Human Rights

November 7, (THEWILL) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has declared some provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code as infringements on Nigerian citizens’ rights, including freedom of expression. The affected provisions of the law, the sixth edition, are Articles 3...

August 21, (THEWILL) - A human rights organisation based in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital, Ebonyi Justice, Human Right Protection and Defense Organization (JHRPD), has expressed concern over the delay in the conclusion of the trial of the suspects...

August 20, (THEWILL) - A frontline democracy campaign organisation, Coalition for the Protection of Democracy (COPDEM), has condemned the arrest of Chigozie Ifeanyichukwu by security operatives. Ifeanyichukwu is the Convener of "UpNorth Ambassadors for Peter Obi'. In a statement signed...

August 17, (THEWILL) - Nigerian singer, Harrison Tare Okiri, also known as Harrysong, has reacted to the allegation of cheating and wife battering levelled against him. A blogger had alleged that the singer was cheating on his wife with a...

August 15, (THEWILL) - Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has warned prosecutors and investigators of criminal cases in the state against trampling on the fundamental human rights of suspects. Yusuf sounded the warning through his Director-General, Special...

July 21, (THEWILL) - Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Friday, asked the Vatican to make an Irish Catholic priest, Dermot Doran, a saint for showing extraordinary kindness to hundreds of thousands of...

An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, says it will be injustice for the indigenous people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), if the current administration does not give the FCT a ministerial slot. Olajengbesi, who is the Managing Partner...

July 11, (THEWILL) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), has ruled that South African athlete, Caster Semenya, was discriminated against by rules requiring her to lower her testosterone levels. Semenya, who has "differences in sexual development (DSD)", has...

June 26, (THEWILL) - The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint the next Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from the southern part of the country....

Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), a non-profit civil rights organisation, has urged the National Assembly to consider passing the five gender bills into law as part of the ongoing constitution amendment. WARDC, in collaboration with USAID and SCALE/PALLADIUM,...