Buhari promises improved budgetary allocation to education

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday promised that education would receive the needed budgetary allocation in order to boost the education sector.

Buhari gave the assurance in Port Harcourt, at the 30th Convocation Ceremony of the University Of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).

He said education was key to national development, and assured that his administration would provide new facilities, rehabilitate and upgrade existing ones.

“This administration will continue to support the Nigerian university system in ensuring that learning, teaching and research facilities are constantly upgraded and updated to compete with other global institutions.

“We will also strengthen the regulatory and funding agencies and position them for improved and effective service delivery.

“I call for support of corporate organisations, alumni associations, philanthropists and development partners to bridge the gap in government funding of our universities,” he said.

Buhari, represented by Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary of Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), said the newly approved curricula in universities would address issues of skills acquisition and employment.

The president said that over 12,000 university teachers had benefitted from government capacity building programmes.

Earlier, Prof. Joseph Ajienka, Vice-Chancellor of UNIPORT said that 18,363 students who graduated from 55 departments in 16 faculties were drawn from 2011 to 2014 academic sessions.

He said that 13,382 students graduated with First degrees, while 2,214 received Post-Graduate Diploma certificates.

According to him, 2,616 graduated with Master degrees, while 441 students graduated with doctorate degrees.

A breakdown of the number showed that 41 graduated with First Class, while 2,389 graduated in the Second Class Upper Division category.

“A total of 8,602 bagged Second Class Lower divisions, 1,972 had Third Class, while eight students graduated with Pass.

“Also, 324 obtained MBBS, 38 bagged B. Pharm degrees, while 19 graduated with BDS in Dentistry,” he said.

The vice-chancellor said UNIPORT would continue to produce quality graduates capable of competing favourably with their local and international counterparts.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mohammad Bashir, was inaugurated as the third Chancellor of UNIPORT.

Honorary degrees were also conferred on Chief Solomon Ogba, President of Athletic Federation of Nigeria; Mr Herbert Wigwe, Managing Director of Access Bank, and Mr Nnaeto Orazulike, Chairman of Genesis Group. (NAN)

Nigerian Player Collapses On The Pitch & Dies In Malaysia (see photos}

Nigerian defender David Oniya collapsed on the pitch and died after playing just a few minutes of a local friendly in Malaysia on Saturday, reports said.

Oniya, 30, went down about three minutes into the game for T-Team and was pronounced dead at hospital around half-an-hour later, the club’s chief executive told The Star newspaper.

CEO Syahrizan Mohd Zain said Oniya, who was in his first season with second-tier T-Team, had barely touched the ball in the friendly with Super League side Kelantan in Kota Bharu.

“There was no hard running and it was a slow tempo match. It’s only a friendly game,” Syahrizan was quoted as saying.

“The match was called off in the 60th minute when we received a call from the hospital that Oniya had died.”

Deaths on the pitch, often from heart failure, are not unheard of and Belgium lost two players in two weeks in late April and May.

The most prominent case was Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe, who collapsed and died while playing a Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia in Lyon in 2003.

Afrocandy slams Nicki Minaj for copying her style

US-based Nollywood actress Judith Mazagwu, popularly known as Afrocandy, has an attitude, so is American singer, Nicki Minaj. One common thing to both of them is that neither gives a hoot about how she is seen in public. Both have the knack of leaving their admirers speechless in their choice of style which, more often, is subject of sensual commotion.

Nicki-Minaj

Afrocandy

Though their paths never crossed, it would seem Afrocandy has gone out of her way to ram into the singer when she accused her of copying her dress style.  According to her, she had an outfit for a while but because of weight, she had to wait a bit to shed some pounds only for her to see Minaj  in that same dress.

“I’ve had this outfit for a while but was waiting to lose weight before I could wear it, then I saw Nicki Minaj wearing a similar outfit.

I said to myself, mmmmh; this person is copying my style. So yesterday, a fan called me. I was complaining about my weight and tummy, he told me not to worry that my fans love me the way I am with the big stomach.

That gave me a lot of confidence even though I hear it all the time. I guess I am gonna stop worrying and flaunt myself the way I am. This is how I am rolling out today, I am bringing s*xy look back!”, she wrote on her social handle.

