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Olanipekun Establishes Human Rights Centre for Vulnerable Citizens

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) ,Chief Wole Olanipekun has donated a Human…

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Aisha Oyebode

Chibok! 89 girls still missing, 12 years after- Aisha Oyebode

“It is now a metaphor for neglect—of responsibility, of accountability, and of…

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Appeal

Appeal Court indicts PenCom over wrongful sack of 20 workers

...orders PenCom to pay six months salaries, one month in lieu of…

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2020

African court to deliver judgement on Tanzania’s 2020 elections March 6

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) will tomorrow,…

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Seminar

Dame Umeoji to speak at Zenith Bank’s International Women’s Day Seminar

Zenith Bank Plc will commemorate the 2026 International Women’s Day with a…

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Global

Human rights under global threat -Guterres

The United Nations(UN) Secretary General, Antonio Gueterres on Monday warned that human…

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El-Rufai

Group calls for investigations into human right abuses under El-Rufai as Kaduna gov

A group known as Kaduna Victims Coalition(KVC) has called for investigations into…

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extortion

Lawyer demands probe of prison officers over extortion of inmates

A legal practitioner, Mr Bala Dakum, has asked the Nigerian Correctional Service…

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Camp

Nozomi Ikuta: From US concentration camp legacy to freedom campaigner

By Owei Lakemfa Liam Conejo Ramos, five, a preschooler at Colombia Heights…

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100m

Family of late Shell engineer seeks $100m compensation for medical negligence

Fifteen years after his death in a questionable medical circumstances, the family…

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Coup

Alleged coup: Release detained soldiers or charge before military tribunal – Falana

Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana SAN has called on the…

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Apartheid

Ilorin’s Growing Religious Apartheid

By Bamidele Johnson I just drove past a shrine to Ogun, the…

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