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U.S. warns of possible targeted killings should Russia invade Ukraine

The U.S. has warned the United Nations that it has credible information about the possibility of serious human rights violations…

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27 victims of police brutality get N147m compensation

The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday awarded N147million In compensation to 27 victims of police brutality. The panel is…

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President Buhari hails late De Klerk as ‘a remarkable moral force for change’

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of South Africa’s last white president, Mr. Frederik de Klerk, as ”the end…

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Nigeria has 10.6m cannabis users – NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized not less than two million kilogrammes of cocaine, heroin, other hard drugs…

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Full speech of President Buhari at UNGA76 on Friday

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 76TH…

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76th UN General Assembly opens in New York

UN Secretary-on Tuesday said the COVID-19 pandemic had proved to be the most challenging period the world had seen, as…

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Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer sues DSS for violation of human rights, demands for N50m

One of the lawyers defending the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra,(IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Maxwell Opara has…

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U.S. not eligible to act as judge of human rights

The U.S. Department of State recently released its annual “Trafficking in Persons Report,” arbitrarily and unscrupulously criticizing and smearing other…

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Nigerian troops not culpable in human rights abuses – Magashi

The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen Bashir Magashi, has debunked allegation of human rights violations by Nigerian troops in the…

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Human rights group mourns Mohammed Fawehinmi, says death shocking

The Centre for Human and Socioeconomic Rights says the demise of Mohammed Fawehinmi, eldest son of late legal icon and…

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