Tag: human rights activist

A prominent Delta rights activist who has repeatedly challenged police conduct and exposed insecurity claims the state police are plotting ...

PREMIUM TIMES saw the clinical report and MRI scan issued shortly after the activist's rough-handling and detention by the police.

The trial judge, Mohammed Umar, rejected two caches of documents brought by Mr Sowore's defence team in separate rulings.

The court granted Mr Sowore bail

Ms Uguamaye gained prominence earlier in the year following her TikTok video in which she criticised President Tinubu’s administration and ...

The lawyers said apart from physical injury inflicted on Mr Sowore, what is believed to be noxious gas was reportedly ...

The police had earlier invited Mr Sowore to appear before the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Abuja on Monday.

The move, this newspaper learned, was to meet jurisdictional requirements, which entail charging a defendant where the offence is allegedly ...

The Osun State High Court imposed the death sentence on the convict and co-suspects on 17 December 2014.

Mr Tchangari, the General Secretary of Alternative Espaces Citoyens (AEC), was arrested by security agents who surrounded his house, prevented ...

The union noted that the two-day event will also feature an interfaculty debate not just to honour the deceased but ...

The judge issued the warning over what he perceived to be a lack of preparation by the prosecution handling Mr ...

The incident happened on Saturday at Umuodu, Okpuno, a community in Awka South Local Government Area of Imo State.

"Call these men to order," a human rights activist said to police authorities in Nigeria.

The court granted bail to the defendant but state authorities are still holding him in detention.

The activist, Zainab Duke, allegedly assaulted her police orderly for refusing to breach professional ethics by carrying out menial and ...

Mr Odinkalu says he would campaign against the conference.

The VAPP Act was signed into law in 2015 by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

He was the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 presidential election.

The government said the school will not be resuming on Tuesday not until ongoing investigations into the unfortunate incident of ...

The new infection figure, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has increased the country’s infection toll to ...

Mr Adams said that it was highly regrettable that “we lost Mohammed when the country needed him most.”

The activst condemns the arrest of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and harassment of journalists by the police earlier on ...

Mr Jibrin, a former lawmaker, had accused the activist of making false allegations.

Mr Falana said this during a workshop for legal support to journalists who are oppressed.