Betrayed! Lagos accused of secretly handing abused child to suspected child trafficker
A shocking Freedom of Information (FoI) request has levelled grave allegations against the Lagos State Government and Police Command, accusing them of conspiring to secretly hand over a 10-year-old trafficking…
Police rescues 12 Children stolen from Imo, trafficked to Aba for street begging
The Imo State Police Command has rescued twelve vulnerable children from the clutches of a child trafficking ring, thereby exposing a vast network of criminals exploiting minors. Acting on credible…
Enugu: Court remands three Oriokpa masqueraders in prison for public assaults
An Enugu Magistrate Court has remanded three masqueraders in prison custody following violent attacks on members of the public during the celebration of the ‘Oriokpa’ Masquerade festival. Emeka Eze (33),…
Imo: Teenage girl visually impaired by guardian rescued by human rights group
A group, “Stand For Humanity Foundation” has rescued 13-year-old Favour Nuhu from her guardian, Mrs. Joyce Onyinye (30), who allegedly caused the impairment of her right eye through maltreatment. Founder…
Security Operatives Brutalize Journalist, Seize His Phone At First Lady’s Empowerment Program
Efecha Gold, a reporter with Golden Nation Multimedia, has narrated how the security personnel harassed and brutalized him while covering the Renewed Hope Initiative agricultural empowerment program organized by…
CD/HURIDE Flays NAFDAC Over Alleged Extortion of Onitsha Drug Market Traders
The Human Rights Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’Foundation (HURIDE) and Campaign for Democracy (CD), South East Zone have unequivocally condemned the exploitative and extortionist tendencies of the National Agency…
Kinsmen torture man to death, abandon corpse after doctor pronounced him dead
…Imo CP orders probe The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has launched an investigation into the brutal killing of Chibugo Amadi, a resident of Umuora village in…
ECOWAS Court orders Ghana to pay $75,000 for detaining 30 unlawfully
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Government of Ghana to pay $75,000 in damages to 30 members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation over their prolonged and…
Police in Imo demote officer for assaulting traveler in viral video
The Imo State Police Command has demoted a sergeant, Anayo Ekezie for assaulting a road traveller using a smoke gunner along the Owerri-Aba Expressway. The Command also announced the…
Midnight Raid: Police accused of rights violation on Abia family, as RULAAC demand probe
Human rights group, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has called for an urgent investigation into the alleged abduction-style arrest and detention of a family by police…
Police officers steal ₦350,000 from traveller at checkpoint in Imo
Operatives attached to the Imo State Police Command have allegedly stolen over ₦350,000 from a traveler during a stop-and-search operation at the Awogwu Logara junction, locally known as “Big…
Police detain social media influencer for criticizing Borno government official
The Borno state police has arrested Sultan Usman, a social media activist, for criticising Adam Bababe, the executive secretary of the state geographical information service, over flood prevention measures…
“Tell Your Papa”: Banning a song for criticizing Govt, unlawful – Amnesty
Amnesty International has accused Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of violating fundamental human rights by banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s politically charged song “Tell Your Papa”, calling the move a “blatant…
Kano rejects ECOWAS court ruling on blasphemy laws
The Kano government has reacted to the ECOWAS court judgement which declared the state’s blasphemy laws as human rights violations. The state government said it has every right to…
Protesters, journalists beaten up in Rivers, activists arrested in Yobe —Amnesty Int’l
A leading human rights group, Amnesty International, has expressed concerns over “attacks” on protesters in Abuja and Port Harcourt. Daily Trust reports that protesters under the aegis of Take…