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National Assembly Decries Poor Funding of NHRC, Pledges Better Support

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:00:27 +0000

The National Assembly has expressed concern over the inadequate funding of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), despite the agency’s heavy workload in addressing human rights violations across Nigeria. Speaking at the 2024 National Legislative Forum on Human Rights organized by the NHRC in Abuja, lawmakers emphasized the need for increased budgetary allocations to the [...]

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NHRC Reports Over 106,000 Human Rights Abuses in June

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:00:43 +0000

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has disclosed that a staggering 106,604 reported human rights abuses were recorded in June alone. The abuses included 1,667 cases of child abandonment and the killing of 19 security personnel. Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, Executive Secretary of the NHRC, revealed this information during the 6th edition of the Commission’s [...]

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NHRC Want June 12 Electoral Officials Honoured

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:30:28 +0000

Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, has called for the recognition of the political actors especially election management officials who played active roles in the June 12 elections. Ojukwu said this in a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Fatima Mohammed, Ojukwu, on Sunday. He was said to have made the [...]

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Zaria Killings: NHRC Inaugurates 5-Man Panel To Investigate Army, Shiite Clash

Kunle Atiba — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:53:02 +0000

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has inaugurated a 5-man panel to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Shiite Islamic sect in Zaria. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Bem Angwe, who inaugurated the panel in Abuja yesterday, said that the investigation became [...]

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NHRC Boss Condemns Fani-Kayode Over Fulani Hate Speech

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 01:16:21 +0000

Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has condemned former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, over his recent widely circulated article titled: ‘The herdsmen from hell,’ where he (Fani-Kayode) described the suspected Fulani herdsmen, who recently kidnapped the former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, as East [...]

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