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NHRC Expresses Readiness To Work With NACA/UNDP On Rights issues of PLWHA’S

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Executive Secretary Human Rights Commission

 

 

 

 

Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC), Tony Ojukwu Esq. has expressed the readiness of the Commission to work with the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in addressing issues affecting people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA’s) in Nigeria.

 

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Ojukwu stated this during a courtesy visit to the Director-General of NACA, Dr. Aliyu Gambo in Abuja.

 

 

 

The Executive Secretary who commended the Agency for its achievements which have helped in ameliorating the condition of PLWHA’s as well as reducing the spread of the disease said more needs to be done in addressing human rights issues affecting PLWHA’s like stigmatization and discrimination, access to healthcare services, inhuman and degrading treatment and other human rights issues bordering on the mandate of the Commission.

 

 

 

He encouraged NACA to mainstream human rights into its work, saying the Commission has its presence in the 36 states of the Federation and is therefore ready to use its strength and spread to work with NACA in reaching out to people whose rights are violated as a result of their health status. Concluding, the Executive Secretary said he looks forward to an MOU with NACA to collaborate especially in areas concerning the rights of PLWHA’s and by extension rights of persons affected by Malaria and Tuberculosis.

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Responding, the DG of NACA expressed delight at the gesture of the NHRC saying stigma and discrimination have become a big challenge for PLWHA’s and persons suffering from Malaria and Tuberculosis.

 

 

 

Dr. Gambo said the services of the Commission remain key in the work of NACA because the Agency is always in the field working in the hospitals and attending to patients. The intervention of the Commission in addressing the human rights abuses of PLWHA’s and others will be a great relief to the agency. “We can work with each other to realize our common goals and improve the lots of the less privileged”. Dr. Gambo added.

 

 

 

Dr. Alex Ogudipe, Director of Community Prevention care, and support services said NACA has confidence in the ability of the Commission to deliver on its mandate and he made reference to the giant strides of the Commission in its report of human rights violations during the COVID-19 lockdown.

 

 

 

Dr. Ogundipe urged the Commission to use the same vigor to address the issue of human rights violations affecting so many Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS. He said NACA’s records have shown a lot of workplace discrimination and stigmatization on health ground.

 

 

 

He disclosed that the agency is proposing to establish human rights reporting desks in 6 geo-political zones where people can report human rights violations experienced as a result of their health status. This is an area that NACA can easily collaborate with the Commission considering its capacity and strength on the ground.

 

 

 

In her remarks, the focal officer on gender UNDP, Ms. Onyiye Ndubuisi said relevant stakeholders have a role to play in addressing the issues of human rights violations affecting various sectors of the society.

 

 

 

She expressed optimism in the ability of the Commission to hold violators accountable, saying, “access to justice is the way to go in curtailing violence against women”. She pledged the support of UNDP to work with both agencies in the fight against human rights affecting women generally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Breaking:Former Chief Justice Of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Is Dead

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), is dead.

A close source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning that the former head of Nigerian judiciary passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

“Ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead. He passed away this morning at a Saudi Arabian Hospital,” the source said.

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Nigeria Tracker reports that Late President Muhammadu Buhari appointed late Justice Ibrahim Tanko into the exalted seat after the sacking of his predecessor Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen over the issue of code of conduct in January 2019.

In Late 2022 Justice Ibrahim Tanko suddenly exited the seat due to what many said intense pressure from cabals in Late President Muhammad Buhari’s presidency and was succeeded by retired Justice olukayode .

Late Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad hails from Bauchi state .

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The Aso Rock Gossip That Made Late President Buhari Lock His Wife Out

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

In a new biography, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that late President Muhammadu Buhari began locking his bedroom door, preventing her from gaining access, after hearing rumors within Aso Rock that she intended to kill him.

This personal account is featured in the 600-page book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, where Aisha Buhari details her experience managing her husband’s health challenges during his presidency.

She stated that the former president, trusting the gossip circulating within the presidential villa, altered some of his personal habits as a result.

The biography, which was authored by Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research, was launched at the presidential villa in Abuja.

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Many high-profile persons and political chieftains, including President Bola Tinubu, attended the launch.

In the book, Aisha said Buhari’s 2017 health crisis was not a mysterious ailment or the effect of poisoning, but began after a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutritional habits.

The former first lady said she had long managed her husband’s meals and supplements at specific hours, adding that the regimen helped Buhari to maintain stability.

“According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa,” the book reads.

When they moved to the villa, she said she convened a meeting with close staff including Suhayb Rafindadi, the physician; Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer; the housekeeper, and the DSS DG to explain the plan.

After some time, the plan was discontinued.

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, I explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Aisha was quoted as saying in the book.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, adding that the president began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped”.

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

Aisha denied stories of plots to poison her husband, adding that Buhari’s health began deteriorating because of “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis”.

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Former Kano LG Chairmen Endorse Tinubu, Reaffirm Loyalty to Ganduje as Kano APC Leader

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‎Former local government chairmen in Kano State who served between 2014 and 2024 under the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and reaffirmed their loyalty to the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ganduje, as the party’s leader in Kano State.

‎The former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Baffa Takai, made this position known during a closed-door meeting with Kano APC stakeholders in Abuja.

‎‎The former local government chairmen also expressed their solidarity with APC stakeholders under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, commending their efforts toward promoting unity and progress within the party.

‎They called on other party members to join hands with them in fostering peace, unity, and progress within the APC.

‎The group further reaffirmed its commitment to the party’s ideals and principles and pledged to continue working collectively to strengthen the party and ensure its victory in future elections.

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