Nigeria’s human rights situation has come under renewed scrutiny following a troubling disclosure by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that it received 338,810 complaints of alleged rights violations in…
The NBA has named a Taidi-led team to work with its Minna Branch, support affected families and monitor investigations into custody deaths.
An Imo coroner has concluded that six weeks of prolonged detention contributed to the death of Japhet Njoku in police custody, recommending prosecution of two officers, compensation for his family…
A new chapter opened at the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, in Abuja on Tuesday as five judges from Benin, The Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo formally took the oath…
Lawyers from NBA Surulere have visited four police formations under the Police Duty Solicitor Scheme, counselling detainees and pressing officers to grant bail or promptly charge suspects to court.
NBA Asaba has called for an independent criminal investigation into the death of a Delta State deputy director reportedly injured during an alleged workplace assault, insisting that the constitutional rights…
A failed execution in Tennessee has triggered a leadership shake-up and a fresh examination of capital punishment in the United States, with the state’s corrections commissioner now leaving office as…
Femi Falana, SAN, has taken Nigeria before the ECOWAS Court over arrests, detention, alleged abduction and travel restrictions dating back to successive military governments, asking the regional court to award…
The Human Rights Committee of NBA Owerri Branch says it handled 30 petitions within three months and helped secure the release or bail of about 11 persons, as the Branch…
More than three decades after a series of arrests and detentions under Nigeria's former military governments, Femi Falana, SAN, has taken his claims beyond the domestic courts. His new ECOWAS…
