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By Sola Ogundipe The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, are collaborating on human rights issues to enhance the national HIV and AIDS response. Speaking in Abuja during a visit to the Director- General of NACA, Dr. Gambo Aliyu, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr.
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The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFNhas condemned the killings in Southern Kaduna, asking the State and Federal Government to be proactive about a lasting solution. It will be recalled that nearly one hundred people had been killed in the area in the last seven days, and not even
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The National Human Rights Commission NHRC has described access to clean water as a human rights issue, lamenting how the lack of access negatively impacts on the well-being and human rights of citizens.
Read More ABUJA- As the country joins the global community to mark the 2020 Nelson Mandela Day, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has urged the government, Private enterprises and Civil Society Organizatios to do more in ensuring equality and social justice for everyone, especially at this critical time of COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Peeved by the increasing cases of rape in the country, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has announced a collaborative effort with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, and the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, to bring perpetrators to book and halt the trend. Executive Secretary of the
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By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The National Human Rights Commission NHRC has called on Northern state governments to develop a programme of action that would permanently resolve the issue of Almajiris in the country, lamenting that Almajiri children have continued to suffer multiple rights violations contrary to constitutional provisions. Following the outbreak of the Novel
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The National Human Rights Commission has urged the 11 northern states of the federation that had yet to domesticate the Child’s Rights Act (CRA) to quickly do so. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr. Tony Ojukwu, stated that the passage of the law by the states could help to address the problems associated with
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THE National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said that police and other security agencies engaged in human rights violations including extortion during the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Read More THE National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said that Enugu and Imo states recorded the highest form of human rights violations by the security agencies during the lockdown to contain the spread of Coronavirus pandemic.
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The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has raised the alarm over the alleged high number of extra judicial killing arising from the enforcement of the lockdown from the security agencies.
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