Tag: Barr Tony Ojukwu SAN OFR

2023 ELECTIONS: NHRC deploys over 800 Election Observers

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The National Human Rights Commission has deployed over 800 Election Observers to monitor the general conduct of the 2023 Elections with specific focus on the conduct of the security personnel.   The Executive Secretary made this disclosure on the eve of the commencement of the general elections saying the commitment of security personnel to discharge their statutory mandated effectively before, during, and after the elections will determine the peaceful outcome of the elections.   It could be recalled that in preparation for the general election, the Commission embarked on several…

Focus on issues based campaigns; NHRC charges Political Parties

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The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu OFR, SAN has called on the presidential candidates of the 18 political parties contesting the 2023 Presidential elections in Nigeria to focus on issue-based campaigns devoid of hate speech while selling their ideas and manifestos to the electorates.   Ojukwu stated this in his address in Abuja, during the town hall on human rights for Presidential candidates which is one of the programmes slated for the celebration of Human Rights Day 2022 by the National Human Rights commission in collaboration…

2022 INT’L HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: NHRC Boss canvasses for Dignity, Freedom ,Justice for All

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As the world marked the 2022 international Human Rights day, the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria has joined the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary General of the United Nations and the entire human rights community across the world to celebrate the ideology of a universal human family carefully espoused almost 75 years ago through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR).     As Nigeria marked this day, the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission NHRC,Chief Tony Ojukwu,OFR, SAN has called…

NHRC condemns starving, death of Yobe Woman by Husband

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has vehemently condemned the starving to death, of a woman who was confined in a room for one year by her husband in Yobe state. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu OFR, SAN, who made this condemnation while reacting to incident, however commended the Commission’s state Office in Yobe, the state Police Command and DPO Nguru Division for their interventions before the victim died at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano state. The NHRC Boss observed that the treatment meted out to…

Justice Odili extols NHRC as Outstanding Institution of human rights protection — chairs commission’s Journal Editorial board

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A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili (rtd) lauded the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), saying that over the years it has proved to be an outstanding institution in the promotion, protection of human rights in Nigeria. The eminent Jurist who stated this in her remarks at the inauguration of the editorial board of the NHRC Journal expressed enthusiasm to chair the board of “This well esteemed journal”. According to Justice Odili, “When the letter came from the Commission, requesting that I chair the editorial board, I…

NGF restates support for Operationalization of Human Rights Funds

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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum under the leadership of the interim Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has pledged the support of the Forum for the operationalization of the long-awaited Human Rights Funds   Gov Tambuwal made this pledge when he played host to the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN OFR who led members of his management on a courtesy visit at the Forum’s Secretariat in Abuja.   Gov Tambuwal said he appreciated the existence of the Commission in a…