Human Rights

The League of Civil Society Organizations in Kano State has strongly condemned what it described as a growing pattern of intimidation, harassment, and suppression of dissenting voices in the state. …

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State last night took custody of Walida Abdulhadi Ibrahim, the missing girl from Jigawa State, who had been in the custody of the Department of …

Kano State Government has dismissed allegations by Amnesty International that it is orchestrating a clampdown on freedom of expression in the state. Amnesty International, in a publication titled “Kano: Escalating …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in partnership with the British High Commission Abuja, has rescued and returned 23 Nigerians trafficked to scam centres in …

A human rights organization, IHRC-RFT Global, has formally expressed grave concern over what it described as credible information confirming that Walida Abdullahi has not been released to her lawful parents …

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the Nigeria Police Force acted unlawfully when it declared human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, wanted in …

Anambra State Government has pledged to prosecute a 29-year-old woman accused of torturing her teenage house help with a hot pressing iron in Awka. The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. …

The Chairman of the AMG Foundation, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba, on Friday, flagged off the distribution of food items to 100 vulnerable families at the premises of the Kano State …

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the immediate release of all children detained during the recent public unrest in Iran, expressing deep concern that minors arrested in connection …

The Country Director of the International Human Rights Commission – Relief Fund Trust (IHRC-RFT Global), Nigeria Chapter, Amb. Abdullahi Bakoji Adamu has called for a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s justice …