By Leslie Whyte, ICT / Media Officer Documenting human rights abuses is the heart of human rights work. The effectiveness of human rights...

By Ifeyinwa Onochie In recent time, social media has become an important part of our daily lives from shopping to connecting with...

By Jerome Uneje “Hmmm…Torkwase my sister, so it’s true that everything about the domestication of the Violence Against Persons...

By Chigoziem Ellen Onugha Esq As human beings, one of the things we find so difficult to desist from doing is the setting apart of morals...

By Rommy Mom Esq The periodic indiscriminate arrest of women in Abuja has a history. Whenever there is push back either from intensive...

By Roseline Oghenebrume, Director Programs, Lawyers Alert Dawn sets in the suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria....

By Ifeyinwa Onochie The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) has estimated that no fewer than 19 million Nigerians are living...

By Jerome Uneje Baba Junior, not again! “Must you always look for an excuse to hit me…tonight you will kill me o!  Just because you think...

By Yua Miriam A taxi driver on his way to the motor park was attracted to a young lady who is a newspaper vendor. He decided to stop by...

Following the invasion and razing down of the Naka, a town in Benue state by the Nigeria military on the 19th day of April, 2018, Lawyers...

The training was organized by Lawyers Alert for journalists as part of a sensitization and advocacy drive within the media community. The...

By Sunday Adaji Esq One common denominator among human rights defenders is the passion to fight, protect, and defend the fundamental...

By Roseline Oghnebrume Lawyers Alert in partnership with UNAIDS Nigeria, brought together human rights lawyers under the auspices of...

By Leo Igwe President Muhammad Buhari has stated during his recent visit to the US that his government would not consider decriminalizing...

August 16, 2015Premium Times I am not a fan of any of the multi-national oil companies operating in the country. The reason for my...

President Al-Bashir’s atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region churn the stomach. African leaders who are shielding him from arrest do...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official called on Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari...

By Sibusiso Tsahabalala The attacks on migrant shop owners in Durban this week reminds us the position of foreigner in South Africa is a...

We deeply deplore the vicious, ruthless attacks against civilians in the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga, where Boko Haram has...

By Elvis-Wura Towolawi Take this as an unofficial allocotus, but we cannot turn a blind eye to a social sore that’s fast festering. A...