HUMAN RIGHTS
Breaking: Police Arrest Niger Delta Activist Daniel Ezekiel in Abuja Days After Cybercrime Petition Names Him
Activist, who has accused Tompolo and Tantita of abuses, says he does not know who the men were. Police yet...
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37 Suspected Illegal Miners Die in NSCDC Custody in Niger State; Separate Pit Collapse in Taraba Leaves 20 Feared Dead
Nigeria is reeling from two mining-related tragedies this week after 37 suspected illegal miners died in the custody of the...
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Wife of Missing Globacom Manager Demands Answers, 16 Months After His Disappearance in Imo State
The wife of a missing Globacom roll-out manager has renewed calls on the telecommunications company, the Nigeria Police Force, and...
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NBA Gboko Branch Secures ₦500 Million in Damages for Lawyer Assaulted by Police
A Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi has awarded ₦500 million ($500,000,000.00) in general and exemplary damages to a...
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Kaduna Police Storm JKD TV/Hamada Radio, Arrest Staff in Hunt for Journalist Zainab Yabagi
Police stormed the offices of JKD TV/Hamada Radio Network in Millennium City, Kaduna, in what Amnesty International has denounced as...
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Police Kill Young Man in Port Harcourt, Strip Him of Valuables — Amnesty Demands Independent Probe
Nigeria's police have come under fresh scrutiny following the fatal shooting of Anthony Obodo, a young man allegedly killed by...
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DSS DG orders operatives not to arrest anyone over civil matters
The Director-General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, said it has directed operatives of the agency not to...
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NHRC Backs State Police, Demands Strict Human Rights Safeguards
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has backed calls for the establishment of state police in Nigeria, insisting that decentralization...
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Borno Families Mark 100 Days of Anguish as 78 Abducted Schoolchildren Remain Missing
Families of dozens of schoolchildren abducted from two communities in Borno State took to the streets of Uba town on...
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
August 23-29 in Nigeria's Human Rights History From one general's rise and, exactly eight years later, the same general's fall,...
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