Thursday, November 12, 2026

Rights

October 8, 2020

#EndSARS: Lagos CP leads officers to attack overnight protesters

Hakeem Odumosu led his men to break makeshift tents and confiscate vehicles as protests to end the brutal squad continue in Lagos.

Police
October 6, 2020

Nigerian prison official dies by suicide after passing three exams without promotion

Alfred Bassa took lethal Sniper pesticide to protest injustice in the Nigerian Correctional Service, a month before he was to get married.

Alfred Bassa, an assistant superintendent of prisons
October 4, 2020

#EndSARS: Saraki, Buhari minister, others fume as rogue officers intensify attacks on Nigerians

The unit is blamed for perpetrating armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, blackmail, racketeering and even murder.

Special Anti-Robbery Squad
October 3, 2020

Police inspector kills civilian in Abuja beer parlour

“The officer drank burukutu and threatened to kill someone before he shot Mr. John multiple times without provocation,” a witness said.

Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu
October 3, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army releases cheques to families of 218 soldiers killed by Boko Haram

While the disbursement brings succour to families, it nonetheless undercuts official narrative on military casualties.

Nigerian Army Headquarters. [PHOTO CREDIT: Civil Military Affairs]
September 28, 2020

Assault: Elisha Abbo blames Nigerians for N50 million judgement

A federal court asks the Nigerian senator to pay N50 million in damages for assaulting a woman at an adult toy shop.

Senator Elisha Abbo
September 28, 2020

Court awards N50 million against Senator Abbo for assault

The Nigerian senator was caught on camera assaulting a nursing mother at an adult toy shop.

Senator Elisha Abbo
September 26, 2020

Farouq’s jail sentence ‘disgraceful’, UNICEF, Holocaust Museum tell Buhari

A Sharia panel in Nigeria’s Northwest finds the 13-year-old guilty of blasphemy and sentences him to 10 years’ imprisonment.

President Buhari -2
September 23, 2020

NHRC inaugurates coronavirus-compliant primary school building in Imo

The classroom block has six modern toilets, a borehole and a power generating set.

National Human Rights Commission
September 21, 2020

Court fines businessman N10,000 for attempted rape of 10-year-old

The decision could anger gender rights advocates who argue that courts are not doing enough to deter gender-based violence.

Rape photo used to illustrate this story