Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Rights

November 14, 2022

My husband squandered house rent, divorce-seeking woman tells court

The woman said that she had given her husband money to pay one year’s rent, but he ended up paying for six months.

Court room used to illustrate the story
November 14, 2022

2023: Court nullifies APC Akwa Ibom guber primaries

Presiding Judge Agatha Okeke ordered that a fresh primary election be conducted within 14 days.

November 14, 2022

Buhari Regime: IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s case adjourned indefinitely 

“But when I called the office, they said the defendant (Mr Kanu) declined to come to court, and all entreaties to make him come were unsuccessful,” the lawyer claimed.

IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu and President Muhammadu Buhari
November 12, 2022

27 years after execution, group honours Saro Wiwa at COP27

The Nigerian military junta executed Mr Saro Wiwa and eight others on November 10, 1995, for their environmental activism over the oil exploration in the Ogoni area of the Niger Delta.

November 11, 2022

UN Rights Council inquiry hears testimonies on killing of Al Jazeera journalist

Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while trying to report on an arrest operation by Israeli Security Forces in the northern occupied West Bank.

Shireen Abu Aqla
November 11, 2022

Civil Defence nabs man for defiling two minors in Calabar

Mr Eremi, who said that the incident happened on November 2, added that the suspect had carnal knowledge of the minors, aged 12 and 10.

NSCDC nabs four suspected vandals
November 11, 2022

Taliban moral ministry bans Afghan women from visiting parks

The Taliban said they respected women’s rights in accordance with their interpretation of Islamic law.

November 11, 2022

2023 Campaigns: Candidates not talking about police brutality, other human rights issues, says NHRC

Mr Ojukwu decried the level of hate speech mudslinging that has crept into political campaigns ahead of the 2023 general elections.

November 11, 2022

South Korean president condemned for banning journalists from plane

President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been criticized for attacking press freedom following the ban of the MBC TV crew from the country’s presidential plane press pool

Yoon Suk Yeol
November 10, 2022

UN General Assembly adopts resolution against child abuse

UN member states have adopted a resolution making November 18 the World Day for Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence.