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Nigeria: Nurses strike disrupts healthcare at hospitals

Elwin Mandowa
Healthcare in many hospitals in Nigeria has been disrupted as a result of an ongoing strike by nurses and midwives. The strike has enters second day on Thursday with the nurses demanding improved remuneration, better working conditions and increased recruitment. They had issued a two-week ultimatum to the government but proceeded with the strike after The post Nigeria: Nurses… Read More
Leo Igwe Nigeria News and Headlines 

Witches Then and Now: Clarifying Confusions in Minds of Africans

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By Leo Igwe Many Africans are confused and conflicted in their witchcraft ideas; they hold mistaken views and beliefs regarding the existence and nonexistence of witches. Their confusion reveals a lack of proper understanding of European ‘witches’ in early modern times and now. I often get into arguments and debates with some Africans on different platforms who demonstrate a lack… Read More
Police 'Mobilization' Nigeria News and Headlines 

Police ‘Mobilization’ and Efforts to Combat Witch Hunts in Nigeria 

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By Leo Igwe Police mobilization is undermining the fight against witch persecution in the country. The police institution needs to take action. When alleged witches file complaints with the police in Nigeria, they are expected to mobilize the officers, that is pay the police to arrest and investigate suspects. Paying the police to investigate cases is illegal; it is against… Read More
Leo Igwe Nigeria News and Headlines 

Witch hunts and Gender-Based Violence in Kano

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By Leo Igwe The Advocacy for Alleged Witches welcomes the sentencing of five men for murdering an alleged witch, Ms Abubakar, in Kano in 2023. The five men were sentenced to death. Although the Advocacy for Alleged Witches does not support the death penalty the conviction of these men is a significant development in the fight against abuses linked to… Read More
Echezona Obiagbaosogu and Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe, Nigeria News and Headlines 

   Ex-cellence Project Welcomes Resignation of Catholic Priests

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    By Leo Igwe The Ex-cellence Project commends Echezona Obiagbaosogu and Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe, who resigned from the priesthood, for their courage and thoughtfulness. Their decision to leave the priesthood is a welcome development and an expression of self-authenticity. As reported, Obiagbaosogu left the catholic priesthood and catholic faith for the traditional religion. Whilst Oghenerukevwe resigned and got married in the US. The Ex-cellence Project… Read More
End Witch Hunts in Adamawa Nigeria News and Headlines 

Let’s Work to End Witch Hunts in Adamawa.

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By Leo Igwe  Greetings and salutations from the Advocacy for Alleged Witches and from all advocates against witch hunts in Nigeria and beyond on the occasion of this roundtable discussion on witch hunts and human rights violations in Adamawa state. I thank the National Human Rights Commission for the opportunity to collaborate and synergize against this superstition-based abuse. Witch hunting… Read More
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Witch hunters and the rule of law in Jigawa

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By Leo Igwe The Advocacy for Alleged Witches welcomes the conviction of four persons for beating an alleged witch to death in Jigawa, in Northern Nigeria. According to a news report, a high court in the state sentenced four family members, a husband, wife, brother, and sister of the wife, to death. They are to die by hanging for beating 30-year-old… Read More
Leo Igwe Nigeria News and Headlines 

Witch hunters and the rule of law in Jigawa

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By Leo Igwe The Advocacy for Alleged Witches welcomes the conviction of four persons for beating an alleged witch to death in Jigawa, in Northern Nigeria. According to a news report, a high court in the state sentenced four family members, a husband, wife, brother, and sister of the wife, to death. They are to die by hanging for beating 30-year-old… Read More