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Two years after, victims of Abuja raids get justice as court rules against FCT authorities

AFTER litigation that dragged for more than two years, an Abuja Federal High Court has delivered judgment in favour of victims of the infamous...
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ENDSARS: FG ignores call to reconstitute Governing Council for NHRC, sets up investigative panel

THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set up an investigative panel into police brutality in Nigeria. This is despite calls by Nigerians to the...
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Nigerian musician, Falz writes Buhari to constitute NHRC Governing Council

FOLARIN Falana, a Nigerian musician popularly known as FALZ, has written an open letter to the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari over the non-existence of...
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Anambra lock down killing: Group raises alarm over alleged plot by police to cover up

A Civil Society Organisation, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) says the Nigerian Police, Anambra State Command are attempting to cover up...
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Buhari’s administration has been sensitive to issues of human rights – Lai Mohammed claims

THE minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, in an interview with Tim Sebastian of Deutsche Welle (DW) on Wednesday, stated that the President...
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ECOWAS, CDD, UNOWAS, NHRC advocate right to education for disabled, displaced persons

THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Centre for Democracy Development (CDD), the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)...
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Sowore: Suspected thugs attack protesters in Abuja

PROTESTERS including rights activists, Deji Adeyanju were on Monday attacked by men suspected to be hoodlums during a street march against the ‘unlawful detainment’...
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Just less than 100, 000 Nigerians are sympathetic to Sowore—Adesina

FEMI Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday says less than 100, 000 Nigerians are actually concerned about...
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