For two decades, the United States has stood with Nigeria in the fight against HIV/AIDS under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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Aboki gave the advice while addressing senior police officers in the Command, on Friday.
A non-governmental organisation in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has released a report on petty offence violations in the country, revealing deep societal challenges and the need for reforms.
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has accused the Nigeria Police Force of illegal arrest and long detention of his client, Langwa Breshnev.
The Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC) Solomon Arase has expressed worry about the about cases of human rights abuses against police officers, declaring that the operatives have no business in issues relating to land matters or debt collection.
The Commandant, National Defence College Nigeria, Rear Admiral Murtala Bashir, said this during a workshop.
The police are to pay Yusuf Adepoju and Muddathir Kewdirorun the compensation for abusing their fundamental rights.
The suit was instituted by 11 female Muslim Students of University of Ibadan International School Ibadan (ISI) over use of Hijab.
This, the group said is to justify the 1st January Gregorian holiday declared annually by the Federal Government (FG).
It entails understanding of emotional intelligence, mental health, data protection, human rights, and public engagement.
Falana said this while speaking in support of the establishment of additional campuses of the Nigerian Law School.
The AIG gave the charge while addressing officers at the State Police Command Headquarter during a familiarisation tour of the Command
To help achieve its objective, the company announced the launch of HP PATH (Partnership and Technology for Humanity), an innovative accelerator programme that will invest in local initiatives and partnerships to address challenges in underserved communities around the world focused on education, healthcare and the creation of economic opportunities.
In a statement on Monday, the non-governmental organisation said the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day presents the government and other stakeholders in Nigeria the opportunity to take action to improve on the country’s appalling record of repression of the media and journalists.
Available evidence on the ground shows increasing violence, insecurity and abductions, leading inevitably to arbitrary deprivation of lives and many other human rights abuses, and illustrating the troubling gap between Mr. Buhari’s promise and action.
Olajengbesi was reacting to a judgement by a Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, which awarded the sum of N5 million as general damages for the abuse of rights of one of his clients, Adetola Abdulazeez.
Okewale-Sonaiya, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said Uzoma was an “encyclopaedia of everything human rights.
The UN chief, in his message to mark Human Rights Day observed on Thursday, called for human rights to be put “front and centre” of COVID-19 response and recovery globally in order to achieve a better future for people everywhere.
There was a further intensification of repression of human rights, including the right to peaceful assembly, in October when #EndSARS protesters participating in demonstrations to end police violence and corruption were reportedly harassed, intimidated, attacked and killed in several parts of Nigeria.
The protesters, who wanted Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo to address them, however waited endlessly, but the governor did not.