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Police officers fired tear gas on Tuesday, June 7, to disperse commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada at Idi Araba of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. The latter were protesting the ban on Okada by the state government in some local government areas. HumAngle learnt that trouble started as commercial bike riders resisted members of the …
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Effective from Wednesday, June 1, 2022, operations of commercial motorcycles in six local government areas of Lagos State government, Southwest, would be suspended. It will be the fifth time the government has banned ‘okada’ in Lagos State. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, state governor, listed the affected areas to include Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Surulere, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, and …
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On May 27, Nigeria celebrates Children’s Day as it has done since 1964. In addition to the festivities and celebrations of Children’s Day, this date also serves to recognise that children have the right to health, education, and protection. However, there is a cause for alarm over the safety of children in the country and …
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About 335 persons have experienced different forms of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the first four months of 2022 across Nigeria. The 335 victims experience different types of violence: sexual abuse, physical abuse, and spousal abuse between Jan. and April 2022. While the Northeast and Southeast regions have the lowest report on SGBV, the …
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As the sun rose, three-year-old Taiwo ambled towards his parents’ shack in a slum at Odeniran, a community in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, popularly known as Monkey Village. Since the state government demolished homes in the area, some residents built shacks that could barely serve as shelters —they are in the open where residents sleep without …
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Ten years ago, shortly after her husband’s death, Sola Joseph, 49, popularly referred to as ‘Iya Sango’, left Ipokia in Ogun State to Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with her children. Picking cartons while walking through the mechanic village at Odeniran Close in Lagos, she tells HumAngle: “I have been staying in Monkey Village for a long …
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The air around Odeniran slum in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, is dominated by a stinking smell from a mountainous refuse dump within the community. Located near the Opebi link bridge in the state’s Ikeja axis, since the state government’s demolition of Monkey Village in Dec. 2021, residents migrated a few meters away and formed a …
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Gender inequality has continued to be a global societal issue that affects women and is a hindrance to human growth. Despite significant progress in reducing inequality, women continue to face prejudice, which is worsened by variables such as culture, religion, social norms, and discriminatory laws. In the various forms of prejudice that Nigerian women encounter, …
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Only 10 states out of the 36 states in Nigeria keep databases of those convicted of sexual offences in the country. The states are in: Southwest Nigeria; Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti; South-south Nigeria; Bayelsa, Edo, Akwa Ibom; Northeast Nigeria; Bauchi, Adamawa; Abia (Southeast), and Kaduna (Northwest). However, only Lagos, Ekiti, Edo, and Akwa Ibom states publish …
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Police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria says a 10-month-old infant found with a despatch rider was not abducted. HumAngle reported how a dispatch rider was caught with a baby inside the courier box on his motorbike in the Sangotedo area of Lagos. The police had earlier said that the incident was not reported at any …
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On Feb. 5, 2022, 14-year-old Favour was reportedly sexually abused by one 75-year-old Jimoh Ibeh around the Igando axis in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. Narrating her ordeal, Favour said Ibeh started to harass her on Feb. 4, 2022. According to the teenager, the septuagenarian cajoled her to join him in a bush close to their …
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A despatch rider was caught with a baby inside the courier box on his motorbike in the Sangotedo area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. The development was posted on Twitter alongside a video by Gidi Traffic on Saturday, March 12, and the identity of the abducted baby is yet to be ascertained. The despatch rider …
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