Human Rights
Activists Warn Of Dire Consequences As FG Moves To Repeal The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act
Activists have raised concerns about the potential repeal of Nigeria’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, fearing it could undo years of progress...
Lagos Boarding School Fee Increment is Illegal – Human Rights Lawyer Falana
Human Rights Lawyer Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has condemned the recent increase in boarding school fees made by the Lagos...
No Monetary Value From Gold Is Worth Our Lives, Says Ghana’s TUC Vice
Vice Chairman of Ghana’s Trade Union Congress (TUC), Ken Tweneboah Kodua, have expressed disappointment in the government’s failure to impose a ban on...
AdvoKC Foundation Urges Kaduna Governor Uba Sani to Increase Women’s Empowerment Fund As Promised
AdvoKC Foundation, on Thursday, called on Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani to increase the Kaduna State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF), a pledge the...
Commonwealth Secretary-General Candidates Call for Reparations for Colonialism and Slavery
Three candidates for the Secretary-General position of the Commonwealth have called for financial reparations and “reparative justice” for former British colonies, but now...
Amnesty International Condemns ₦10m Bail For #EndBadGovernance Protesters
Amnesty International has condemned the Federal High Court’s decision to impose stringent bail conditions on 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters, who are facing charges of...
Court Demands ₦10 Million Bail for Each #EndBadGovernance Protesters
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to ten #EndBadGovernance protesters who were charged with treason, incitement to mutiny, and other...
NLC Demands Immediate Release of Ajaero, Says Arrest A Brazen Act of Lawlessness, A Bid to Silence Opposition
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of its president, Joe Ajaero, who was arrested by security...
Tanzania’s President Orders Investigation into Murder of Opposition Leader Doused in Acid
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has condemned the brutal killing of Mohamed Ali Kibao, a senior member of the opposition party Chadema. Kibao,...
JUST IN: After NLC Ajaero’s Arrest, Nigerian State Security Service Storm SERAP’s Office, Demands Director
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has raised the alarm over the “unlawful” invasion of its office in Abuja by operatives of the...
Herders Attacks Resume In Southwest As Governors Fail To Enforce Ban On Open-Grazing
On May 11, 2021, 17 governors in Nigeria’s Southern region converged in Asaba, Delta State, to discuss issues confronting the region, chief of...
Tinubu’s Regime Arraigns 10 #EndBadGovernance Protesters For Treason
On Monday, the President Bola Tinubu-led administration arraigned 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters before a Federal High Court in Abuja for treason. As earlier reported,...