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Nigeria Faces Urgent Call to Free Palestinian Leaders Amid Rising Tensions, Human Rights Concerns

newsnowng9 months ago9 months ago03 mins

By Emamuzo Iboma The Civic Trenches and Allied Human Rights Organizations have issued a powerful public petition condemning Nigeria’s recent actions against Palestinian community leaders and warning against becoming entangled in the Israel-Palestine conflict. The petition signed by calls for the immediate release of detained Palestinian advocates, including prominent activist Ramzy Abu Ibrahim, and urges…

NHRC Says Vigilante Brutality Must Not Be Allowed to Become New Normal

newsnowng9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Tony Ojukwu has strongly condemned the disturbing viral video showing operatives of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group physically assaulting a youth corps member, Ms. Jennifer Edema Elohor. Ojukwu while reacting to the video described the incident as a gross violation of human dignity and a clear breach…

Court Jails Man Three Months for Internet Fraud in Lagos

newsnowng9 months ago9 months ago03 mins

Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Salami Ponmile Bassit to three months imprisonment for internet fraud. He was jailed after being arraigned on Wednesday by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a…

NHRC Calls for Swift Trials of Arrested Leaders of Ansaru Terrorist Group

newsnowng9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the Federal Government to swiftly put every machinery in place to ensure swift trials of the arrested leaders of the notorious terrorist group, Anssaru, ensuring that they are held to the highest form of accountability befitting their heinous crimes. The call was made on Tuesday by…

ICPC Secures Conviction of Civil Servant over Salary Fraud

newsnowng9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a civil servant, Mr. Ewere Morgan Eseosa, for receiving double salaries in gross violation of anti-corruption laws. Following a detailed investigation, the Commission uncovered that Mr. Eseosa had been simultaneously drawing salaries from two separate government entities: the University of…

Court Jails Man Six Months for Internet Fraud in Lagos

newsnowng10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of one Lawal Oluwadamilare Samuel before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. He was jailed after being arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrime. The…

Odumegwu-Ojukwu Tells Nigerian Pastor in Benin Prison, Nigeria Hasn’t Forgotten You

newsnowng10 months ago10 months ago08 mins

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu has visited Benjamin Egbaji, a Nigerian pastor in incarceration for two years in the Republic of Benin following complications in litigations against him. This is as the Minister restated that citizen diplomacy remains a major component of the 4-Ds foreign policy approach of the Renewed Hope…

ECOWAS Court Highlights its Judicial Outlook: Reinforces Commitment to Regional Justice

newsnowng10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS has issued an official update on its judicial statistics, highlighting its continued commitment to regional justice, human rights, and the rule of law since its inception in 2001. At the end of July 2025, the Court had delivered a total of 487 judgments and 147 rulings out of 748…

Appeal Court Restores Preservation Order on 14 Properties, N400M Linked to Yahaya Bello

newsnowng10 months ago10 months ago05 mins

A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, restored the preservation order on 14 properties and the sum of N400m linked to Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on February 22, 2023, in…

Agency vows to eradicate abuse, violence

newsnowng10 months ago10 months ago011 mins

The Executive Secretary of the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, has said that the Lagos State Government remains unwavering in its commitment to eradicate all forms of abuse, violence, and exploitation. Mrs Vivour-Adeniyi restated the commitment in her welcome address at a “One-day Engagement with Baales on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence”…