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Rights Watch

With the increase incidences of the Nigerian Government abuse of human rights, we launch this column to track reports of abuse of power by security agencies under President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Tyranny: Police Disperse ‘Free El-Zakzaky’ Protesters With Tear Gas, Live Bullets

Ima Matthew | Sub Editor -
Concerned Nigerians, a political pressure group, convened by Deji Adeyanju, joined a group of human rights activists and supporters of the Islamic Movement of...
Government

Lagos: One Shot As Gov Ambode Forcefully Evicts 4,000 From Lekki Community #OtodoGbame

Hope Sampson | Sub Editor -
At about 5am on Sunday, April 9, 2017, a crack team of armed policemen, a Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Enforcement...
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Tyranny: Anti-Robbery Squad Arrests Blogger On The Orders Of Kogi Governor

Kenneth Ebelemi | Sub Editor -
A civil rights organisation, Kogi Renaissance Group (KRG) has condemned the arrest and detention of a renowned blogger and fierce critic, Austin Okai, on...
Government

CAN Demands Apology From DSS Over Illegal Detention Of Christian Leaders

Pius Godsday | Politics Reporter -
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has demanded that the Department of State Services should tender a written apology to four members, Board Trustees...
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13 UNILAG Students Remanded In Kirikiri Following Protest At TVC

Agency Reports -
A Special Offences Mobile Court in Oshodi, Lagos, on Saturday, April 1, 2019 remanded 13 students of the University of Lagos in Kirikiri Prisons...
News

Gambia: A Look Inside Yahya Jammeh’s Notorious Mile 2 Prison

Wires | The Trent -
The walls were once painted white. And, in its past life, the floor was a layer of smooth cement. But the walls have turned...
Impact

Coalition Of Civil Society Groups Stage Solidarity Rally For Amnesty International (PHOTOS)

Ekemini Ekwere | News Reporter -
A large coalition of civil society groups, led by Jude Ndukwe and Ariyo Dare-Atoye, conveners of the group, staged a solidarity rally in support...
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Sponsored Attacks On Amnesty International: An Extension Of Raging State Terror In Nigeria

Intersociety | Human Rights Advocacy -
The leaderships of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law, Intersociety, and Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations, SBCHROs, are deeply...
News

Police Commissioner Claims Woman Brutalised In Ekiti Assaulted Policeman (PHOTOS)

Agency Reports -
Abdullahi Chafe, the Ekiti state police commissioner said Toyin Adeyeye, the woman who was beaten by policemen at a checkpoint  in Ado Ekiti, the...
Editor’s Pick

Nigerian Journalist Granted Leave To Give Oral Evidence In Case Against Customs Service

Agency Reports -
A federal high court in Lagos on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 allowed oral evidence in a suit filed by a journalist, Otunba Olomofe, against...
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