Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, has identified electoral violence, hate speech and political innumeracy as some of the major threats capable of undermining the 2019 general elections.
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The Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, made the call on Wednesday in Abuja in commemoration of the 2018 World Day against Death Penalty.
Three weeks after the alleged murder of a student, Abdullahi Abbati, the Police Command in Sokoto State said it would fully investigate the case and bring those responsible to justice.
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja
Anthony Ojukwu, the NHRC Executive Secretary, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, Borno State on Saturday
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu, disclosed this on Thursday in Yola at a two-day interface with the government agencies with protection mandate in Adamawa.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when a National Human Rights Commission delegation, led by its Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, paid him a courtesy visit
The Zonal Coordinator of the commission in Plateau, Veronica Abe, made the commission’s position known in a statement on Wednesday in Jos.
The lawmakers made the position known on Friday at a news conference addressed by the Spokespersons of the Senate and House of Representatives, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi and Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, in Abuja
Tony Ojukwu, the Executives Secretary of the commission, said this in Yola at a 3-day Mid-Term Review Meeting of the IDP Protection Monitoring Project for North- East.
The audit would also include all detention cells of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
The tweet, at 6:25am, read: “On WhatsApp, 2nd Niger Bridge is done, Onitsha-Enugu Motorway is carpeted, Enugu-PH Motorway, paved…. On #PlanetReality it’s all a joke.”
The NHRC Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri
Odinkalu, who is the former Chairman, National Human Rights Commission, said the frequency of killings in recent times was a source of grave concern to citizens and all people who wish Nigeria well.
Some of the soldiers made the call in Maiduguri on Saturday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria at a workshop organised by the commission in partnership with United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
The Consul General of the United States of America in Nigeria, John Bray, made this known on Thursday in Lagos at a 2018 World Press Freedom Day event
Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
It will be recalled that operatives of the Department of State Security Services, allegedly acting on intelligence, raided the building resulting in the death of eight people while 11 others sustained injuries.
Hauwa Salihu, the NHRC’s Zonal Coordinator, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that out of the 46 cases, 26 were completed while 20 were ongoing.
The Acting Executive Secretary of the commission, Oti Ovrawah, made the call in Abuja on Friday in a statement signed by Fatimah Mohammad, the commission’s Head of Media.