Tag: National Human Rights Commission
2023: Human Rights Commission to open register of hate speech
By Edith Nwapi The National Human Rights Commission is to establish a National Register against Hate Speech to promote normative…
Senate confirms Salamatu Suleiman as NHRC boss
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman as Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission by…
How police shot, killed my husband in my presence – Widow
"Aboy and I were eating when four men in police uniform forced their way into our house. They shot my…
Petitioner, Timothy Ogbeye, slumps while narrating ordeal in SARS custody
The petitioner had alleged that he was unlawfully arrested, detained and given degrading treatment by the SARS operatives
Police killed my son in my presence, Victoria Agori tells probe panel
A woman Victoria Agori has told a panel set up by the National Human Rights Commission how policemen in Rivers…
Sowore: Commission asks DSS to respect rule of law
Mr Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, has urged law enforcement agencies to abide by the rule of…
Sex scandal: Dogara to meet US Ambassador Thursday
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, will on Thursday meet with outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James…
Federal Government to pay families of Apo killing N10m each
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has awarded N10 million against Federal Government as compensation to each family of the…
Stripped women: Rights commission to punish the culprits
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will ensure that those involved in the alleged torture of a woman and her…
SSS opposes compensation for slain suspected terrorists
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The State Security Services, SSS, on Wednesday kicked against the demand by the National Tricycle Owners…
Rights commission probes demolitions in Western Nigeria
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday in Lagos began a four-day public inquiry into cases of demolitions and…
Nigerian rights body to probe evictions, demolition of houses
Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission said it would conduct public hearings into the demolition of houses and forced evictions by…
Amaechi reports police boss to rights commission
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Rivers state Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Friday explained his petition to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC,…
Baga Killings: Police deny indicting Nigerian military
Nigeria’s police authorities have denied a report claiming Nigerian soldiers fired indiscriminately at civilians in the April killings in Baga,…
Questions over jobs at Nigeria’s rights agency
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Questions are now being raised over a secret recruitment of workers by Nigeria’s National Human Rights…
Commission Raises Alarm Over Rising Cases of Rape
Professor Ben Angwe, the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called on Nigerians to report rape…
‘Violence Is A Violation Of Rights’
Violence against persons is a gross violation of the rights of that individual, says the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).…
Lawyer Alerts IGP On Tortures In Police Cells
The Inspector–General of Police (IGP), Mr. Hafiz Ringim, has been asked to put a stop to the various human right…