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Over 92 Die In Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests – Rights Group

Over 92 Die In Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests – Rights Group

October 3, 2022 6:54 am

No fewer than 92 people have been confirmed dead as Iran has cracked down on women-led protests which was sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the notorious morality police, the group Iran Human Rights confirmed on Monday.

As protests stretch into a third week, President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday stated that the ‘enemies’ of Iran had ‘failed in their conspiracy’.

Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, was pronounced dead two weeks after she was detained for allegedly breaching rules requiring women to wear hijab headscarves and modest clothes, sparking Iran’s biggest wave of popular unrest in almost three …

A Nation’s Declining Human Rights Record

December 29, 2019 7:06 am

Last week, the United States government listed Nigeria as one of the countries under its special watch for religious persecution of people.

This came about the same time six US lawmakers wrote to the federal government about the consequences of disobedience to the rule of law. The detention of a former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki for over four years and the publisher of Sahara reporters, Omoyele Sowore had incensed the United States government to react to the declining human rights record of the Muhammadu Buhari government.

Although the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim …

Lottery Battle Over Game Rights, Revenue

December 23, 2019 5:32 am

Following the exclusive rights obtained by Western Lotto Nigeria Limited to sell and promote Ghana Games in Nigeria, lottery operators in the country are at daggers drawn.

Some alleged that the agreement between Western Lotto and LMC VAS Ghana, owners of the Ghana Games intellectual property was an attempt by Western Lotto Limited to appropriate the regulatory functions of the NLRC as the sole regulator of the lottery industry in Nigeria.

According to a statement, the lottery operators opposed to Western Lotto also claimed that the agreement debars them from offering 5/90 Ghana games comprising Monday Special Lotto, Lucky Tuesday …

Sky Loses Champions League Rights In Germany To DAZN

December 12, 2019 5:27 pm

Broadcaster Sky has lost the rights to the Champions League in Germany, a competition it has screened for the last 20 years, to rivals DAZN and Amazon, it was confirmed Thursday.

Sky was unable to match their rivals’ bids for the three years from the 2021-22 season.

“After around 20 years of partnership with UEFA, we were unable to agree on a continuation of the cooperation in the tender procedure that has just been concluded,” Sky CEO Carsten Schmidt told German daily Bild.

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Schimdt said they have a …

STI Records 72.50% Rights Issue Subscription

December 12, 2019 4:15 am
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, has announced that its rights issue to its existing shareholders recorded a 72.50 per cent subscription.

Following the successful completion of the rights issue offer, the Securities and Exchange Commission, (SEC) has given approval to the underwriting firm to make public to the company’s shareholders and other related parties the result of the offer which ended on August 21, 2019, after it was extended at the expiration of its initial closing date of July 31, 2019.

It will be recalled that a total of 4,170,411,648 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at 50 kobo per share …

Breaking: Kanu To Broadcast On Terrorism And Rights Abuse

December 5, 2019 6:49 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has via his verified Facebook page announced  that he’ll be issuing a radio broadcast on Saturday to talk about state-sponsored terrorist acts going on in Nigeria and the varuious ways the Nigerian governement has abused the Human rights of Nigerians.

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“Join me for broadcast on Radio Biafra as we continue to expose horrific state-sponsored terrorism and human rights abused by the Nigerian government.”

Date: Saturday, December 7th 2019

Time: 7 pm Biafraland Time

Listen via:

TuneIn on Radio Biafra –
tun.in/sffJa

Website …

Sowore Sues DSS, Demands ‎₦500m For Human Rights Violation

November 22, 2019 11:52 am
Sahara Reporters publisher and convener of the RevolutionNow protests Omoyele Sowore has sued the Department of State Services (DSS) over the violation of his fundamental human right.
“An order of this court compelling the respondents to pay to the applicant the sum of ₦500,000, 000, 00 (Five hundred million naira) as general and aggravated damages for the illegal violation of the applicant’s fundamental right to life, dignity of his person, fair hearing, health, freedom of movement and freedom of association,” Sowore’s lawyer Femi Falana said in the suit marked FHC/ABJ /C51409/2019 dated November 20, 2019.
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Dikko Confirms Broadcast Rights Deal For NPFL

Dikko Confirms Broadcast Rights Deal For NPFL

November 8, 2019 3:22 am
The League Management Company chairman, Shehu Dikko, has confirmed to www.brila.net that the League body reached a broadcast rights deal for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) this season.

Reports of a multi-million dollars broadcast deal with Next TV, a Republic of China business entity, first broke last Thursday, but the details were sketchy.

But, the LMC Boss, yesterday, revealed that a deal was, indeed, agreed and the 20 clubs of the NPFL have been briefed.

“The details of the contract will be discussed at a later time. We just briefed the clubs on the projects we have. We …

Palestinian Rights Activist Slams Israel's Travel Ban

Palestinian Rights Activist Slams Israel’s Travel Ban

November 3, 2019 3:14 pm

Laith Abu Zeyad, who works as Amnesty’s campaigner on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, was stopped by Israeli authorities at the King Hussein/Allenby border crossing on October 26 while on his way to attend a relative’s funeral in Jordan.

After being held for four hours, he was told he was banned from travelling abroad for what Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, called 

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Rights Group: Iraq Education System On Brink Of Collapse

Rights Group: Iraq Education System On Brink Of Collapse

November 2, 2019 1:10 pm

Millions of students across Iraq are losing out amid a shortage of teachers and education funding, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said.

Across Iraq, 2.5 million children are in need of education support, including 775,000 internally displaced children residing in and out of camps, the independent humanitarian organisation told Al Jazeera.

According to NRC information shared with Al Jazeera, more than 240,000 Iraqi children were unable to access any form of education in the last year. The United Nations’ humanitarian funding appeals for education in Iraq have also not been met for this year, reaching less than half of

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Cervical Cancer: How Govt Gambles with Women’s Rights

Cervical Cancer: How Govt Gambles With Women’s Rights

November 1, 2019 1:38 pm

Inside the Gynae B ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), a reserved section for the low- and middle-class women with all manner of reproductive system cancer, was filled to capacity with patients. While some were newly admitted, some have been on bed for close to three to five months with no significant signs of improvement.

Reflecting high cost of treatment, some, already well and discharged were held down till they are able to settle their medical bills.

With noxious smells wafting through the ward, the whimpering and bawling for early death by the patient, this reporter …

SON Approves Pidgin English For Education On Rights

SON Approves Pidgin English For Education On Rights

October 24, 2019 6:22 pm

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has approved Law in Pidgin English Radio programme to educate Nigerians, especially those at the grassroots on their rights and privileges.

Speaking yesterday in Abuja during the official presentation of ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System Certificate and launch of the Law in Pidgin English Radio by an Abuja-based law firm, Ace Solicitors, the Director-General of SON, Osita Aboloma, stated that the law would help to educate Nigerians in a language they understand.

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He spoke through Mr. Olumide Alade, also of SON.

“This …

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