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Yobe Launches Citizens’ Rights Directorate to Expand Access to Justice By Najibullah Adamu The Yobe State Government has launched a Directorate of Citizens’ Rights as part of ongoing efforts to protect human rights and improve access to justice across the state. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Saleh Samanja, disclosed this in an interview with journalists, highlighting the initiative as one of the key achievements of the current administration’s justice sector reforms. According to Samanja, the government established the directorate in 2020 to address human rights violations and other sensitive cases that may not be effectively handled…

Fear and Silence: How GBV Is Tearing Through Gombe Community By Danjuma Williams, Gombe The scourge of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), particularly the sexual assault of minors and adolescent girls, has continued to rob residents of Lawanti community in Gombe State of their peace and security. Once regarded as a serene and peaceful community in Akko Local Government Area and host to the Gombe International Airport, Lawanti is now battling a growing reputation linked to rape and other forms of abuse. Residents say the situation has worsened in recent years as some alleged perpetrators appear to evade justice despite repeated complaints…

Cattle Rearers Ask FG to Address Grazing Routes Ahead Farming Season By Najibullah Adamu As rains begin, Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has tasked federal and state governments to demarcate and protect grazing routes nationwide ahead of the 2026/2027 farming season. The association highlighted that unmapped route fuel farmer-herder clashes, threatening food security. In a statement issued to newsmen by National President of the association, Khalil Bello, said insecurity, rising fuel costs and expensive farming inputs have already disrupted arable and livestock production, displacing millions nationwide. The association urged herders to avoid…

North-East Stakeholders Seek Inclusion of Almajiri in Development Policy By Najibullah Adamu Stakeholders from across the North-East have demanded that the Federal Government mainstream child welfare, especially for Almajiri children in the draft National Regional Development Policy, NRDP, 2026-2030. The demand was one of 13 resolutions contained in a communique at the close of a validation workshop organised by the Federal Ministry of Regional Development with support from UNDP in Borno State, a copy issued to our correspondent over the weekend. According to the communique, the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and other Federal and State…

Experts Warn Donkeys at Risk of Going into Extinction By Folashade Peterson The Animal Welfare Society of Nigeria (AWSON) has raised concern over the increasing decline of donkey populations in the country. The group advocated conservation and welfare measures to prevent the animal from extinction. The President of AWSON, Professor Mohammed Sanusi, said this in a telephone interview with Jewel Post Correspondent in Gombe. Sanusi is also a lecturer with the Department of Animal Production, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi. He said that urgent measures are imperative to protect the animal from extinction,…