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Mike Ejeagha is a folk musician popular among South-Easterners for his unique storytelling through music. Ejeagha has woven the cultural essence of the Igbo people into each of his songs.  However, his music had long been relegated to the archives of Nigerian history, until an unexpected event changed the course as comedian Brain Jotter sampled one of Ejeagha’s iconic tracks, …

Streaming platform DAZN has secured exclusive rights to broadcast next summer’s Fifa Club World Cup. DAZN will show all 63 matches during the expanded 32-team tournament, which takes place in the United States between 15 June and 13 July next year. Every match will be live-streamed and free to view on on its platforms, while there is also potential for DAZN …

A Magistrate court sitting in Ado Ekiti has remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, in prison till December 10, over an alleged case of defamation against the person of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola.   TVC news reports that Farotimi was arraigned before the court this morning September 4, for allegedly publishing a book “Nigeria and …

There is variation among clerics on the relationship between Islam and homosexuality. Some interpretations of Islam are more conservative, while some are more liberal. In many modern Muslim countries there are restrictions on homosexual relationships. In Egypt, homosexuality is not criminalised, but was described as “highly stigmatised” by a 2023 BBC News investigation. Different interpretations of religious texts in other …

Sx workers in Belgium can now have job contracts that allows them to be entitled to health insurance, pensions, sick leave, and maternity leave. Belgium is the first country in the world to pass a law to give labour rights to sx workers. The move follows the countrys 2022 decision to decriminalize sx work. Under the new regulations, sx workers will have access …

Justice Alexander Owoeye of a Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit filed by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   Bobrisky had sought N200 million from the EFCC for “psychotic trauma” and demanded N1 billion from the National Assembly for the “violation of his right to …

Bobrisky has alleged that despite filing a court document to protect his fundamental rights as a human, the EFCC has continued to harass him and infringe on his rights.  Bobrisky, through his lawyer, had filed a petition in the Federal High Court of Nigeria to restrain the EFCC and other security agencies from harassing, arresting, detaining, or declaring him wanted.  …

A women’s rights group has demanded that Imane Khelif’s Olympic gold medal be ‘taken away’ after an alleged report claimed to have evidence that the Algerian boxer was ‘biologically male’.      Khelif and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting were at the centre of a ‘gender row’ controversy at the Olympics after both were given the green light to compete despite failing gender eligibility tests at last …

In a viral clip circulating on October 17, 2024, Darlington detailed his experience in police custody, alleging that his rights were violated. He said, “The police violated my civil rights and my human rights and denied me the opportunity to talk to my family and my lawyer. The rule says I can only be detained for two days yet I …