Nicki, who isn’t probably aware of Afrocandy’s outburst, hasn’t responded but many have slammed Afrocandy for craving cheap publicity. See if there is anything close in the dress styles

Senators Express Mixed Reactions Over Pay Review

SOME senators have expressed mixed reactions over the review of remunerations of lawmakers in the country.
Speaking on the review, Senator Kabir Marafa, who represents Zamfara Central, on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said the claim that legislators in the country were receiving high remunerations was untrue.

Marafa, while challenging Nigerians to go and verify from banks how much senators were earning, insisted that some Nigerians mistook constituency allowance, as part of the salaries which the lawmakers earned.

He said: Our monies are paid through banks, they don’t give us directly; so let the bankers come out and say how much a senator earns.
“When you get the correct figure, that is when you and I can sit down and talk but you cannot invent an amount and then tell me how much I should reduce from it.

“I think there is general ignorance as to how much a Nigerian senator earns. I would want Nigerians to know exactly how much we earn; then they can come up with criticisms on basis of facts,” he said. When asked how much a Senator earns he still referred the reporter to find out from the banks.

Senator Dino Melaye, APC, from Kogi State, had vowed to champion a campaign for salary cut for federal lawmakers when the new National Assembly resumes.

Melaye insisted that legislators must begin to sacrifice their comfort and allow a pay cut, saying that money realised from the exercise would be used for developmental projects and proper oversight roles.

Senator Ben Bruce, who represents Bayelsa-East Senatorial Zone, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said that he would support any reduction in the pay of members of the National Assembly, noting that he was elected into the Senate to render service and not to waste tax-payers’ money.

He said: “I subscribe 100 per cent to pay cut for National Assembly members; they can cut it to whatever they want, I am in support of it.”
But he warned against singling out lawmakers for the pay cut, saying it must be extended to all other government officials, who maintained exorbitant lifestyles with the taxpayers’ money.

He further said, “The problem we have now is that people seek public office to enrich themselves, that must stop.
“If you seek public office, you must care about the poor people who voted you into power; the people who voted me into office live under the tree, the rich ones went abroad.


“If we come into office and we live this exorbitant lifestyle, and we consume the resources of our country, then we have failed them and we have failed God.
“It cannot be business as usual; we are here for the real change, for the right change,” Bruce said.

see photos: Men Brutalize Their kids With Hot Iron, Plank

Bus driver, mechanic in police custody for brutalising kids with hot iron, plank


All 16-year-old Kafayat Bello, a year two senior student of a school in Bariga in Lagos, wanted was to be a normal girl who could sneak out to play with friends once in a while. But what she did not expect was the kind of brutal punishment she would later get from her father, a commercial bus driver.

On Tuesday, May 2, 2015, Kafayat’s father, Ibrahim, pounced on her and whipped her till she could not walk. Not done, he plugged their pressing iron and burnt her multiple times, inflicting severe injuries all over her body.
                                           

Kafayat, whose case has been taken over by the Office of the Public Defender under the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, explained that on the day of the incident, she was given the duty of attending to a client who needed manicure and pedicure in her mother’s beauty parlour.

“When I finished attending to the customer, I left the shop to play with some of my friends. When I got back, my mother asked where I was and told me she would report me to my father. When I got home and my mother told my father what I did, he started to beat me very hard and he then went off to plug a pressing iron, which he used to burn me all over my body,” the girl said.


We learnt that when the brutal action of the father became too scary for Kafayat’s mother who stood by as her husband punished their daughter, she rushed out to call neighbours for help, who later came in to restrain him against further damage to the girl’s body.

OPD officials who handled the case said Ibrahim locked up her daughter after the incident and warned her not to go out until the injuries healed so that no one would know what happened.

“But when her classmates came looking for her from school they told her she had missed some tests. In order not to miss more tests, she rushed to school on Thursday, two days after she sustained the injuries. When she got to school, that was when we discovered the extensive injuries,” a school official who reported the case said.

As soon as the case was reported, Ibrahim was arrested and OPD took over the case.

