• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Government
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
Sign in
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Password recovery
Recover your password
Search
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa

      ICPC, FIRS Seek Collaboration with EFCC in Tackling Corruption

      court Judiciary

      Court Convicts 11 Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt

      Chairman EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa

      Anti-graft War: Nigerians Are Looking Up To Us – EFCC Chair

      EFCC

      Navy Hands Over Vessel, Illegal Oil Dealers to EFCC

      EFCC

      Still on EFCC and Jafaru Mohammed, By Sani Wakawa

  • Government
    • Nigerian Senate Confirms Dr. Shaba as DG of Space Agency NASRDA

      Peter Afunaya DSS Spokesperson

      We Didn’t Arrest or Torture President’s Driver- DSS

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

      Holiday: FG Declares April 2, 5 for Good Friday, Easter Monday

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      Operation Tranquility: FRSC, VIO Officers are Notorious Bribery Collectors in Nigeria

  • Economy
    • Azman Air: Over 1,000 Staff Affected, N80m Revenue Lost Daily with…

      EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa

      EFCC Gives All Nigerian Bankers Deadline to Declare their Assets

      imported rice

      Nigeria Customs Service Raises Alarm over Massive Foreign Rice Smuggling

      Wesley Edirin

      NCBN Boss, Jerry Wesley Edirin, Dies in Abuja Health Facility

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

  • National
    • Nigerian Senate Confirms Dr. Shaba as DG of Space Agency NASRDA

      Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy

      ‘Terrorism Watchlist’: Daily Independent Retracts, Apologises to Pantami

      Sultan of Sokoto

      Nigerian Muslims Commence Ramadan Fasting Tuesday- Sultan of Sokoto

      Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State

      Northerners will no Longer Tolerate any Aggression by Southerners- Zamfara Gov

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

  • Security
    • Nigerian Army Restrategises anti-banditry operation in Niger

      Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy

      ‘Terrorism Watchlist’: Daily Independent Retracts, Apologises to Pantami

      airforce helicopter

      Nigerian Troops Repel Attacks on Muslims Breaking Ramadan Fasting in Damasak,…

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      FRSC Promotes 10 Corps Marshals, 26 Commanders

      Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

      Arms Procurement Probe: Beyond the Theatrics

  • Features
    • Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

      Arms Procurement Probe: Beyond the Theatrics

      Nigerian troops inside Sambisa Forest, February 2021

      The Killing of Security Personnel Must Stop

      Bandits in violence terrorism

      Averting Implosion in 2023, By Afakirya A. Gadzama

      NAF Jet

      NAF 475 and Boko Haram Propaganda Machinery

      Renowned Activist, Yinka Odumakin Dies After Brief Illness

  • State
    • Nigerian Army Restrategises anti-banditry operation in Niger

      Third-Estate Elects Lawyers for President, Vice Presidents in Ilorin

      Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State

      Northerners will no Longer Tolerate any Aggression by Southerners- Zamfara Gov

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

      Professor Zulum Borno Governor

      Boko Haram: Zulum Salutes Military for Successes in Gwoza, Elsewhere in…

  • Event
    • Fiery Anglican Priest, Ajayi, launches memoir, “The Gardener”

      Fatima Yushau Disabled School Girl

      Penlight Centre Offers Scholarship, Orthopaedic Medical to Disabled School Girl, Fatimah…

      On GCI’s Ranking Of Nigeria’s IMPR As Most Creative PR Agency…

      APC Registration: Blueprint Publisher Mohd Idris Registers at Malagi Polling Unit

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa

      ICPC, FIRS Seek Collaboration with EFCC in Tackling Corruption

      court Judiciary

      Court Convicts 11 Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt

      Chairman EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa

      Anti-graft War: Nigerians Are Looking Up To Us – EFCC Chair

      EFCC

      Navy Hands Over Vessel, Illegal Oil Dealers to EFCC

      EFCC

      Still on EFCC and Jafaru Mohammed, By Sani Wakawa

  • Government
    • Nigerian Senate Confirms Dr. Shaba as DG of Space Agency NASRDA

      Peter Afunaya DSS Spokesperson

      We Didn’t Arrest or Torture President’s Driver- DSS

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

      Holiday: FG Declares April 2, 5 for Good Friday, Easter Monday

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      Operation Tranquility: FRSC, VIO Officers are Notorious Bribery Collectors in Nigeria

  • Economy
    • Azman Air: Over 1,000 Staff Affected, N80m Revenue Lost Daily with…

      EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa

      EFCC Gives All Nigerian Bankers Deadline to Declare their Assets

      imported rice

      Nigeria Customs Service Raises Alarm over Massive Foreign Rice Smuggling

      Wesley Edirin

      NCBN Boss, Jerry Wesley Edirin, Dies in Abuja Health Facility

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

  • National
    • Nigerian Senate Confirms Dr. Shaba as DG of Space Agency NASRDA

      Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy

      ‘Terrorism Watchlist’: Daily Independent Retracts, Apologises to Pantami

      Sultan of Sokoto

      Nigerian Muslims Commence Ramadan Fasting Tuesday- Sultan of Sokoto

      Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State

      Northerners will no Longer Tolerate any Aggression by Southerners- Zamfara Gov

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

  • Security
    • Nigerian Army Restrategises anti-banditry operation in Niger

      Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy

      ‘Terrorism Watchlist’: Daily Independent Retracts, Apologises to Pantami

      airforce helicopter

      Nigerian Troops Repel Attacks on Muslims Breaking Ramadan Fasting in Damasak,…

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      FRSC Promotes 10 Corps Marshals, 26 Commanders

      Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

      Arms Procurement Probe: Beyond the Theatrics

  • Features
    • Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

      Arms Procurement Probe: Beyond the Theatrics

      Nigerian troops inside Sambisa Forest, February 2021

      The Killing of Security Personnel Must Stop

      Bandits in violence terrorism

      Averting Implosion in 2023, By Afakirya A. Gadzama

      NAF Jet

      NAF 475 and Boko Haram Propaganda Machinery

      Renowned Activist, Yinka Odumakin Dies After Brief Illness

  • State
    • Nigerian Army Restrategises anti-banditry operation in Niger

      Third-Estate Elects Lawyers for President, Vice Presidents in Ilorin

      Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State

      Northerners will no Longer Tolerate any Aggression by Southerners- Zamfara Gov

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

      Professor Zulum Borno Governor

      Boko Haram: Zulum Salutes Military for Successes in Gwoza, Elsewhere in…

  • Event
    • Fiery Anglican Priest, Ajayi, launches memoir, “The Gardener”

      Fatima Yushau Disabled School Girl

      Penlight Centre Offers Scholarship, Orthopaedic Medical to Disabled School Girl, Fatimah…

      On GCI’s Ranking Of Nigeria’s IMPR As Most Creative PR Agency…

      APC Registration: Blueprint Publisher Mohd Idris Registers at Malagi Polling Unit

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

Home Government Senate condemns killings in Bayelsa, Kogi elections
  • Government

Senate condemns killings in Bayelsa, Kogi elections

By
Ezrel Tabiowo
-
November 26, 2019
SP Ahmed Lawan
SP Ahmed Lawan

Senate condemns killings in Bayelsa, Kogi elections
…Calls on Police IG to arrest, prosecute killers of PDP women leader*
…Holds a minute silence in honour of PDP women leader

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously condemned electoral violence, particularly killings in the Kogi and Bayelsa states’ elections, following consideration of two motions during the plenary.

The upper chamber, while calling on the Inspector-General of Police to arrest and prosecute the killers of the Women Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Mrs. Salome Abu, held a minute silence in honour of the deceased.

In one of the motions titled “Curbing Electoral Violence”, its sponsor, Senator George Thompson Sekibo (PDP, Rivers East), quoting the National Human Rights Commission said about 58 people were killed in 61 incidents of election violence across 22 states in the country between January and February, 2015.

He observed that political thuggery increased in 2019 compared to previous elections, adding that privileged politicians use either armed thugs or security agents to disrupt smooth electioneering process.

According to him, the recent violence witnessed during and after the elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States has called to question the credibility of the electoral process in Nigeria.

Sekibo said that “the resultant effect of the electoral mayhem would reduce the credibility of our electoral process and deepen hatred as well as widen the gap of our unity”.

He added, “The country’s electoral management body is not strong enough to withstand the pressure exerted by the political system and the electoral misconducts that accompany it continue to threaten the deepening of democratization process.

“This negative effect of electoral violence in the country would continue to reduce the citizens’ confidence in the Democratic process as well as heighten the fears of possible democratic collapse.”

In another motion titled “2019 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”, sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central), the lawmaker said “violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human right violation.”

According to her, there was no justification whatsoever for acts of violence such as rape against women.

The lawmaker condemned the recent killing of Mrs. Salome Abu, the death of Ochanya Elizabeth Ogbanje, a 13 year old who died as a result of sexual violence and rape, and BBC sex for grade saga.

She lamented that cases of violence against women and minors reached an all-time-high in the year 2019.

“The recent slave camps discovered in Kano, Oyo and Kaduna states where young boys are held as slaves and constantly raped by those who were meant to take care of them show that our women, minors both male and female are no longer safe in our communities, homes, schools, worship places,” Tinubu said.

The lawmaker added that the launch of the Sexual Offenders Register by concerned stakeholders is a major step against the menace that has bedeviled the nation.

The Sexual Offenders Register is a data base of all sexual offenders categorized as those who have been convicted and those linked with sexual offences.

Accordingly, the Senate urged States yet to domesticate the Child Rights Act (2003) and the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP 2015) to do so for the socio-economic development of their respective states.

