report of the Presidential Investigation Panel on allegations of human rights violations against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
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The meeting took place on Friday.
The commission spoke in reaction to an announcement on Sunday by the Inspector General of a Police, Mohammed Adamu, dissolving the special squad.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the classroom block has six modern toilets, a borehole and a generator.
Odinkanlu blasted the Federal Government for its audacity in instructing private businesses not to increase prices of goods and services when it had in the last few months increased the rate of Value Added Tax, pump price of petrol and charges on Point of Sales and Automated Teller Machine transactions.
Bello, who is also the Chairperson of the Wives of Northern Governors Forum, made the call during the one-week campaign against rape and gender-based violence organised by the National Human Rights Commission and other Civil Society Organisations in Minna.
The Ebonyi State Coordinator of the Commission, Christopher Okorie, made the observation on Monday in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, during a road walk commencing the NHRC’s seven-day activism against gender violence.
The National Human Rights Commission on Monday called for thorough investigation into the allegations into a case of alleged torture, inhuman and degrading treatment of an official driver attached a Cross River State Magistrate.
The advice was given in a statement by Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary of the Commission, in Abuja in line with the enforcement of lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT
Tony Ojukwu, the Secretary, National Human Rights Commission said on Thursday that troops deployed for counter insurgency operations had the right to defend themselves against attacks by terrorists.
The National Human Rights Commission has re-iterated its commitment to rights of displaced persons affected by insurgency and other conflicts in the North East region.
The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, on Saturday called for intelligent policing in reforming Special Anti-Robbery Squad operations.
The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, said on Monday that 103 complaints of alleged human rights violations were received by the Presidential Panel on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
The Presidential Panel on SARS Reform, which began its public hearing in Lagos on Tuesday, November 13, ended its sitting on Saturday after listening to 36 cases.
A 50-year-old vigilante, Agbodemu Ishola, on Wednesday told the Presidential Panel on Special Anti-robbery Squad Reform that some members of SARS directly shot at him.
The Presidential Hearing on the Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad held its public sitting in Lagos on Tuesday with stakeholders calling on the Federal Government to equip and improve the welfare of the police.
The National Human Rights Commission has condemned the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, Ochanya Ochiga, by her guardian, Andrew Ogbuja of Benue State Polytechnic and his son, Victor Ogbuja.
Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, the Senior Team Manager, Africa Programme, Open Society Justice Initiative, has harped on the need for election results to be collated and transmitted digitally.
A 36-year-old Carpenter, Samuel Shiekuma, on Tuesday, told the Presidential Panel on the reform of Special Anti Robbery Squad, that one Comfort Hembe was allegedly electrocuted by the men of SARS.
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, said this on Monday in Abuja in his welcome remarks at the commencement of the panel’s public sitting