National Human Rights Commission

Anthony Iwuoma The Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violation by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, IIP-SARS, has submitted its report to the Federal Government, two…

The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to reposition the National Human Rights Commission by establishing the National Human Rights Fund in Nigeria’s annual budget. The Fund when established, would be used particularly for interventions…

The Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the nomination of Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman as Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Also confirmed were the appointments of fifteen other nominees as members of the Commission.…

…Calls on Police chief to arrest, prosecute killers of PDP women leader …Holds a minute silence in honour of PDP women leader The Senate, on Tuesday, condemned electoral violence, particularly killings in the Kogi and Bayelsa states'…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the police to re-open the  case in which a village head and two others were abducted in Sokoto State. Mr. Hamza Liman, NHRC Coordinator in the state, said though two of those…

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday, summoned the Director of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, (AEPB) over the recent alleged rape of women arrested after a raid in some parts of the FCT. The Executive Secretary of…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the laying of siege on Abuja residence of Sen. Dino Melaye’s by the police, saying it violates his right and that of his family members. The Executive Secretary of the Commission,…

Assistant Chief Investigative Officer, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Gombe State, Mr. Mohammed Abari, has decried the increase in the cases of child labour in the state. Abari told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Gombe,…