The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received 122 complaints of alleged human rights abuse in Kano State in July.
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The Police on Monday in Ilorin arraigned one David Adedeji at an Area Court in Centre-Igboro for criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation.
Following Senate President, Godswill Akpabio’s revelation on the floor of the Green Chamber, that the 109 Nigerian senators had been credited with a ‘holiday token’ allowance of N2 million, it is now confirmed that the members of the upper chambers of the National Assembly (NASS) received a total of N218 million.
Ms Oluwafunke Adeoye, a Nigerian Human Rights lawyer, has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Waislitz Global Citizens Choice Award for her outstanding performance in the Criminal Justice sector.
ASHENEWS reports that the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday ordered that the appeal of the Action Alliance (AA) against the judgment of the Osun State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal should be returned to the tribunal for hearing.
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.
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.