Justice L Abai of the State High Court, Aba, Abia State on May 22, 2013 convicted and sentenced one Oko Ogburu Urum to three years imprisonment for stealing.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 20, 2013 arraigned one Monday Agha before Justice Maureen Adaobi Onyetenu of the Federal High Court Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on an 8-count...

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The Coordinator of MakeYourVotesCount.org, (MYVC), Chido Onumah, has stepped down to pursue other interests. Mr. Onumah whose disengagement from MYVC took effect from August 1, 2010, has officially...
The IHRHL is shocked by the absolute lack of restraint by a ‘democratic’ government in Rivers state towards the treatment of  mere dissent by its opponents in the same Peoples...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction in Rivers State whose members were recently arrested and charged to court for alleged unlawful assembly by the police acting on the orders of the Amaechi-...
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said the Federal Government will put all machinery in motion to ensure that Nigerians in diaspora can vote during elections that follow the 2011 general...
Afenifere Renewal Group is using the occasion of the birthday of former military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida to sound it clear to him that contrary to the false impression the political...
(Lagos, August 17, 2010) – Widespread corruption in the Nigeria Police Force is fueling abuses against ordinary citizens and severely undermining the rule of law in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch...
Mr. Nuhu Ribadu’s attention has been drawn to claims in the Sunday (August 15, 2010) sermon of respected preacher, Pastor Tunde Bakare, to the effect that Mr. Ribadu desires to hijack the Save...
13 August 2010 – The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), an international human rights organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, today wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan to...
On Saturday August 28, Ado Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, will play host to a new generation of young politicians, activists, artisans, farmers and students as they gather for the 7th annual...
Nigeria still does not have a law that demands prompt emergency treatment of gunshot and accident victims and so we still have a situation where Good Samaritans are arrested and doctors are harassed...
Dear Sir: I commend your Lordship for the recent condemnation of corruption among tribunal judges in Nigeria.  Your Lordship´s call for the investigation of those judges who have subverted...
Efforts by the Federal Government to improve power supply in the country received a major boost today as President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan gave the nod for the construction of a new National...