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May 12, 2025

Cases of attacks on journalists in Nigeria worsened in 2024: Report

Journalists in Nigeria face a myriad of safety and security challenges, including unlawful arrest, abduction, assault and prolonged detention.

Police attacking journalist
October 24, 2023

Kano recorded 1,547 alleged human rights abuses in 10 months: NHRC

Most of the cases were related to issues of women and gender, civil and political rights.

Kano Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf (Credit: Facebook)
August 15, 2023

Rights commission received 122 complaints in July in Kano: Official

The cases border on women’s rights, abandonment by family, sexual and domestic violence, rape, child labour, unlawful arrest, detention, and torture.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
July 5, 2023

Kano recorded 138 cases of rights abuses in two months: NHRC

The NHRC state coordinator, Shehu Abdullahi, in an interview, said 105 of the cases had been treated while the remaining 33 were pending.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

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