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Rights

July 9, 2025

UN urges restraint in Kenya as fresh protests turn deadly

This week’s violence follows the deaths of 15 protesters and hundreds of injuries during demonstrations on June 25 in Nairobi and elsewhere.

Kenyan violent protest
July 9, 2025

Zamfara government pays N13.9 billion in gratuity debts

“I want to reiterate my administration’s commitment to ensuring effective reforms in the pension administration of state and local governments,” said the governor.

Dauda Lawal-Dare
July 8, 2025

Pharmacists demand judge’s withdrawal from leadership tussle suit

ACPN and its eight other members of the NEC and the FCT branch made the application in a preliminary objection filed to challenge the suit.

Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria
July 7, 2025

Over 1.4 million human rights violations recorded in six months: NHRC

He said that in June, the commission completed 6,000 investigations and visited correctional centres and places of visitation 78 times.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
July 4, 2025

NSCIA, CAN pledge action on GBV prevention, survivor justice

Attorney general of the federation Lateef Fagbemi urged faith-based leaders to encourage survivors to speak out.

CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh and Sultan of Sokoto
July 4, 2025

Sowore visits police station to see AGIS official falsely accused of leaking Wike’s land robbery to Peoples Gazette

“Wike should be the one under investigation for allocating public lands to his children, a clear criminal conduct, not Citizen Mairiga,” said Mr Sowore.

Mairiga Hassan Shaharu
July 4, 2025

Bayelsa: Nigerian high court judge abducted by kidnappers freed after 12 days

The abducted judge of the Bayelsa High Court, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, kidnapped on June 21, has regained his freedom.

Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro
July 3, 2025

Kaduna govt allocates N5 billion for women’s empowerment

These initiatives targeted 40,000 women and smallholder farmers in collaboration with the World Bank and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Rabi Salisu at the Nigeria For Women Project Scale-Up Summit
July 2, 2025

Civic groups call for protests, issue seven demands over Nyesom Wike’s looting of Abuja lands

“This is the ideology behind the self-aggrandising ‘Mr. Project’ Billboards that Wike and his cronies have used to litter the city of Abuja,” the group said.

Wike flanked by his sons, Jordan (left) and Joaquin (right)
July 2, 2025

Nwifuru demands capture of killers of 13 Ebonyi indigenes in Anambra

An online video which circulated on July 1 showed the mangled bodies of the victims at Ogboji in Orumba South LGA of Anambra.

Ebonyi state governor, Francis Nwifuru [Photo: Twitter]