Some social activists in Bauchi have advocated proactive policies and programmes to end child marriage practices.

Child Marriage
June 16, 2026

Nigerians arrested while transiting through Ethiopia’s airport in search of greener pastures: Peter Obi

“A significant number were arrested while transiting through Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport in search of green pastures,” Mr Obi stated.

Nigerians in Ethiopian prison
June 16, 2026

Judge stops Trump from ‘censoring’ U.S. national park exhibits, orders restoration

The judge urged the Trump administration not to make further alterations to the National Park Service (NPS) sites.

Gretchen Goldman, the president and CEO of Union of Concerned Scientists