Authorities in Nigeria are being urged to investigate the wave of abductions in the West African country, where attacks by ...

More than 300 students abducted amid surge in armed attacks, bringing back memories of 2014 Chibok girls' kidnapping.

Human rights issues—from equal treatment for minorities to freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as speech, ...

Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and communities ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said the escalating attacks, kidnappings, and killings of innocent Nigerians ...

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the renewed wave of mass kidnappings of schoolchildren in Nigeria, demanding that the Bola Tinubu-led government act swiftly to secure the safe release of ...

The Abuja Federal High Court judgment which convicted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, ...

Human Rights Watch slams Nigeria's failure to prevent repeated school kidnappings, leaving students vulnerable and disrupting ...

(Abuja) – Nigerian authorities have charged 10 protesters who were arrested during protests across Nigeria in August 2024 with treason, which carries a possible death penalty, Human Rights Watch said ...

Nigeria Chapter, has raised serious concerns over the rising wave of student abductions in the country. According to them, ...

Hilary Ogbonna, Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, expressed worries at the inauguration of the maiden edition of the human rights dashboard and observatory. According to ...

The abortion report – along with a second Reuters report detailing targeted military killings of children suspected of being offspring or supporters of the insurgents – drew outcry internationally.