Our correspondent counted at least 15 visible spots on the body of the girl where she sustained severe injuries from her face down to her thighs.
                                               

My father beats me all the time – 5-year-old boy beaten to coma with plank

Cases of brutality by parents against their children may not be a new issue but the rising incidents of such crimes have become a source of concern to authorities.

Apart from the case of Kafayat, more cases which have drawn the ire of authorities include that of five-year-old Olamilekan Mustapha, whose father, Adigun him till he lost consciousness.

His 28-year-old father reportedly resuscitated the boy but damage had been done to his body.

The series of brutal beating Olamilekan’s father has meted out to him seems to have turned his young body to a map of some sort as healed and fresh marks of whiplashes crisscross all over his body and face.

All the boy could say was “my father beat me all the time” when asked about the marks all over his body.

Like Kafayat, observant teachers in Olamilekan’s school promptly reported his case to the authorities when they noticed the extensive marks all over the boy’s face and body when he went to school the following morning.
                                               

Adigun, who is an auto mechanic, was later invited by the Office of Public Defender, where he was later handed over to the police for prosecution.



OPD said a protection order was being processed for the custody of Olamilekan in a government children’s home, where the boy would be kept pending the determination of his father’s case in the court.

We learnt that Olamilekan’s mother and Adigun had separated some years ago. But that his step-mother, who is nursing a two-month-old baby also beat the boy ruthlessly regularly as well.

Director of the OPD, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, told our correspondent that the children were victims of transferred aggression but that the severity of the cases has warranted that the fathers be charged to court.

She said, “When we were notified about the case of the young boy, it was so severe and fresh that we had to call the police. He is receiving treatment at a hospital at the moment and he would be handed over to government care for rehabilitation after that.

“In the case of the boy’s father we did not want the police to waste time on it. That was why we insisted he be charged to court immediately.”

It was learnt that Adigun has been arraigned and his case has been adjourned till July 20 for mention.

In the hot iron assault case, Omotola said her office would continue to monitor the case to ensure that Ibrahim was diligently prosecuted.

Rotimi said, “The case of the girl that was burnt with iron was so severe that she could have lost her life in the process. We also have the father in custody and would ensure that he is prosecuted diligently for the severe assault on the girl.

“While he kept the girl at home, he invited an auxiliary nurse to treat her injuries but the nurse did a very shoddy job. The injuries could have deteriorated and caused further damage to the girl’s body if not because we were notified on time. We had to ensure the girl receive adequate treatment first.”

6 Types Of Nigerian Drivers

Please note that this discourse is not a generalization. In other words, it doesn’t necessarily mean that these are the exact type of people you’ll meet using the Nigerian road daily, we might have different opinions about this and hence, you’re free to add yours via the comment box. 

Here are the types of people you’re probably going to meet while using a Nigerian road from my experience.


1. The learners
The first category is the learners. These set of people are usually slow and always stay at a particular side of a lane so as to make space for other oncoming drivers that will be overtaking them because of ‘speedophobia’  They barely know a thing about using the road. They usually don’t seem to understand or use most important road signals. Some in this category instead of using the learner sign, they’ll choose not to because they feel it’s degrading.


2. The meticulous drivers
This category comprises mostly of old men and few women. They strive towards perfection while using the road. They barely overtake any vehicle and when they do, it’s probably all these slow trailers and tankers. They always strive to maintain an average speed and wouldn’t mind if they are overtaken by lots of vehicles. Almost every dad and old people falls in this category. 




3. The rough riders/speeders
This category consists mainly of young boys, usually drunks with their flashy cars who think they’re in the fast and furious movie or they’re a driver in the need for speed game. They drive to overtake every other road user like it’s a car racing with loud music emanating from their vehicle. This category runs into the risk of road accidents mostly. 



4. The road greeters
An annoying category of road users that will stop their vehicles on the lane just to start exchanging greetings or passing information instead of parking by the side of the road hence, blocking other oncoming vehicles and the more annoying part is that people will be complaining and shouting at the duo, they still will act deaf and continue conversing. 


