Human Rights

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has called for stronger collaborative efforts to promote gender justice, equity and inclusive development across the country. FIDA Country Vice-President and National …

The Federal Government says it will establish an Emergency Gender-Based Violence Response Fund to address Nigeria’s significant financing gaps in prevention and survivor support services. Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of …

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the recent ruling by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja regarding the case of Nnamdi Kanu, the …

Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has sharply criticized the conviction and life sentence handed down to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing the judgment as a confirmation of long-standing concerns …

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in the Benin Republic to release Nigerian travel journalist Mathew Ojoduma, who has been detained on terrorism charges since January …

Justice James Omotosgo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the suspended Professor of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Cyril Ndifon, of the offence of sexual …

Stephen Enoch The Resource Center for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has called on President Tinubu to halt what it described as an unsustainable borrowing trajectory. This call was …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 54-year-old man, Mr. Edward Odega, for allegedly defiling his three daughters in Delta State. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the …

Popular Yoruba actor, Mr Olanrewaju Omiyinka, who is popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been released from prison. Fellow actor and close associate, Yomi Fabiyi, announced Baba Ijesha’s release on …

Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto Sokoto State Government has on Thursday issued a strong call for urgent inclusion of thousands of neglected communities as it hailed the European Union (EU) and the …