How to end illegal migration, neo-slavery in Nigeria – Justice Nweze

Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Centus Nweze, has recommended for total revamping of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, to end illegal migration and neo-slavery in Nigeria.

Justice Nweze, made the remarks while presenting his keynote address during the 2nd edition of  the Grace Uzoma Okonkwo Foundation’s international conference tagged  ‘Migration and Neo-slavery as Significant Features of the 21st Century’ at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN on Wednesday.

The legal luminary who was represented by the chairman of the occasion, Justice  C. A Ogbuabor  during the conference organised by the aforementioned Foundation in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies, and the Department of English and Literary Studies, UNN, also said that the agency seems overwhelmed by the enormity of challenges bedeviling adequate checking of illegal human trafficking in Nigeria |||READ MORE

Killings: How to make law enforcement agents more accountable

On Thursday 28th May 2020, 16-year-old Tina was shot at Iyana Oworo Berger Bus Stop in Lagos by some trigger-happy police officers and she eventually died from wounds sustained as a result of the gunshot.

While we commend the leadership of the police force for its reaction to this killing in fishing out and arresting the killer cop as well as the assurance that he will be made to “face the full weight of the law”, we are however worried at the seeming rising wave of extrajudicial killings by law enforcement agencies in recent times |||READ MORE

Rape: Activist Urges NASS To Enact Laws That Will Accelerate Trial Of Cases

Mrs Stella Ibe, a human rights activist, has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to enact a law that will accelerate trial of rape suspects.

The lawyer who made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Thursday, said such law was necessary in order to reduce the increasing rate of the crime in the country.

She was reacting to the recent rape and killing of a 100-level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, Miss Vera Omozuwa, in a church in Benin, Edo |||READ MORE

US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions

SEATTLE -- A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld Trump administration changes that include additional hurdles for those seeking abortions through a federal program that helps low-income women.

The 7-4 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned decisions issued by judges in Washington, Oregon and California. The court had already allowed the administration's changes to begin taking effect while the government appealed those rulings.

The rules ban taxpayer-funded clinics in the Title X program from making abortion referrals and prohibit clinics that receive federal money from sharing office space with abortion providers — a rule critics said would force many to find new locations, undergo expensive remodels or shut down |||READ MORE …