5. The unnecessarily slow pokes
This is the most annoying category of all. This category just slows their vehicles in an expressway just for nothing sake making every other vehicle following them to maintain the same speed with their vehicle till you find a space to overtake them. I once had an experience that made me feel like going back to ram the dude’s trunk. I was patiently waiting for this guy for about five minutes, when I had the chance to overtake, I decided to steal a look and see why the guy was maintaining that kinda speed on an expressway. Guess what?? It was nothing! The brother was rather busy licking bananas and nodding his silly head to the car music. 


6. The stoppers 
This category derives joy in stepping on their car brakes unnecessarily. They step on their brakes even when the need is not there and it is more annoying when you’re directly following the vehicle on an expressway because (S)he will keep showing you the brake light and sometimes will stop abruptly and before you can interpret the signal, you’re already in collision with the bumper probably because of the speed you were maintaining. 

Buhari Chairs AU Meeting Of The Peace & Security Committee At The Summit

President Buhari chairing the meeting of the Peace and Security Committee at 25th #AUSummit now.

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Molestation Alert: A 3yr Old Girl Tried To Se*xually Play With His Joystick

GOT THIS FROM ONE OF OUR READERS

I don't know if this is the right room to post this, but am really disturbed. 

I was watching "This morning" on TVC this morning when this little girl and her siblings walked in. She will be clocking 3 this year as I heard. They usually come around like that and most times I joke and play with them. 
Today, when this little girl came in. She jumped on my legs, so I left her to sit on my laps while I watch my program. 

Before I knew what was happening, I felt a touch on my joystick. At first, I was confused. I looked at her to know if she did it on purpose or not. I removed her hands to be sure, then I continued to watched my program. Then again. She started rubbing my joystick! 

At that time. I knew something was wrong. I didn't know how to caution her, because I never believed a girl of 3 would know what a joystick is and not to talk of rubbing it with her hand.

Then, I dropped her on the floor and used a pillow to cover my laps and joystick. I was watching what her next step would be. To my greatest surprise, this girl came again, removed the pillow, sat on my joystick and starting making some funny moves. I was dumbfounded! I had to spank her hard and I sent the whole kids outta my flat. It was embarrassing. 

So right now. Am still confused, I think someone around the neighborhood is molesting this little girl, the mother is not around, only the dad. I intend reporting her to her mother when she comes back. What' do you think about this?

Morocco arrests 57 in cash-for-answers exam scandal

Dozens of people have been arrested in Morocco for selling answers to high school leaving exams in a racket that even saw two pages of answers posted on Facebook, authorities said Saturday.

The General Directorate of National Security said 57 people were arrested in 15 towns across the kingdom in a cash-for-answers scandal that saw other test responses sent to students via SMS.

Those detained were accused of providing “written answers to students in exchange for money,” the GDNS said.

The investigation “found numerous web pages and social media sites used for leaking test answers.”

According to news site Medias 24, two pages of an exam paper were posted on Facebook the night before the test.

The scandal erupted after answers for a mathematics test at the Academy of Casablanca, in Morocco’s financial capital, were leaked online, forcing the education ministry to order a resit of the exam.

Opposition groups have called for the minister’s resignation.

More than half a million students took their high school leaving exams last week in Morocco, the results of which will be announced on June 24

Lame-duck Assemblies take over in South-West(Ekiti,Lagos and others)

  NOT much checking of exccesses of governors  is expected from the 

Legislative arm of the South West states in this dispensation considering the fact that all the Speakers and principal  officers are candidates of the ruling parties  without any dissenting voice as the parties  have   control over the state Houses of Assemblies.

In Ondo and Ekiti States, where the ruling party is the Peoples Democratic Party,  PDP, the election and installation of the officers in the Assemblies follow a similar pattern as in All Progressives Congress, APC, controlled states as there are no dissenting voices too.

Although there were some schemings in a few of the states in chosing their Speakers, the leaders of the political parties involved in each case were able to rein in members of the legislative arm making the process look smooth.

In Lagos State where the number of those who wanted to be Speaker was the highest, the leadership of the party was able to reduce the number to two and when one was “ännoited” the other became the deputy without any fuss. Hence  the emergence of Hon.  Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker and Hon Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni   as the Deputy.

