As Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to commemorate World Radio Day 2025, the National Human Rights Commission ...

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has pledged federal commitment to eradicating FGM, warning millions of Nigerian girls remain at ...

Access to safe abortion remains one of the most contested public health and human rights issues worldwide. The past few years have ...

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a stern warning to officers of the Nigeria Police Force against ...

I didn't expect to find children, let alone toddlers, in a state-run institution for adults in Kano, northern Nigeria. One of the them was Aisha, a girl between 3 and 4 years old, who lived there with ...

The year put Nigeria's commitment to democratic values--respect for human rights, the rule of law, and press freedom-- to test. With growing economic pressures resulting from high inflation and ...

Trump’s suspension of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act turns back the clock 50 years on global anti-corruption efforts.

New executive orders issued by the White House are set to further impact the cooperative, multilateral work of the United ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it received over two million human rights violation complaints in 2024.

These pressures tested Nigeria’s governance and shaped perceptions about the nation’s commitment to human rights and other democratic values. Data from the National Human Rights Commission ...

Now a potential restart of oil production Ogoniland region in southern Nigeria, where Shell halted its operations in 1993 ...

These provisions show that the Constitution, the legislature and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, to which Nigeria is a signatory, recognise the fundamental rights of the ...