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Month: August 2020

OP-ED Opinions 

El-Rufai Vs. NBA: The Unspoken Truth About The Annual Conference Of Nigerian Lawyers By Inibehe Effiong

Elwin Mandowa,
As a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), I have been silent before now on the avoidable and needless controversy that has characterized the self-redeeming decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NBA to disinvite the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, as one of the speakers at the 2020 virtual Annual General Conference of the NBA… Read More
Human Rights 

New guidelines aim to dismantle barriers blocking people with disabilities from access to justice

Village Reporter
The document will help countries dismantle the barriers that block people with disabilities from being able to use justice systems worldwide.   “The guidelines respond to the challenges that people with disabilities face in accessing justice on an equal basis with others,” said Catalina Devandas, UN special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities.    “Many barriers prevent that access.… Read More
Africa Investments 

Au revoir, Abidjan. Hello, Accra: African Development Bank 2021 Annual Meetings to be held in Ghana

Elwin Mandowa,
Ghana will host the African Development Bank’s next Annual Meetings in May 2021, it was announced Thursday, at the end of the Group’s 2020 meetings. The 2021 meetings will take place in the country’s capital city, Accra. Côte d’Ivoire Planning Minister Niale Kaba, handed over the baton to Ghana, announcing that the Board of Governors would be chaired by Kenneth… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Ibrahim Magu: A Case For Fair Hearing By Godwin Onyeacholem

Elwin Mandowa,
No sincere follower of the purported ongoing investigation of Ibrahim Magu, who was recently forcibly sacked as Acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), would not describe the exercise as what it truly is: a charade. An orchestrated extralegal act so brazenly packaged in the worst form of travesty.  Without any tinge of doubt, Abubakar Malami, the infamous… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar: Upcoming elections an opportunity to take a new inclusive democratic path

Village Reporter
According to James Rodehaver, Senior Human Rights Officer based in the OHCHR South-East Asia Regional Office, three years after the violence that forced over 700,000 Rohingyas from their homes in northern Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh, “conditions inside the country have deteriorated and little has been done to create viable conditions for their safe return.”  Meanwhile, a new conflict has flared… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

I will sign singer’s death warrant, says Ganduje

Village Reporter,
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that immediately the appeal rights of the singer, Sharif Yahya Aminu, who has been sentenced to death, elapses he will not waste one single minute before signing his Death Warrant.A Kano Sharia Court had sentenced Aminu to death on August 10, 2020 for blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam, although he can appeal the… Read More
Africa 

UN rights expert calls for ceasefire, commitment from all stakeholders to ensure free elections in Central African Republic

Village Reporter
“For the elections to be peaceful, they must be preceded by a ceasefire and cooperation among all sides,” said Yao Agbetse, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic. “Time is running short and there is much to be done in the four months before polling day.” With a potential run-off vote and National Assembly… Read More