British-Nigerian pastor, Jide Macaulay, has kicked against the death sentence handed to three men found guilty of homosexuality in Bauchi, Nigeria. The three men including a 70-year-old were sentenced to...
A Nigerian human rights lawyer caused a stir at the Supreme Court in Abuja today, June 23, when he attended proceedings in the apex court in his traditional worshipper’s regalia....
A Nigerian man has taken to Twitter to lament being unfairly treated after a military officer forcefully cut his hair at a checkpoint in Kaduna. The Twitter user identified as...
Nigerian actor turned politician, Desmond Elliot, has reacted to the Federal Government’s decision to ban Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. On Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced...
Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi has finally staged the much-publicized protest to demand the release of his embattled colleague, Baba Ijesha, who was arrested for allegedly defiling a minor. The actor, who has...
A federal grand jury has indicted Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers on charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the arrest that led to his...
It has been reported that the petition asking the United Kingdom to sanction the federal government and public officials for human rights abuses over the #EndSARS protest has received over...
Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz has written a letter to President Buhari calling for the reconstitution of the governing council of the National Human Rights Commission. In his letter,...
Iranian authorities have sentenced a human rights lawyer to 33 years in jail and 148 lashes for campaigning against making headscarves compulsory for women. Nasrin Sotoudeh, 55, a prominent Iranian human...
The National Human Rights Commission, the country’s agency responsible for the protection and enforcement of human rights in Nigeria, through its Executives Secretary, Anthony Ojukwu, recently reported that the Commission...
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