HUMAN RIGHTS
Nigeria’s Human Rights History, July 12–18
There is something unsettling about the calendar. Turn to almost any week of the year in Nigeria's modern history, and...
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Man Remanded In Prison After Viral Video Exposed Alleged Abuse Of 18-Year-Old Partner in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and arraigned a man identified as Emeka Joseph over allegations of domestic violence...
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This Day in History: Remembering the Obafemi Awolowo University Massacre
Twenty-five years ago, in the early hours of July 10, 1999, a death squad numbering an estimated forty members of...
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Court Orders Nigeria Police To Prosecute Sergeant, Pay N200Million For 2021 Killing Of Truck Driver Babai In Osun
The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded ₦200 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force over the unlawful killing...
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Irigwe Nation Buries Nine Killed in Kauru Attack, Renews Calls for Justice in Southern Kaduna
The Irigwe Nation on Saturday held a mass burial for nine victims of a June 16, 2026 attack by suspected...
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Amnesty Condemns Horrific Mob Killing of Mother of 5 in Kaduna; Alleges Police Handed Victim to Crowd
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has strongly condemned the horrific mob killing of Malama Ummulkhairi, a mother of five, who...
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Armed Thugs Disrupt Protest Over Kidnapped Pupils in Oyo, Police Look Away
Suspected thugs wielding guns, machetes, and other weapons on Tuesday attacked peaceful protesters in Ibadan who had marched to demand...
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Dismissed ASP Nuhu Usman, Four Others Remanded Over Extrajudicial Killing of Delta Suspect
A Delta State High Court has ordered five dismissed police officers, including former Assistant Superintendent of Police Nuhu Usman, to...
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Man Sentenced To Death Over Murder Of Passenger in Anambra
An Anambra High Court, presided over by Justice Lauretta Oyeka, has sentenced a commercial tricycle rider, Makuachukwu Ezike, to death...
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WHY IS THE ICC BURYING THE NIGERIA CASE
By Janet H. Anderson Words like “unusual”, “dangerous”, “betrayal” are being used by NGOs monitoring the International Criminal Court (ICC), in a...
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