As the controversy surrounding Nigeria, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s deployment of troops to Niger Republic, Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), have joined in adducing reasons why President Bola Tinubu cannot unilaterally take such action to restore democratic rule in the neighbouring country.
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Plateau says that domestic, sexual and gender-based violence are the major prevalent human rights violations in the state.
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu, says the NHRC will continue to promote gender equality and enforce women’s rights in line with the Maputo Protocol.
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Activists, Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has resigned as a member of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA).
The Supreme Court of Nigeria is set to appoint eight judges from across five of the six geographic zones, who will fill in vacant positions created by retired justices in the said zones.
ASHENEWS reports that a former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba SAN has asked President Bola Tinubu to also remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, the same way he suspended the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa.
A report by the UN Development Programme, “Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI)” has revealed that 25% people in 80 countries think that the husband beating his wife is justifiable.
The Kano state government has exonerated the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa of complicity in the election violence that resulted in the death of 15 supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the state.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Kano State, says it received 61 complaints of alleged human rights abuses in the month of April.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has described Nigerian journalists as agents of change, saying they deserve the support of all stakeholders.