HUMAN RIGHTS
Police Commission Demands Immediate Investigation Into Shooting, Killing Of Lagos Lawyer
Lawyer The Police Service Commission (PSC) has called on police leadership to immediately, commence an investigation into the shooting and...
Read moreOutrage As Policeman Kills Lagos Lawyer On Christmas Day
There was visible outrage across Nigeria’s media space as a trigger-happy Policeman shot dead a Lagos-based female lawyer, Bolanle...
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Southern Kaduna Killings: Again SOKAPU Accuses Soldiers of Complicity
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has again called on the military authority to investigate the alleged involvement of soldiers...
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Bauchi Government Set to Arraign Civil Servant For Blasphemy
The Bauchi State government will on Monday arraign a Christian woman, Rhoda Ya’u Jatau for Blasphemy and cybercrime, according to...
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3,167 Inmates On Death Row, 52,178 Awaiting Trial In Nigerian Prisons
There are 3,167 inmates on death row, spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Mr. Umar Abubakar said in Abuja on...
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Reuters Report: Women Coalition Condemns Alleged Secret Mass Abortion Program By The Nigerian Army.
A coalition of women civil society groups, WOMANIFESTO has called for an investigation of the allegation by Reuters that the...
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Breaking: Kano Court Sentences Islamic Cleric To Death For Blasphemy
A Kano Upper Shariah Court has on Thursday sentenced the embattled Islamic cleric Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara to death by hanging...
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Again, Reuters Report Accuse Nigerian Army Of Killing At Least Sixty Children In Anti-Boko Haram Operations
A Reuters investigation released Monday reports that Nigeria’s military has killed at least 60 children since 2009 as part of the nation’s...
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Two Undergraduates Sentenced To Death For Murder
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin and presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf on Tuesday sentenced two students,...
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U.N. Secretary-General Calls On Nigeria To Investigate Report Of Forced Abortions
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Nigerian authorities to investigate allegations of systemic and coerced abortions reportedly perpetrated by...
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