Tag: Human Rights
UNIOSUN Challenges Army Narrative on Assault Case
Osun State University has rejected parts of a statement issued by the Depot Nigerian Army in Osogbo, following allegations of sexual assault involving military...
Court Awards N200 Million Over Police Killing of Kabiru Babai
ABUJA, Nigeria (FN) The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded N200 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force over the unlawful killing...
Delta State Killer Policeman Plead Not Guilty
Five dismissed Nigerian police officers have pleaded not guilty in the case surrounding the killing of Warri musician Oghenemine Ogidi, known as OG Million....
Nigerian Family in UAE Gets Embassy Help After Deportation Plea
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Nigerian man from Akwa Ibom State who publicly cried out for help to fund his deportation...
‘They Came With Machetes’: Migrants Face Deadline to Leave South Africa
DURBAN, South Africa (FN) — Fear and uncertainty grip thousands of undocumented migrants in South Africa as a deadline set by anti-migrant protesters approaches,...
Nigerian Troops Free 360 Captives From Boko Haram Enclave
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian troops have rescued 360 elderly men, women, and children abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State, the military said...
CLTC Condemns Alleged Torture in FUTO Student’s Death, Launches Investigation Into...
OWERRI, Nigeria — The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre has condemned the alleged torture that led to the death of Chinedu Chibuzor Christogonus, a...
“Ogun Residents Protest Oyo Kidnapping, Demand School Closures”
ABEOKUTA, Nigeria — Hundreds of youths and mothers marched through Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday to protest worsening insecurity and the recent abduction of...
“Routine Security or Routine Intimidation? Ndibe’s Airport Detention”
LAGOS, Nigeria — Amnesty International has condemned the detention of Nigerian writer and journalist Okey Ndibe at Lagos’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport, describing it...
Xenophobic Violence in South Africa Leaves Several Dead
Violence linked to xenophobia has left several people dead and many others injured in South Africa, according to local reports. The unrest, which witnesses...
