Human Rights
SERAP Sues Tinubu, Fagbemi Over ‘missing’ ₦5.4 Trillion IMF Loan
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Bola Tinubu and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef...
Sudan: UN Report Reveals Ethnic Killings in Darfur by RSF
In a distressing report to the United Nations (UN) Security Council, UN experts have accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied...
“Consensual same-sex conduct should never be criminalized” – UN Human Rights, Others Condemn Ghana’s Anti-LGBTQ Bill
The recent anti-LGBTQ bill passed in Ghana criminalizing LGBTQ+ identification has stirred an uproar as rights groups and others condemn the bill, viewing...
Just In: Ghana Passes Anti-LGBTQ Law, Stipulates Five-year Jail Term for Offenders
The Ghanaian Parliament has approved the anti-LGBTQ bill, which prohibits LGBT activities, making it illegal to promote, advocate, or sponsor them. According to...
Ogun Police Parades Innocent Man As Cultist
Police brutality continues to be a social-political concern, despite youths’ commitment in October 2020 to end abuse of power by public security agencies...
Prof Tarfa, Kano State govt, to settle custody of 16 Christian orphaned children out of court
A Kano State High Court has asked the management of Du Merci orphanage and the state government to settle out of court the...
Court Sets March 19 for Ruling on Nnamdi Kanu’s Bail Request
The Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled March 19, 2024, as the date for ruling on the fresh bail application filed by...
Police allegedly arrest about 150 people in Kuchigoro, FCT Abuja
A police division in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, allegedly arrested about 150 people in the Kuchigoro area of the FCT on...
Over 6 million people have been displaced by the war in Congo
The terrifying series of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has killed thousands of people and millions displaced. Families who have...
EFCC arrest students, suspected internet fraudsters in night raid
An ‘illegal night raid’ was conducted by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and a total of...
Police arrest Fulani Muslim convert in Abuja
Evangelist Musa Bello, a Fulani convert has been arrested and detained by the Nigerian Police in Abuja. The arrest, which is believed to...
Congo: Rebels Bomb Displacement Camp, Three Dead, Thousands Flee
Eastern Congo’s North Kivu province witnessed a grim escalation in violence as a group of rebels attacked a displacement camp, resulting in the...