In Ogun, it was simply the case of the Speaker being reelected. He is only doing a second term without his ertwhile deputy who lost his re-election bid to the house prompting the emergence of another ranking House member Hon Oluomo as the deputy.

The PDP in Ogun with nine legislators has however charged their members in the Assembly through the governorship candidate Mr. Gboyega Isiaka to ensure that they oppose bills with selfish motives.

The control of the House by the party leadership and the governor in particulay was perhaps most evident in Oyo State where the new Speaker Mr. Michael Adeyemo was said to have been so elated that he postrated for Governor Abiola Ajimobi, a clear indication of who made his ascencion of office possible.

With the same scenario playing itself out in Ondo State and Ekiti States where the Speakers were obvious candidates of the the Governors, not much is expected of such houses than being mare rubber stamp to Executive decisions and requests
In Osun State where Hon. Najeem Salam has become Speaker for a second term but with observers wondering what the House would be able to offer considering the non payment of civil servants in the last seven months which has turned   governence in the state to  a joke amongst people.

Can the House bring any new thing to the table? Only time will tell.

The Speakers: The intrigues, the power play

Intrigues, horse trading and power play were brought to bear in the choice of speakers for the various State Houses of Assembly in the South West.
In some of the states in the zone, the emergence of the speakers was expected considering their closeness to the governors in the 7th Assembly.
Aside this, the perceived influence of the governor on the state assemblies was a major factor that contributed to the emergence of Speakers.

While some of the Speakers in state like Ogun, Osun and Ondo returned for a second term, other states like Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo had fresh hands.

In Osun, Salaam returns
In Osun State, it was an anti-climax.
This was perhaps as a result of the struggle for leadership positions in the sixth assembly in Osun state, which never saw the light of the day. 
Najeem Salam was speaker of the house from 2011 to 2015.
Salam’s closeness and loyalty to governor Rauf Aregbesola was perceived to have earned him the position.

Salam, who had occupied the seat of speaker of the 26-man legislative assembly, had faced stiff opposition from two of his colleagues elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.

Abiodun Awolola of Egbedore State Constituency and Folorunsho Bamisayemi of Ife South, were two leading candidates that had engaged in fierce but quite discrete battle to wrestle the gavel from Salam, representing Ejigbo State Constituency in the assembly.

Though, there were agitations from some of the returning lawmakers on the need for change in the legislative leaders, but Aregbesola’s intervention prevented the palace coup.

Obasa emerges against the odds
In Lagos State, a lot of power play was put in motion.
As a matter of fact, the inauguration of the 8th Assembly was shifted from a the stipulated date to enable the leadership of the APC in Lagos settle the dust being raised over the choice for speaker.

While a large chunk of the lawmakers were keen on ensuring they choose their speaker, Vanguard was reliably informed that former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had his eyes on Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa representing Agege Constituency I to lead the house.

Obasa, was the Chairman of the House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning of the 7th Assembly, while Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, from Lagos Island Constituency I, was elected as deputy speaker. 

The election came after weeks of initial intrigues, horse trading, negotiations and arm twisting.

It was actually the insistence and pressure from some bigwigs of the party that got Tinubu change to support Obasa.

Rotimi Abiru, Lanre Ogunyemi, Moshood Olanrewaju Osun, Funmilayo Tejuosho, Gbolahan Yisawu and Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni were all speculated for the position.

But Abiru was said to be favoured to lead the house but the zoning arrangement schemed him out.

At the end, a truce was called by Tinubu and Obasa emerged drawing the curtain on the tussle for speakership of the Lagos Assembly.
But Obasa’s emergence, did not go down well with the lawmakers elected on Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos.

It is madam Speaker in Ondo
Ms Jumoke Akindele representing Okitipupa 1 returned to lead the Ondo State House of Assembly.

Her re-emergence as Speaker of the Ondo Assembly was unopposed following her closeness to Governor Olusegun Mimiko.

Expectedly, many things worked in her favour, one of which was the zoning of the speakership slot to Southern Senatorial district.

