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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Gabriel Olawale W orried by high rate of child sexual exploitation in Nigeria, rooted in culture, tradition and religious beliefs with children and women been most vulnerable victims, Jose Foundation teamed-up with Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development to address the menace. Speaking ahead of a workshop slated for August 15-21, 2017, Jose Foundation President, Mr. Martins Abhulimhen said recent findings by the National Population Commission, with support from UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on ‘Nigeria Violence Against Children’ revealed high prevalence of violence against children in Nigeria. “The study revealed that approximately six out of every 10 Nigerian children under the age of 18 years, experience some form of physical, emotional and sexual violence before the age of 18 years. “One in two children experience physical violence, one in four girls and one in ten boys experience sexual violence, and one in six g...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J E XACTLY twenty four years ago, the Babangida regime held Presidential elections which were supposed to transit the country from military rule  to democratic governance. But the  regime  wanted to hold on to power, it therefore annulled the elections. Some opportunistic politicians supported the annulment while others  sought dialogue and subtle ways to  re-validate the elections. We in the Pro-Democracy  Movement who had always suspected that the regime  had a hidden agenda, challenged the dictatorship in the streets and lost over 200 activists to the bullets of the cowardly generals. Despite this, Nigerians persisted and the regime was forced out of power on August 27, 1993. But rather than hand over power to  Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, winner of the elections, it put in place, a contraption called  the Interim National Government,  ING,  and backed it with the arsenal of the Armed Forces. So we resume...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Kingsley Omonobi Outgoing Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Lucky Irabor, yesterday, insisted that Boko Haram had been defeated. He noted that statement credited to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State that the terrorists group was only decimated and not defeated was not applicable in military operations. General Irabor supported his analogy of the defeat by disclosing that no single local government area or piece of territory in the North-East epicentre of the insurgency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states was in the hands of the terrorists group. He said: “Boko Haram has been defeated. They no longer have the capacity to carry out the ferocious attacks on communities like they used to do in the past. Their logistics base has been taken out. They can no longer move in convoys and wreak havoc on communities. “The governor could be looking at the situation from the fact that civil authority has been affected by displacements of the ci...

http://ift.tt/2qPrMVb Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux (L) escorts (From 4thL) British actress Tilda Swinton, US actor Paul Dano, French-Iranian cinematographer Darius Khondji, South Korean actor Byung Hee-bong, South Korean actress Ahn Seo-hyun, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, British actress Lily Collins, US-South Korean actor Steven Yeun, Canadian actor Devon Bostick, Danish-born actor Giancarlo Esposito and US actor Jake Gyllenhaal as they leave on May 19, 2017 following the screening of the film 'Okja' at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP Beyond the gleaming towers of modern high-tech Seoul, it is the dark past of South Korea’s years of dictatorship, violence and upheaval that have inspired the country’s staggering rise as a cinematic powerhouse. No fewer than five South Korean movies are showing in the elite selection of this year’s Cannes film festival. And Bong Joon-Ho’s Netflix creature...