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Nigerian Army Denies Shooting at Protesters in Rumuekpe, Calls Allegations Baseless

Oct 6, 2023 topnews

The 6 Division of the Nigeria Army in Port Harcourt has refuted allegations that its troops fired at and mistreated youths and women during a protest in Rumuekpe community, Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Executive Director of the Youths and Advocacy Centre, Fyneface Dumnamene, had claimed that soldiers injured several people during the protest. The protest in Rumuekpe was organized by some residents, including women and elders, who were expressing dissatisfaction with multinational companies operating in their community. The acting Deputy Director of Public Relations for the…

Mar 21, 2018 topnews

By Seun Olatunde Elizabeth hails from Osi in Ondo State, Nigeria. She had her primary and secondary education from same community before proceeding to learn hairdressing. Her lack of exposure to modern society contributed to her present ordeal but the deed had already been done. At 21, she had completed her study of hairdressing and got married to Kayode, her boyfriend since class 2. The duo dated a while and along the line she got pregnant while in class five (that’s SS2 now). They quickly resolved to terminate the pregnancy…