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Community Rises To End Gender Based Violence

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4 years ago

November 28, 2021

Cross session of traditional and religious leaders during the sensitization

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Kafin Tafawa Communty, surburb of Bauchi metropolis in Bauchi State has vowed to end the menace of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) that robs children of their right in their communty.

The community made the pledge during a sensitisation and awareness campaign to mark the 2021 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, organised by Switch Media and tagged; “SAY ENOUGH” on Sunday at Kafin Tafawa community of the state.

A community leader, Mr Yohanna Daniel, said they have structures that look into the issue of sexual Gender Based Violence in the community.

He said the structures include the community peace security, religious and traditional leaders who always come together to deliberate and proffer solutions to all social vices in the community.

“As stakeholders of the community, we will not sit down and see the menace which robs our children of their privilege to enjoy their rights and freedoms as enshrined in the nation’s constitution continues to linger,” he said.

Also Speaking, Malam Buhari Abdullahi, Chief Imam of Kafin Tafawa Central Mosque, reiterated that leaders, such as pastors, teachers, village elders and government officials, regularly convene to discuss local SGBV cases and issues.

“Many of these leaders, specifically pastors and traditional leaders are trained by local professionals on how to counsel trauma victims and guide them through the service referral processes,” he said.

On his part, Reverend Samson Usman, said sexual, physical, verbal, psychological and domestic violence bedevilling children, particularly girls and women, needed to be eradicated.

“We will try our best to ensure that gender-based violence is completely eliminated in our community,” he said.

Mr. Jang Ajemasu, facilitator and community engagement associate with Switch Media, emphasised the need for community leaders prevention efforts to focus on equipping volunteer community mobilizers.

“Ending violence against women and girls helps promote equality and advance human rights.

“Society must first understand that violence against women and girls is a violation of human rights,” Ajemasu said.

Another facilitator, Mr. Elkanah Samuel, Field Department with Child Gold Foundation, calls on the community to respond to the Victims of SGBV.

“Victims should be provided safe homes or houses where they can be away from the perpetrators. Separating victims is an important factor in responding to GBV victims.

“The safety of the victims should be a top priority because their lives could be in danger. The locations of victims should be kept secured for their safety,” he said.

The awareness campaign was organised by Switch Media in collaboration With Child is Gold to mark 16 Days of Activism Against gender Based violence.

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VIDEO: Two Nigerians Arrested In Libya For Alleged Robbery

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2 hours ago

August 28, 2025

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Police in Tripoli, Libya, have arrested two Nigerians for allegedly carrying out a series of robberies in the city.

The suspects, both undocumented migrants, were arrested on August 25 after they were captured on CCTV robbing a convenience store.

Migrant Rescue Watch, an organisation that monitors migrant activities, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the group, the suspects had allegedly been responsible for multiple break-ins and robberies targeting commercial stores with the intent of seizing cash.

The statement said, “Police in Tripoli arrested 2 undocumented #migrants of Nigerian nationality responsible for series of break and entries and robberies. The accused were targeting commercial stores with the intent of seizing cash. The case was referred to public prosecutor.”

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NGO Says Starving Gaza Children Too Weak To Cry

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August 27, 2025

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The head of Save the Children described in horrific detail on Wednesday the slow agony of starving children in Gaza, saying they are so weak they do not even cry.

Addressing a Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the president of the international charity, Inger Ashing, said famine — declared by the UN last week to be happening in Gaza — is not just a dry technical term.

“When there is not enough food, children become acutely malnourished, and then they die slowly and painfully. This, in simple terms, is what famine is,” said Ashing.

She went on to describe what happens when children die of hunger over the course of several weeks, as the body first consumes its own fat to survive, and when that is gone, literally consumes itself as it eats muscles and vital organs.

“Yet our clinics are almost silent. Now, children do not have the strength to speak or even cry out in agony. They lie there, emaciated, quite literally wasting away,” said Ashing.

She insisted that aid groups have been warning loudly that famine was coming as Israel prevented food and other essentials from entering Gaza over the course of two years of war triggered by the Hamas attack of October 2023.

“Everyone in this room has a legal and moral responsibility to act to stop this atrocity,” said Ashing.

The United Nations officially declared famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming what it called the systematic obstruction of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war.

A UN-backed hunger monitor called the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative said famine was affecting 500,000 people in the Gaza governorate, which covers about a fifth of the Palestinian territory, including Gaza City.

The IPC projected that the famine would expand by the end of September to cover around two-thirds of Gaza.
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Again, Russia Claims Another Village In Ukraine’s Region

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3 days ago

August 25, 2025

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The Russian army Monday claimed to have captured another village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, moving deeper into Ukrainian territory as peace efforts stall.

Russian forces are slowly but steadily gaining ground in costly battles for largely devastated areas in eastern and central Ukraine, normally with few inhabitants or intact buildings left.

Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had seized the settlement of Zaporizke in the region, which Russian troops recently advanced into for the first time in the three-and-a-half-year offensive.

Kyiv denies that Russian troops have gained a foothold in the Dnipropetrovsk region, an important industrial hub.

After another push by US President Donald Trump to broker a Ukraine-Russia summit, hopes for peace dimmed when Russia last week ruled out any immediate meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

The central region of Dnipropetrovsk has previously been largely spared from fighting that has ravaged swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine, until Russia said its forces broke through in July.

Dnipropetrovsk is not one of the five Ukrainian regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea — that Moscow has publicly claimed as Russian territory.

Ukraine said Russia had launched over 100 drones Monday, killing a 37-year old civilian driver and wounding two people in the northeastern Sumy region.

Moscow said Kyiv had launched about two dozen drones targeting western Russia