Nigeria, May 26 -- A civil society group, Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), has launched an online platform for tracking human rights violations. The Executive Director of KDI, Bukola Idowu, said... Read More
Nigeria, May 26 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwarinpa, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted fresh bail to an Abuja pastor accused of raping a 14-year-old. The court granted the 39-year-... Read More
Nigeria, May 22 -- A suit has been filed to challenge the provision of the Electoral Act that bars anyone from questioning the result of an election on grounds of the winner's qualifications, includin... Read More
Nigeria, May 21 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday turned attention to the peculiar challenges of the elderly people, equipping its staff with the needed skills to protect the... Read More
Nigeria, May 20 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday held a workshop for its staff members to combat human rights violations in the digital space. According to the Executive Se... Read More
Nigeria, May 20 -- Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), demanding that the xenophobic violence in South Africa be officially decl... Read More
Nigeria, May 19 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Monday that it recorded 266,787 complaints of human rights violations, a 10,655 increase compared to the month of March. The NHRC g... Read More
Nigeria, May 19 -- The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered Nigeria to decongest its overcrowded correctional facilities. In its judgement delivered on Friday, the court directed the Nigerian governme... Read More
Nigeria, May 18 -- Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Monday, failed to appear before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High ... Read More
Nigeria, May 18 -- A forensic examiner told the FCT High Court in Abuja on Monday that a passport with the name, Tali Shani, presented in a London property ownership case involving senior lawyer Mike ... Read More