MRA with support from International Freedom of Expression Exchange and Safety and Justice Grant held a workshop for 23 female journalists in Abuja.
A report stated that sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the previous year.
“The time for urgent, coordinated action on the state of corrections in Nigeria is now,” the group said.
The panel examined the gaps in alternatives to imprisonment such as fines, compensation, community service, probation and parole.
The National Human Rights Commission has issued an advisory on the dignity of the human person in aviation operations in Nigeria.
A civil society organisation known as Connected Development has called for the domestication of the Freedom of Information Act in Rivers.
The National Human Rights Commission in Kano reported receiving 149 complaints of alleged human rights abuses in July.
At least 1,844 people were killed in the South-East between January 2021 and June 2023, Amnesty International Nigeria revealed in its latest report.
KWAM 1, an ally of the president, had breached airport security and held a passenger aircraft hostage penultimate Tuesday.
Ms Emmanson “has been actually released from prison custody today” said the aviation minister.
