Lagos State chapter of Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to decongest prisons in the state before leaving office on May 29. Its Chairman, Comrade Alex Omotehinse gave the charge during a visit to the state government as part of activities to marking the group’s 30th anniversary yesterday.…

Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Akwa Ibom State branch, has blamed the abrupt postponement of the federal elections billed for Saturday, February 16, on inadequate preparation on the part of the electoral umpire. It expressed disappointment over the development, which it said negatively impacted the country’s economy. The chairman, Pius Ntuen, in…

A human rights activist and member of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Comrade Christian Njoku, has been allegedly shot and killed by policemen attached to the Ekpan police division in Delta State. According to the Delta State police spokesman, Andrew Aniamaka, the deceased was a member of a four-man robbery gang…

Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has called for a state of emergency on security following the recent killings of scores of Nigerians in Taraba, Benue, Kogi and Kaduna and Kwara states. The rights group said the wanton murders clearly reveal the disturbing level of “insensitivity to the value of life of Nigerians…

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has warned the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode to put on hold or scrap its recent pronouncement on full enforcement of the street ...