Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has filed a N2 billion rights enforcement suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Background: The EFCC had frozen some accounts belonging to the former first lady, claiming that the funds were proceeds of corruption. Mrs Jonathan in a statement to President Muhammadu Buhari had said... Read More

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August 29, 2017

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BREAKING: Judgement on Kidnapper Evans’ human rights suit stalled

A Federal High court in Lagos on Tuesday adjourned the suit seeking for the fundamental rights enforcement of alleged kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known an Evans to September 5. The court had fixed Tuesday to deliver its judgment. The court fixed a new date after the police brought applications seeking to set aside the delivering of... Read More

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July 22, 2016

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Philip Obaji Jr, 2015 Future Awards Africa Young Person of the year winner, attends the International Human Rights Training program in Canada

Philip Obaji Jr winner of The Future awards Africa was among the participants at the 37thInternational Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) which held from June 5 – 24, 2016 in Montreal, Canada. The IHRTP was designed to build capacity within participants to undertake more effective human rights education. The emphasis throughout the Program is on... Read More

Amnesty International to Buhari: ‘Probe human rights abuse in North East’

Amnesty International has urged Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to independently investigate allegations of human right abuses by the Nigeria military. The call from AI came shortly after President Buhari addressed the European union parliament. A statement urging Nigeria to investigate the allegations of human right infringements and war crimes, was released on Wednesday, by the human... Read More

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December 2, 2015

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Free speech threatened? Senate says you may spend 2 years in jail for abusive tweets

Is the end looming for freedom of speech on social media? A bill seeking a two-year jail term or N4,000,000 fine- for any person who publishes any statement or petition in the newspaper against another person, institutions of government or any public office holder- passed through second reading in the Senate on Tuesday, December 1. The bill... Read More

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December 23, 2013

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Opinion: My open letter to Senator David Mark

by Stephen Chukwuma Mr. Senate President, does the term “human rights are universal” mean anything to you and your colleagues at all? While the world is progressing in advancing human rights, we are constantly going several steps backwards because you and your colleagues have become mouth piece for the Lord and have failed to do... Read More

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