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Yobe Police Call For Family Courts To Protect Minors And GBV Victims

Kingsley Chukwu3 weeks ago02 mins

The Yobe State Police Command has urged the establishment of family courts to handle cases involving minors and Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command’s spokesman, said such courts would protect victims’ identities and improve justice delivery in cases of rape, molestation, and gross…

NCoS Blames Minors’ Detention In Adult Prisons On Collapse Of Juvenile Homes

Kingsley Chukwu4 months ago04 mins

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has attributed the continued detention of minors in adult custodial centres to the collapse of juvenile remand homes across the country. Head of Welfare at the NCoS, Timothy Dabit, made this known in Abuja on Monday during the third public hearing of the Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, Abuse…