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i vote tophaz...
Cc: NLJega

A group, Queer Alliance, has said between January and December, 2014, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community in Nigeria, recorded 105 cases of human rights
violations on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. Queer Alliance stated this on Monday as it marked the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia in Lagos. Breaking down the cases, the group said 10 were threat to life, 19 blackmail and extortion, nine mob justice, 34 battery and assault and 39 arbitrary arrest and illegal detention. It added that 39 of these violations were committed by state agents and 79 by non-state actors. Rasheed Williams, who read the group’s communiqué, asked the Nigerian government to revisit its anti-same sex marriage law as the law was encouraging violence against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Nigeria. The group also asked Nigerians to stop homophobic stigmatization in Nigeria. According to the group, the passage into law of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2013 brought drastic changes into the living realities of Nigerian citizens who identify as lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans persons, especially youths. “The impact of this draconian act, now part of the legal system, is the retraction of the constitutional rights of Nigerians citizens identifying with a same sex orientation and curtail of their fundamental freedoms,” Mr. Williams
told PREMIUM TIMES. “Homophobic incidences are fast becoming prevalent throughout the country. The safety and security of the person who identify as homosexual is endangered. This does not portend well for the country and its practice of the rule of law. ” The homosexual community in Nigeria is not the
only community crying foul of the dangers posed by mob justice and other form of human rights degradation, but its impact on us as Nigerians is indeed high. It is the young who suffer these violations and the consequences of laws such as the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. “It is to this end that we use today, the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, to decry the use of the criminal status accorded to us as Nigerians as the fundamental ground for the vice experienced in this context.” The community, which described the same sex law as a political, noted that the LGBT community never clamoured for marriage. “The ‘change’ phenomenon that has gripped the country must be accorded to human rights, inclusive of the human rights of persons who identify as lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender,” the group said. It said the clamour for a revisit of the law is for the “fundamental freedom and constitutional rights of Nigerians to be respected and protected,
and where violated, justice be accorded irrespective of sexual orientation and gender identity.” It said the high rate of human rights violation by men of the Nigerian police, compelling people arbitrarily arrested and illegal detained to undergo forced anal examination to prove their sexuality, is a clear violation of an individual fundamental freedom and constitutional right of the dignity of the human person. The group added that these violations also remained unacceptable on the grounds of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and every other international law and treaty that protects from discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and to which we are signatory as a country. It demanded, “Review, amend, and/or repeal the
Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2013; Overhaul of criminal laws on ground of expression of sexualities, especially Section 214-217 of the Criminal Code and other related laws; Objective, unbiased and free of sensationalism media reports on issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity in the country.”


Mehn,, so there is even a community like dis in 9ja

Cc: lalasticlala

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/183295-nigeria-recorded-105-cases-of-rights-abuses-against-gays-in-2014-group.html

ki02020:
The guy funny so tey angels wan call am for heavenly concert

hilarious...

ABUJA – Following the protracted impasse that has left Rivers State without a substantive Chief Judge, the Federal Government, Tuesday, directed the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State to swear-in the Governor-elect of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, on May 29. The directive for the Bayelsa Chief Judge to administer the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office on Wike was contained in a press statement that was issued by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, SAN. According to the AGF, the order was necessitated by the fact that Rivers State neither has a substantive CJ nor President of the Customary Court of Appeal. Adoke said it was regrettable that the existing vacuum in the higher rung of the River state judiciary has made strict compliance with requirements of Section 185(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, under which Wike should have ordinarily be sworn in, virtually impossible. Adoke said it was owing to the situation that FG decided to invoke the provision of section185 (2) of the Constitution, so as to empower the Bayelsa CJ
to conduct the governorship swearing-in ceremony in River state on May 29. The AGF noted that section 185(2) of the constitution provides that, “The Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office shall be administered by the Chief Judge of the state or Grand Khadi of the Sharia
Court of Appeal of the state, if any, or President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the state, if any, or the person for the time being respectively appointed to exercise the functions of any of those offices in any state.” The press statement read: “The general public, particularly the government and people of Rivers State, are hereby invited to take note of this development and appreciate the fact that the invitation extended to the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State to administer the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office on the Governor-elect of Rivers State on May 29, 2015 is in accordance with the Constitution and should therefore be respected by all and sundry”.

Cc: lalasticlala

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/may-29-fg-orders-bayelsa-cj-to-swear-in-wike-as-rivers-state-gov/

yaaaah,, congrats tophaz.....

some pple are quite senseless,, u are using a forged signature and u are seeking employment into EFCC,,,

y are u guys voiding votes na

youngice:
the guy is just the ish

as in eeh,, have u started the season 5 yet??

somehow true shaa,, PH has really changed..

not bad,, its a start

lol,, tyrion of course,, the guy is too smart mehn... And like his taste for women too...

false friends,, leave u when u fall... See as his jumping from pillar to post.. This man dosent have shame thou..Well at the end its all man for himself anyways

dont u cry when ur dreams come true

#godspeed#

i dont blame them shaa,, hu wants to give birth to a child whose father is a terrorist

more money to loot bah,

these boko haram terrorists are like flies, kill 100, and 200 more will surface. Im tired of this insurgency.

i'm surprised that skul has up to 500 students. Educational standard in nigeria shaa.

Dygeasy:
Great.

Let's have the total number of votes.

Total Number of Valid Votes.
And Total Number of Invalid Votes.

waiting, feeling crashy thou.

Aminat508:
Waiting for Mr Jega to announce d votes nah...... Kano votes will help us

lol, ok o. #VOTEDONTRIG#

almost 100 people viewing this topic?

result time.
#godspeed#

dechandel:
Catwalks into the stage

Hands over the result.. waves at fans


Smiles at the contestants





Catwalks out..

collation officer

Aminat508:
I swear I feel like eating puff puff now

miss amina, u dont wanna crash yet?

so who were those voted out?

richidinho:
Spread mat Playing ludo *waiting

so who were those voted out?can i join?

so who were those voted out?

yoruba, i love that language a lot.

lol, more like:
i vote --------
Cc: NLOrubebe.