Nigeria: Police Reunite Trafficked Children With Family

THE Bayelsa State Police Command said it has successfully reunited two children who were victims of human trafficking with their parents. Read more »

Nigeria: International Rights Activist Condemns Coup in Niger Republic

International rights activist, Alhaji Musa Saidu has condemned the coup in Niger Republic , saying there is no alternative to democratic government which guarantees the rights and… Read more »

Nigeria: Shiites Petition UN, EU, NHRC for Release of Detained Members

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi'ites, have submitted a petition to the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), and National Human Rights Commission… Read more »

Nigeria: Edo Police Place U.S.$10,000 Bounty On Suspect of Cyberbullying, Defamation

The Edo Police Command on Monday placed an N5 million reward for information that would lead to the arrest of one Rachael Eboni Osazee Iyonmana, a Canada-based Nigerian lady, over… Read more »

Nigeria: Ilorin University Registrar Warns On Dress Code Violations

Dr Fola Olowoleni, the Registrar of the University of Ilorin, on Monday warned the students against violating the dress code of the institution. Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged Rights Violation - Panel Heard 50 Testimonies in N/East, Says Official

The Panel on Human Rights Violations in Counter-Insurgency Operations in North-East Nigeria (SIIP North East) has so far heard 50 testimonies in its facts finding mission,… Read more »

Nigeria: Amnesty International Laments Increasing Hunger, Rights Abuses in Nigeria, Others

Amnesty International (AI) in its published 2022 annual report on Monday, has bemoaned aggravating hunger and human rights violations that have pervaded Nigeria, and other… Read more »

Nigeria: The Value of a Good Education

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul -- Joseph Addison, 1711. Read more »

Nigeria: Ex Senate President Ekweremadu, Wife Guilty of Organ Trafficking

A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, with his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Arrest Human Traffickers, Rescue 41 Children in Kwara

The Kwara State Police Command said it had arrested three suspected human traffickers. Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - Govt Begins Data Collection of Victims of Terrorism

Federal Government has commenced collection of data of people affected by the prevailing insecurity in some Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Katsina State. Read more »

Nigeria: Why Buhari Must Let Nnamdi Kanu Go

I AM not a lawyer. But in writing this article, I spoke to learned friends who, in unanimity, held that President Muhammadu Buhari's government has no legal beam to hang its… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Harbours 53% of Death Row Inmates in Sub-Saharan Africa

International human rights groups working in Nigeria have called for an abolition of the death penalty from Nigeria corpus juris noting Nigeria harbours the largest number of death… Read more »

Nigeria: IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu's Health Deteriorating - Lawyer

He must not die in detention, Ohanaeze warns Read more »

Nigeria: Oxfam Expresses Anger Over Inhuman Treatment of Widow in Abia

Condemns inhuman traditional practices, vows to get justice Read more »

Nigeria: Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong Released From Prison

Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has been released from Uyo prison on Friday after spending a month for alleged contempt of court. Read more »

Nigeria: Mixed Reactions As Nigerian Gay Rights Activist, Edafe Okporo Weds in U.S.

Nigerians have poured in their reactions as a Nigerian gay rights activist and writer, Edafe Okporo has married his American lover. Read more »

Nigeria: Fund Fight Against Human Trafficking - Health Expert Tells FG

A US based Nigerian medical Doctor, Dr Olalekan Ogungbemi, has asked Nigerian government to stop paying Lip service to the fight against human trafficking saying funding agencies… Read more »

Nigeria: Int'l Widows Day 2022 - Stop Accusing Widows As Witches, Group Begs Nigeria, Other Africans

As the world marks International Widows Day 2022, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches, AfAW has urged African governments to draws the attention to the plight of widows, who are… Read more »

Nigeria: Domestic Violence - 288 Cases Reported in Jos Between January and June 2022 - NHRC

DOMESTIC violence is rising on the Plateau and the people are just watching helplessly as the situation escalates. It is not something that any normal human being would want to… Read more »

Nigeria: NAPTIP Alerts Nigerians On Use of Orphanages for Human Trafficking

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has alerted Nigerians to new trends in human trafficking by owners of orphanages and football agents. Read more »

Nigeria: A-Ibom Senatorial Aspirant Urge Nigerians to Pay Attention to Human Rights

A chieftain of the People's Democratic Party PDP, Barr. Ekong Sampson has said that Human rights was critical in modern democracy, and urged Nigerians to pay more attention to the… Read more »

Nigeria: State Pardon - Buhari Should Pardon All Thieves in Prison - Femi Falana

1999 constitution, a fraudulent decree Read more »

Nigeria: Catholic Church Allows Separation On Account of Violence - Archbishop Adewale

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr Alfred Adewale has reacted to the matrimonial imbroglio that led death of the Gospel artiste in Abuja, saying that "No clerics should ever… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Must Protect PWDs Against Increasing Sexual, Gender-Based Violence - CSO

A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Deaf Women Aloud Initiative, DWAI, called on the Federal Government, FG, to introduce policies that is geared towards protecting People With… Read more »