Legal practitioners have backed the request by rights body, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project...

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) yesterday urged the Federal Government to immediately constitute the board of the National Human Rights Commission NHRC for effective human rights monitoring and protection. The coalition, under the auspices of Nigerian Human Rights CSOs on Universal Periodic Review (UPR), noted that the non-composition had impacted negatively on past…

Dissatisfied with the low application of human rights laws and non-observance of human rights in the country, stakeholders...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Gombe Office, has promised to put a machinery in motion to find solutions to the increasing cases of child labour in Gombe.

Ahead of today’s elections, The Human Rights Advancement and Development Centre (HURIDAC) has launched a human rights reporting platform for rights violations and abuses during the poll. The launch, the body said, was to forestall occurrence of humans rights abuses during the poll because of the importance of the election as it subjects those contesting…

A coalition of civil society groups under the aegis of the Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC) yesterday canvassed support for President Muhammadu...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the laying of siege on Abuja residence of Sen. Dino Melaye’s by the police, saying it violates his right and that of his family members.

A pro-democracy and non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the United Nations special rapporteur on extralegal execution and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe the murder of kingpin, Michael Adikwu. It condemned the secrecy surrounding the police handling of the suspected armed robbers that robbed banks recently…

The Presidential Panel on SARS Reform, which began its public hearing in Lagos on Tuesday, Nov. 13, ended its sitting on Saturday after listening to 36 cases.

In just about three months to the 2019 election, there are strong indications that foreigners would be a determining factor in deciding the fate of the coming poll.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has confirmed that it is looking into the alleged illegal killing of 492 Shiites by the army and the police between 2014 and 2018.

Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants, (CURE-Nigeria), a non-governmental organization yesterday declared Kano state as the state...