The upper chamber also felicitated with Nigerian Women on this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Signed:

Ezrel Tabiowo
Special Assistant (Press)
to President of the Senate

  • TAGS
  • Ahmed Lawan
  • APC
  • Elections
  • PDP
Previous articleMy Remark on Official Cars Quoted out of Context — Hon. Doguwa
Next articleInternet Fraudster Jailed, Five other Remanded in Prison
Ezrel Tabiowo
http://www.PRNigeria.com

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Nigerian Senate Confirms Dr. Shaba as DG of Space Agency NASRDA

Peter Afunaya DSS Spokesperson

We Didn’t Arrest or Torture President’s Driver- DSS

PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

Holiday: FG Declares April 2, 5 for Good Friday, Easter Monday

FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

Operation Tranquility: FRSC, VIO Officers are Notorious Bribery Collectors in Nigeria

NITDA Sponsors Startups at Taipei SmartCity Summit

Interior Ministry Commissions Aerial Fire-fighting vehicle

NITDA Boss Kashifu Inuwa with Young Digital Entrepneur

NITDA Supports HELPIO application for Reporting Sexual Abuse

NITDA Sanctions Electronic Settlement Limited for Data Protection Breach

Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice

Malami Calls for Concerted Efforts for Recovery of Stolen Wealth

FCT Minister Mohammed Bello

FCT Minister Directs Agencies on Full Implementation of Abuja Master Plan

BPSR, Experts Ratify Public Service Reforms Compendium

Economic Confidential Feeds

  • Jaiz Bank Deploys NQR Code for Flexible Payment Solutions
  • Terrorism Watchlist’: Daily Independent Retracts, Apologises to Pantami
  • BUA, Dangote and Price Fixing War, by Muhammad Sagir Bauchi
  • Online Transactions Increase By 99% To N22.77trn
  • Manufacturing Sector Intervention Fund Hit N803bn – CBN

Book on Sales: Boko Haram Media War: An Encounter with the Spymaster

boko haram

Click Here:To Order Now!

  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa

      ICPC, FIRS Seek Collaboration with EFCC in Tackling Corruption

      court Judiciary

      Court Convicts 11 Internet Fraudsters in Port Harcourt

      Chairman EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa

      Anti-graft War: Nigerians Are Looking Up To Us – EFCC Chair

      EFCC

      Navy Hands Over Vessel, Illegal Oil Dealers to EFCC

      EFCC

      Still on EFCC and Jafaru Mohammed, By Sani Wakawa

  • Government
    • Nigerian Senate Confirms Dr. Shaba as DG of Space Agency NASRDA

      Peter Afunaya DSS Spokesperson

      We Didn’t Arrest or Torture President’s Driver- DSS

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

      Holiday: FG Declares April 2, 5 for Good Friday, Easter Monday

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      Operation Tranquility: FRSC, VIO Officers are Notorious Bribery Collectors in Nigeria

  • Economy
    • Azman Air: Over 1,000 Staff Affected, N80m Revenue Lost Daily with…

      EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa

      EFCC Gives All Nigerian Bankers Deadline to Declare their Assets

      imported rice

      Nigeria Customs Service Raises Alarm over Massive Foreign Rice Smuggling

      Wesley Edirin

      NCBN Boss, Jerry Wesley Edirin, Dies in Abuja Health Facility

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

  • National
    • Nigerian Senate Confirms Dr. Shaba as DG of Space Agency NASRDA

      Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy

      ‘Terrorism Watchlist’: Daily Independent Retracts, Apologises to Pantami

      Sultan of Sokoto

      Nigerian Muslims Commence Ramadan Fasting Tuesday- Sultan of Sokoto

      Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State

      Northerners will no Longer Tolerate any Aggression by Southerners- Zamfara Gov

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

  • Security
    • Nigerian Army Restrategises anti-banditry operation in Niger

      Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy

      ‘Terrorism Watchlist’: Daily Independent Retracts, Apologises to Pantami

      airforce helicopter

      Nigerian Troops Repel Attacks on Muslims Breaking Ramadan Fasting in Damasak,…

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      FRSC Promotes 10 Corps Marshals, 26 Commanders

      Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

      Arms Procurement Probe: Beyond the Theatrics

  • Features
    • Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

      Arms Procurement Probe: Beyond the Theatrics

      Nigerian troops inside Sambisa Forest, February 2021

      The Killing of Security Personnel Must Stop

      Bandits in violence terrorism

      Averting Implosion in 2023, By Afakirya A. Gadzama

      NAF Jet

      NAF 475 and Boko Haram Propaganda Machinery

      Renowned Activist, Yinka Odumakin Dies After Brief Illness

  • State
    • Nigerian Army Restrategises anti-banditry operation in Niger

      Third-Estate Elects Lawyers for President, Vice Presidents in Ilorin

      Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State

      Northerners will no Longer Tolerate any Aggression by Southerners- Zamfara Gov

      PRNigeria Digital Seminar in Kano

      Northern Nigeria Still Lagging Behind in ICT

      Professor Zulum Borno Governor

      Boko Haram: Zulum Salutes Military for Successes in Gwoza, Elsewhere in…

  • Event
    • Fiery Anglican Priest, Ajayi, launches memoir, “The Gardener”

      Fatima Yushau Disabled School Girl

      Penlight Centre Offers Scholarship, Orthopaedic Medical to Disabled School Girl, Fatimah…

      On GCI’s Ranking Of Nigeria’s IMPR As Most Creative PR Agency…

      APC Registration: Blueprint Publisher Mohd Idris Registers at Malagi Polling Unit

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.