Human rights violation: Panel orders CP’s arrest over alleged disappearance of man
April 26, 2022 A panel has issued a warrant of arrest against the Commissioner of Police, Legal Services, Force Headquarters, CP Igbeh Ochogwu, in respect to the alleged unlawful arrest…
South African inquiry points to systemic corruption during Zuma era
Jan. 5, 2022 A South African corruption inquiry has pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure in the first part of its report published on Tuesday, after…
Police brutality: NHRC panel awards N147m compensation to 27 victims
Dec. 23, 2021 …Says ready to provide remedy where Nigerians’ rights are violated The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday awarded N147million in compensation to 27 victims of police brutality….
#EndSARS Panel adjourns sine die over failure of 3 policemen to appear
December 16, 2021 The panel investigating alleged human rights violations committed by police personnel of the SARS unit has adjourned sine die (indefinitely) because three police officers reportedly shunned repeated…
EndSARS: SANWO-OLU CALLS FOR HARMONY
Nov. 30, 2021 …Invites youths for Peace Walk to herald ‘healing of Lagos’ Lagos State deserves true healing after the disturbances that trailed last year’s protests against police brutality, Governor…
#ENDSARS Panel Report, one of the best ever produced – Falana
Nov. 18, 2021 …Faults leakage of the report Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has described the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry…
#EndSARS Anniversary: 6 cops killed, 32 stations, 200 BRT buses, 16 courts, 12 LCDAs, others burnt
No fewer than 6 policemen plus a couple of civilians were killed; 32 police stations and 200 BRT buses were among lives and property destroyed a year ago during the…
NSCDC official tells court how colleague defrauded 9 job seekers of N2.7m
Oct.12, 2021 A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) officer, Nkechinyere Adesegun, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that her colleague, Ngozi Oboh, allegedly defrauded nine job seekers…
Cambodia bat researchers on a mission to track origin of COVID-19
Sept. 20, 2021 Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was…
Eating wild meat significantly increases zoonotic diseases risk- Report
Sept. 16, 2021 The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals…