March 26
Nigeria: Warder Brutalised At Yobe Police Station
A corrections officer, Abubakar Umar Mainta, has been brutalised at the Police Area Command's office in Potiskum, Yobe State. Read more »
March 23
Nigeria: Mohbad - Recuse Yourself If..., Group Tells Lagos Coroner
A human rights group, has called Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, the Coroner in an ongoing inquest on the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, to step aside… Read more »
March 03
Nigeria: Threat to Fulani - Yoruba Group Cautions Igboho Over Crime Ethnicisation
A Yoruba group, the Yoruba Welfare Group (YWG), has cautioned the Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to tread with caution. Read more »
December 12, 2023
Nigeria: 260 Cases of Rights Abuses, Rape Recorded in Yobe
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it recorded at least 260 cases of rape and human rights abuses in the last 12 months in Yobe State. Read more »
January 18, 2021
Gambia: I Fight So No Girl Experiences What I Went Through — African Of The Year
Musu Bakoto Sawo, winner of the Daily Trust African of the Year award, began activism at the age of nine and has been championing the… Read more »
November 30, 2023
Nigeria: Addressing Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institutions
CCTV good for security, not sure on sexual harassment - Don President assenting to Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill will curb the tide - GMI Read more »
November 19, 2023
Nigeria: Experts Worry Over 'Adoption' of Child Labour By Ogun Cocoa Farmers
Major stakeholders have decried the incessant abuse and child labour in cocoa industries, especially farmers in Ogun State and other parts of the South West. Read more »
October 23, 2023
Nigeria: Mass Arrests Over Alleged Same-Sex Wedding
Nigerian security personnel have arrested more than 70 young people after accusing them of organising a gay wedding in Gombe state, a security spokesman said on Monday, in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Ordering Contractors Back to Site Without Payment Wrong, HURIWA Tells Govt
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) Sunday advised the federal government to dialogue with contractors handling various projects across the country. Read more »
June 09, 2023
Nigeria: Victims of NAF Airstrikes in Nasarawa Yet to Get Compensation
Almost six months after 38 herders were killed in the Nigerian Air Force airstrikes in Nasarawa State, the military authority has yet to compensate the victims. Read more »
April 27, 2023
Nigeria: Towards Abolishing Colonial Legacy of HND/BSc Dichotomy
Why Buhari should sign bill Read more »
February 21, 2023
Nigeria: NHRC Seeks Free Medical Examination for Victims of Rape
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Plateau State has canvassed free medical examination for victims of rape across the country. Read more »
October 14, 2022
Nigeria: Police Rescue 67-Year-Old Man Locked Up for 20 Years in Kaduna
The police command in Kaduna State said it has invited five persons to assist it in its investigation over the locking up of a 67-year-old man for 20 years in Kaduna. Read more »
August 12, 2022
Nigeria: 'Hijab Not an Obstacle to Female Muslims'
The Executive Director of Hijab Right Advocacy, Mutiat Orolu Balogun, has said the use of Hijab does not constitute an obstacle to female Muslimahs to achieve greater things in… Read more »
July 08, 2022
Nigeria: Rights Group Asks President to Sack Interior Minister Over Jailbreaks
A civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called for the immediate sack of Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, over the frequent… Read more »
June 27, 2022
Africa: Youth Hub Africa Educates Over 100 Nigerians On Human Rights, Conflict Management
Youth Hub Africa (YHA), a non-governmental organisation, has concluded a two-day sensitisation programme tagged 'You Matter in this Matter' in Abuja. Read more »
June 19, 2022
Nigeria: Sickle Cell Patients Groan Over Poor Access to Health Care, Rights
Nigerians suffering from Sickle Cell Disease have lamented about their harrowing experiences accessing healthcare services in the country, and violation of their human rights among… Read more »
June 24, 2022
Nigeria: Activists Bid Farewell to Revolutionary Segun Aderemi
Human rights activists defied the downpour in parts of Lagos on Friday to bid farewell to a late Socialist Democratic Movement (SDM) Leader, Segun Aderemi. Read more »
June 13, 2022
Nigeria: Child Labour Day - Edo to Prosecute Parents, Guardians of Out-of-School Children
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government will prosecute parents and guardians of out-of-school children as part of measures to ensure that every… Read more »
May 23, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 - Group to Engage Political Aspirants On Housing
A housing advocacy organisation, Housing Development Advocacy Network (HDAN), has stressed the significance of dialogue as a mechanism for addressing the country's housing gap as… Read more »
April 14, 2022
Nigeria: Chibok Parents Lament 8 Years of Agony
Some parents of missing Chibok schoolgirls have expressed frustration and anguish over what they described as 8 years of sorrow and pain. Read more »
March 30, 2022
Nigeria: 38% of Nigerian Girls Don't Report Violence Due to Intimidation - Report
Thirty eight percent of Nigerian girls within the age range of 10 and 18 years do not report Gender Based Violence (GBV) due to intimidation from the perpetrator or other family… Read more »
January 17, 2021
Africa: Musu Bakoto Sawo Emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year
Musu Bakoto Sawo, a Gambian changemaker and tireless women rights advocate, has emerged winner of the 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year award. Read more »