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About 60 of the cases received during the period under review were on abandonment of family responsibility and domestic violence.

The training focuses on a human rights-based approach to migration and prevention of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.

Both state actors and protesters breached the NHRC advisory and the international standards it embodies during the #EndBadGovernance protests.

In a statement posted via its X handle on Friday, the NHRC described the killing of the teenager by a ...

The NHRC also provides the channels through which citizens can submit their evidence or information of human rights abuses during ...

The NHRC, Nigeria’s leading human rights body, gave the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, an ultimatum to investigate ...

The NHRC says protests and peaceful assemblies offer an opportunity for the people to participate in shaping their societies and ...

NHRC says most of the cases are linked to domestic violence, forced marriage, parental issues, unlawful arrests and detention, as ...

NHRC official says the cases ranged from unlawful detention, extrajudicial killings, inhuman treatment, and domestic violence to child abuse.

The NHRC made the call in a statement to commemorate the International Human Rights Day.

The National Human Rights Commission condemned the brutality against the NLC president, Mr Ajaero, and called for an investigation into ...

The NHRC expressed hope that the new administration of President Bola Tinubu would approve the national policy on protecting civilians ...

The NHRC issued the advisory as part of activities to mark the 2nd International Day for Countering Hate Speech, which ...

The NHRC’s Project Coordinator of Mobilising Voters for Election (MOVE) reported the level of human rights violations associated with the ...

The Senate said Mr Ojukwu met the requirements of the constitution and that no criminal record was found against him ...

NHRC says both Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and MC Oluomo will be invited to face an investigative panel ...

The panel set up to probe the alleged secret abortion programme of the Nigerian military is expected to determine the ...

Reuters, had, in an investigative report, alleged that the Nigerian military ran the programme, secretly terminating at least 10,000 pregnancies ...

The enforcement of petty offences laws targets the poor who on many occasions “have no resources to hire lawyers or ...

The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, reacted to the killing in a Wednesday press statement, saying, "it is ...

The U.S. report says there were no reports of the NHRC’s prior investigations leading to accountability, despite the powers conferred ...

"Where there is poverty, there is no dignity and where there is no dignity, there is no human rights,” NHRC ...

The human rights commission says it is treating a total of 119 Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases in the ...

The 11-member Independent Investigative Panel (IIP) will probe allegations of human rights violations against the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)

Experts recognise rights abuse as one of the major drivers of Nigeria’s underdevelopment.