Tag: Barr.Tony Ojukwu SAN

2022 CUSTODIAL FACILITY AUDIT: NHRC Chairperson applauds Kuje Correctional Service Officers

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended officers of Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command for the professional manner with which they interact and take care of the inmates, saying that such attitude will go a long way in reforming the character of those in the custodial facility.     The Chairperson of the NHRC Governing Council, Dr. Salamatu Suleiman who stated this when she led a delegation of the Commission on the 2022 Audit of the Custodial Centre, in Kuje, Abuja observed that the officers made a difference by…

NHRC condemns gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel,calls for immediate prosecution of culprits

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has strongly condemned the killing of a second year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Ms Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy.   The Governing Council of the Commission while reacting to the killing said that there was no law, either secular or religious in a democratic society, anywhere in the world that justified the killing of any person without due process of the law.   The Governing Council of the Commission, while urging all persons to exercise tolerance over religious matters also…

HUMAN RIGHTS BASED POLICING: IGP appoints NHRC Liaison Officers in states

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba played host to the Chairperson Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Salamatu Husseini Suleiman, and other council members in his office at Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Wednesday 11th May, 2022.   The visit opened up productive discourse towards engendering human rights practices and ensuring better interface between the Police and the NHRC in a bid to facilitate prompt responses to matters of human rights abuse while ensuring top-notch professionalism on the part of both institutions.…

NHRC,Stakeholders validate training manual for law enforcement officers

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As part of efforts to strengthen Police reform in Nigeria, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is validating a training manual on mainstreaming Human Rights into Law Enforcement in Nigeria to curb rights violations by security agents. The validation exercise was part of a larger project on strengthening Police reform in Nigeria, funded by MacArthur Foundation and being implemented by the Commission, in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President, CLEEN Foundation; Network for Police Reforms in Nigeria (NOPRIN), and Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC). The…

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Press is the Vanguard of Democracy, deserves a better deal – Ojukwu

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said that the Press remained a critical agent for the protection of democracy and development and must be supported to enable them to effectively discharge their constitutional duties as the watchdog of the society. The commission observed that Nigerian journalists fought very hard to achieve our democratic status and deserve a better deal unlike the current situation where many of them struggle with poor conditions of service amidst other challenges, including censorship, harassment, intimidation and in some cases, assassinations. The Executive Secretary of the…

NHRC launches Law Pavilion to ease Reports, Researches

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set up a law pavilion (law Library) with the state of the art facilities to ease reports and researches for its staff and external users within the human rights community.   The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu (SAN) who stated this at the official presentation of the pavilion to the staff of the NHRC noted that the idea was to keep abreast with global trend as well as improve the services of legal officers.   According to the Chief Custodian…