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(Nigeria) The National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, said on Wednesday that one out of every five Nigerian girls/women was a victim of violence. The Director-General of the centre, Ms Onyeka Onwenu, said this in Abuja during a roundtable organised by the centre and the U.S. Mission in Nigeria to commemorate the 2013 International Day of Elimination of Gender-based Violence. Onwenu, therefore, called for collective action against gender-based crimes in the country. ``According to the 2012 Gender in Nigeria Report, one out of every five Nigerian women and girl aged between 15 years to 24 years has been a victim of one form of violence or the other. More worrisome in recent times is the increase in the violation of little girls ranging from two years to seven years.  Much of the violence perpetrated against women and young girls are by people they know, and love and trust – their boyfriends, their husbands, their brothers, other relatives, neighbours, school mates, and even

(Nigeria) The Inspector- General of Police, IG,  Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday said the police had introduced human rights curriculum in most of its institutions. Abubakar told newsmen in Abuja that the police would not relent in promoting human rights issues in the country. He also said there was code of conduct for constables up to Inspector-General to know their limit. Abubakar said the code of conduct would guide the officers on what is expected of them and what they cannot do. According to the IGP, ``the draft report of the code of conduct would be produced on Dec. 16. The move is to show the commitment of the force. ``This is also to show Nigerians that we are committed and that this management is serious about the issue. We have resolved that every person’s right is respected by officers and men of the force.” On the ban on gathering at airports, the IGP said such gatherings should be done elsewhere and not at the airports. Abubakar said security was impor

(Nigeria) The Plateau State Police Command on Wednesday threatened to arrest traditional and tribal leaders in the state whose domains continued to record attacks by unknown gunmen. Mr Chris Olakpe, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said this in Jos at a stakeholders' meeting with various tribes in Plateau North Senatorial zone. Olakpe debunked the claims by the leaders that the attacks were carried out by unknown gunmen. He said that the police had resolved to arrest the leaders as accomplices because as custodian of the society no crime would happen without their knowledge. “The command hereby gives the Berom and Fulani traditional leaders in Barkin Ladi seven days within which to produce the perpetrators of the recent killings. “The Berom leaders must produce the 120 cows rustled and those that killed the three Fulani boys while grazing cows in Foron village. “The Fulani leaders should also produce those behind the killing of over 300 people in Hypang area o

(Nigeria) A Ringim Magistrate Court in Jigawa State on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Sen. Danladi Sankara and his son, Auwalu, for alleged  contempt. Sankara represents Jigawa North-West senatorial district in the Senate. A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Farouq Aliyu, had filed a suit against the senator and others for alleged destruction of his property during September assembly bye-election. Aliyu alleged that Sankara conspired, incited others to commit assault, mischief and causing grievous hurt and destruction of his property. At the resumed hearing on Wednesday the three accused persons were absent. The counsel to the complainant, Malam Aliyu Umar, urged the court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the three accused. Aliyu said the accused persons were duly served with the court summon, but they still failed to turn up in the court neither did they send representative. ``Under the circumstance, I hereby urge the court to apply Sectio

Libya has deported more than 500 African immigrants as it tries to tackle an influx of refugees and Islamist militants into the country, its state news agency, Lana, reported. Western powers fear Libya has become a safe haven for al Qaeda fighters as its government struggles to rein in militias and former rebels who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi two years ago. Weak border controls and a small army lacking training and equipment have turned Libya into weapons smuggling route for al Qaeda in sub-Saharan countries and a transit route for Islamist fighters heading to Syria's civil war. People traffickers also use the remote desert borders with Egypt, Sudan, Niger and Chad to smuggle refugees into Libya from where many try to reach Europe by boat. Lana reported that Libyan authorities deported 350 illegal immigrants to Niger and 208 to Chad via its remote al-Tum crossing, quoting a security official. It said a total of 4,875 illegal immigrants of various nationalities were

(Nigeria) An Orile-Agege Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the three-year-old  marriage of a man who accused his wife of constantly beating him. The Court President, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, granted the petition of 29-year-old  Mr Martins Williams. Omilola held that there was no love any longer in the union as both parties consented to the dissolution.  He gave the custody of the only child of the union to the respondent, Aggi. ``The father shall be paying N3,000 through the court for the child’s upkeep. He shall also be responsible for the medical bills and education of the child," he said. Omilola directed Martins to give Aggi N10,000 as compensation. Martins, who lives at 14, Oluwalose St., Off Fadeyemi St., Iyana- Ipaja, Lagos, had sought divorce, saying that Aggi beat him at the slightest provocation. "Anytime, we have a misunderstanding, she hits me with sharp objects; she has destroyed all the electronics at home. Anytime she is angry, I run

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that it will stage a peaceful procession to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday to register its disapproval of the commission’s failings in recent elections, including the Delta Central senatorial district bye-election and the 'inconclusive' Anambra State governorship poll. In a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party vowed to proceed with the march, despite the illegal move by the police to stop it. ''We are doing this as a patriotic service to the nation because INEC as presently constituted is not capable of organizing a free and fair election again in Nigeria. If the Commission is not checked, its incompetence and conniving acts could plunge the country into chaos of unimaginable proportions,'' it said. APC explained that ahead of the march, it wrote a letter to the FCT police command to inform it of the p