Posts in category: Press Releases

7th December – 12th December 2020 The Judicial Panels of Inquiry set up by the state governments continue sittings in the FCT and 25 states

#BringBackOurGirls FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The #BringBackOurGirls movement received with predictable dread the news of the abduction of the unconfirmed figure of 333 schoolboys from the

This reporting week witnessed more petitioners approaching the Panels with evidence of their horrid experiences with officers of the law who abused and tortured them

23rd – 29th November 2020 Over the course of the last 5 weeks, the Judicial Panels of Inquiry have revealed specific findings indicating a long

16th – 21st November 2020 With the establishment of State Judicial Panels of Inquiry in response to one of the demands of the #EndSARS protest,

BudgIT, Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE Nigeria) and Paradigm Initiative (PIN) will hold the fourth edition of the bi-annual pan-African New Media, Citizens and Governance

9th – 14th November 2020 Police brutality remains a fundamental human rights issue which requires the state’s commitment to concrete actions that ensures justice for

In 2010, with nothing but a cause and technological tools – Facebook, Twitter, Email and BB Messenger, the collective voice of a loose network of

Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dear Sir, Two weeks ago, over 200 civil society organisations, representing a cross-section of Nigerians that

(Being the paper presented at the 2019 Human Rights Day symposium organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (Ikeja Branch) on December 10, 2019). Introduction At