GENEVA: Despite significant progress on gay rights around the world, dozens of countries still criminalise consensual same-sex activity, including six where being gay is punishable by death, campaigners said on…
10 December 2020 by Alex Ewing The European Court of Human Rights has found that the deportation of a Nigerian man from the United Kingdom violated his right to respect…
By Henry Ojelu & Onozure Dania As nations across the world mark this year’s Human Rights Day, lawyers have lamented the increasing cases of human rights abuse under President Muhammadu…
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chair, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) Nigeria has been attracting the world’s attention in recent months for all the wrong reasons. Nigerians have taken to the streets…
BY FAROUK OBISANYA In dressing up the Nigeria legal system, the English law forms a substantial part of the legal fabric. Hence, the similitude in the Nigerian justice system with…
[Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series, COVID and International Law. All articles in the series can be found here.] Nearly all States have faced significant challenges as they seek…
The President of the Nigerian Bar association, Olumide Akpata has said that Nigerian Governors are well within their rights or the power of the law to set up panels of…
The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group-: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has petitioned the office of Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai over serious allegations…
Views: Visits 14 Tope Akinyode, a human rights lawyer in Nigeria has sued Former Presidential aspirant under the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba over Jack…
Oladimeji RamonThe popular Nigerian saying “It is easier to drag a horse to the river than to make it take a drink” is apt when one thinks of the frustration…
Many Nigerians approve of the #EndSARS protests across the country. But the persistent traffic chaos is disrupting life and living. Are the protesters’ conduct lawful? Do aggrieved non-protesters have a…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has said that the right to protest is a fundamental right recognized by the Nigerian Constitution and upheld by Nigerian courts…
The increasing use of technology in modern law practice has introduced a paradigm shift in defining the rights of employers and employees in modern employment law. In this piece, Muyiwa…
Editorial The constitution is often referred to as the grundnom and the supreme law of the land. The first Nigerian constitution enacted in 1913 came into effect in 1914…
Some sub-Saharan African contributors during the Global Voices 2017 Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Image by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia, December 3, 2017 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The International Day for Universal…
By Moronke Boboye/Olaitan Idris Lagos, Oct. 1, 2020 Lawyers and rights activists have continued to call for improved justice administration as Nigeria attains 60 years of independence. They assessed the…
Nigeria adopted the Child's Rights Act in 2003, giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights…
Nigeria adopted the Child’s Rights Act in 2003, giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights…
By Joseph Jibueze, Deputy News Editor Activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and a former National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof. Chidi Odinkalu yesterday identified provisions of the Companies and Allied…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern over the recent amendment of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law No.5 of 2017, thereby asking the state governor not to…