Interestingly, she is the only PDP member that hails from the zone.
But the table is set to turn in 2016 when Mimiko would end his tenure.
But then, the speakership position would be zoned to another district.

Ajimobi’s dilemma
Though, the 32-member Oyo State House of Assembly has been inaugurated by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, the choice over who emerges speaker remains in quandary.

Currently, the APC has 18 seats, while the Accord and Labour parties have eight and six lawmakers respectively. 

Surprisingly, the PDP has no lawmaker flying its flag in the house.
It is a matter of fact that the APC, which has majority of the lawmakers will produce the speaker.

But governor Ajimobi seems to be in a state of quandary over who would lead the house.

Messrs Olusegun Olaleye (Ibadan North 11) and Michael Adeyemo (Ibarapa East) have been pencilled down to slug it out between themselves.

Amosun’s stooge, Adekumbi returns

The emergence of Suraj Adekumbi as speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly did not come as a surprise to many. This is because governor Ibikinle Amosun has seen in him a good ally.

When Amosun faced turbulent times from the home front, Adekunmbi stood behind Amosun like the rock of Gibraltar. 

The assembly comprises 26 lawmakers is dominated by members of the APC.
The APC has 19, while the PDP boasts of nine members.

It was pay back time for Adekunbi, who was re-elected as the Speaker of the 8th Legislature. 

His re-election was sequel to his being nominated by   Olayiwola Ojodu, the lawmaker representing Abeokuta North State Constituency and seconded by his Remo North counterpart, Adeleye Adebiyi.

Fayose’s pastor emerges in Ekiti
The contest for the plum position of Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly was unique and a matter of fact of no contest in the wholly PDP dominated House.

It was an exercise that had been concluded a long time ago. Governor Ayo Fayose ensured that only trusted allies were positioned in the party to legislate in the new House.

Pastor Kola Oluwawole from Osan Ekiti from Boba Local government area, was positioned to be the next speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and it is no surprise that members, before then, already referred to him as the first among equals. 

Governor Fayose is from Central Senatorial District, while his deputy, Dr Kolapo Olusola is from the South, a situation that has made it natural for the North senatorial District where Oluwawole comes from to produce the Speaker of the state House of Assembly based on the existing zoning of political offices.

Remarkably, the Oluwawole is a confidant of the governor and one his foot soldiers. However, for undisclosed reasons or for some unknown political calculations, Fayose took preference for Oluwawole. 

Indeed, when it became apparent that Fayose was leaning towards Oluwawole, all the others from Ekiti North who had eyes on the plum seat simply caved in, in deference to the desire of their political leader, Fayose.

Oluwawole has been a long time ally of Fayose and served as a commissioner during  Fayose’s first outing and was also a chief of staff to Fayose between 2003-2006.

Aside this, the pastor had been part of Fayose’s political struggles in and out of office. He followed him to Labour Party when it appeared Fayose was not comfortable with the way PDP was being run in the state during the regime of Engr. Segun Oni and returned with him to the PDP just before the governorship election.

442 die in China boat accident

Final death toll rose to 442 as bodies of the last several missing people aboard the capsized Yangtze River cruise ship Eastern Star had been found, a rescue official said on Saturday.

Only 12 people survived the disaster on the night of June 1, Tang Guanjun, director of the Yangtze River Navigation Affairs Administration, told a press briefing.

Fire Outbreak In University Of Uyo female hostel . (pictures)

Please pray for them.

Angelina Jolie Appears At The AU Summit in South Africa

Hollywood Star, Angelina Jolie made a star appearance at the 25th African Summit in South Africa.

The actress who is also a U.N. special envoy on refuge issues bothered on rape as a weapon of warfare and charged African leaders cum representatives to support women rights.

Jolie stressed the need for women protection in Africa and beyond.

Jolie had been invited to speak on women and conflict at the Sandton Convention Centre, on Friday.

She shared a panel with the African Union Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Senegalese activist Bineta Diop.

Zainab Bangura, who is the U.N.’s Special Representative on S*xual Violence in Conflict was also in attendance.

Jolie said: ‘There is a global epidemic of violence against women – both within conflict zones and within societies at peace – and it is still treated as a lesser crime and lower priority.