The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear a major human rights case filed by human ...

A human rights lawyer, Barrister Ikechukwu Obasi, has raised an alarm, calling on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately ...

Many of those who benefit from Nigeria’s political economy, not least the police, detest Sowore. Instigation for his arrest could have a variety of sources, not necessarily including the presidency.

New Working Group Should Center Oversight and AccountabilityThe United States Africa Command has recently disclosed a small troop deployment to Nigeria to support the country's security forces. This ...

A Nigerian migrant who threatened a British mother with a knife in front of her child has won a human rights case to stay in the UK. Olajide Shinaba, 32, was jailed for 11 months after he pulled a ...

A broad coalition of 24 Nigerian and international civil society organisations, including the Socio-Economic Rights and ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday criticized the Nigerian government’s failure to address the security crisis in the South-East region, which led to the deaths of 1,844 people between January 2021 ...

A United Nations panel said four international oil companies breached human rights obligations by selling their assets in Nigeria before carrying out remediation for damage caused by their oil spills ...

Amnesty International (AI) has called on Nigerian journalists to embrace human rights-focused reporting as a tool to promote justice, equity, and national unity. Micheal Christian, the Social Media ...

The United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) have pledged their support for efforts aimed at strengthening human rights protection in the country. They commended the effort of the National ...

The distinguished human rights non-governmental organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch has issued an anticipated report on Boko Haram and security force abuses in northern Nigeria; Spiraling Violence.