Uzodimma slams ENTRACO for recklessness, suspends operations
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of all field operations by the Imo State Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO) and its affiliated task forces.…
Police go after six men who brutalised woman in Imo
The Imo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for six men who allegedly brutalised a 55-year-old woman, Mrs. Agu Ndidiamaka, for assisting the police in an investigation. The…
Nigeria Must Investigate Human Rights Violations In South-East – Amnesty Int’l
Amnesty International says Nigerian authorities must begin to address the security crisis in the South-East region of the country. In a statement it released in Enugu on Tuesday, the…
Withdraw cybercrime charges against Sowore, SERAP, Amnesty urge Tinubu
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and Amnesty International Nigeria have asked President Bola Tinubu to order the withdrawal of criminal charges filed against activist Omoyele Sowore, as well as…
Tiger Base: Rights group demands justice over death of trader in police custody
The Rule of Law and Advocacy Center (RULAAC) has demanded justice over the death of a trader, Mr. Japhet Njoku, who allegedly died from torture while in the custody…
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…





















