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Nigeria records 1,580 human rights violations in March alone – NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday, revealed that Nigeria recorded 1,580 human rights violations across the six geopolitical zones in the month of March 2024 alone.
The rights violations included killings , kidnapping, domestic violence , abductions, children’s right among others.
According to the Commission, North Central topped the list of the complaints of human rights violations recorded with 468 cases.
Senior Human Rights Adviser, Mr Hilary Ogbona made this known at the National Human Rights Commission headquarters in Abuja.
At the presentation of the findings, Ogbona explained that the police, military, and Department of State Service DSS grouped as State Actors recorded 94 rights violation cases.
The human rights adviser who explained that the killings of the military and police personnel in Delta State formed part of the report revealed that 542 cases of violation of children’s rights were also recorded during the period.
Besides, Ogbona explained that domestic violence which he said was becoming too rampant in some part of the country had 471 cases recorded.
He said that the non state actor and private actors have 32 and 36 respectively while 3 cases of violation of rights were recorded against disabled people.
According to him, other sectors including social economic and cultural rights accounted for 157 while referred cases was put at 24.
He said that killings and kidnapping accounted for 499 while another 71 violations of rights to life were also recorded by the commission during the period.
Ogbonna said that the 1,580 human rights violations were the entire figures recorded in the 36 states offices of the commission and Abuja.
Expressing worry over the increasing cases of human rights violation, Ogbonna said that about 301 school children were abducted in Kaduna State alone while 40 people were killed in Benue state.
He expressed dismay that rights to life was being violated in various ways and manner because four deaths were recorded in Nassarawa State during sharing of palliative.
He then called for restraint on both State and Private Actors adding that reprisal attacks contributed to the recorded rights violations.
Ogbona also appealed to police and military to always conduct their investigations in compliance with the rules of engagement and rule of laws as provided for in the national and international laws.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC , Dr Tony Ojukwu, reaffirmed the commitment of the commission to the promotion and protection of human rights in the country.
He promised to partner with other stakeholders including government in the bid to step up efforts to protect lives and properties and in ensuring a reduction in the violation of human rights.
The NHRC monthly dashboard aimed at making human rights situation public is supported by United Nations Development Program, Office of the United Nations High Commission for human Rights and others.
* Credit: Citizenship Daily
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
US President-elect, Donald Trump’s incoming administration plans to immediately order a series of deportation raids targeting illegal immigrants after his inauguration.
Chicago is expected to be the first major city targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as part of Operation Safeguard, the New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with planning the undertaking.
The massive deportation operation is expected to target criminals and gang members in the United States illegally and run for one week.
Trump has promised to conduct the largest deportation program in U.S. history.
Up to 200 ICE agents are being sent to Chicago to help kick off the operation on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agency has already asked agents to volunteer for the post-inauguration raids.
“There’s gonna be a big raid across the country,” Tom Homan, who will be in charge of U.S. borders once Trump takes office, told Fox News in an interview.
Homan has previously said he will instruct ICE agents to carry out raids on illegal immigrants at their workplaces.
In addition to Chicago, the sweeping crackdown will also target other major U.S. cities with large immigrant populations.
Trump is set to take the oath of office on Monday, January 20, in an inauguration that will take place indoors.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
A faith-based civil society organization, CSO that monitors and reports on Hajj and Umrah activities, the Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, has commended the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, for selecting a different Saudi-based Hajj service provider for the 2025 Hajj season.
It said the decision would create healthy competition among service providers interested in efficiently, qualitatively, and satisfactorily serving Nigerian pilgrims.
The CSO, in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Muhammed, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and made available to our correspondent on Sunday in Abuja, said the quest for improved Hajj services has been a major challenge for Nigerian pilgrims owing to the repeated failure of providing satisfactory services.
”We applauded the decision to pick another service provider that will cater for the needs of pilgrims within the Masha’ir areas during the five days of Hajj,” he said
The national coordinator, who is currently in Saudi Arabia to monitor the pre-Hajj arrangements, said available information shows that the new company, Mashariq Al Dhahabia, is an experienced provider that has served top-rated Hajj countries, like Indonesia and Malaysia, and ranked among the top five Hajj service providers by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
“The company served 249 706 which is the largest number of Hajj pilgrims during the 2023 hajj. They were awarded as the Best Hajj Service Providers during the 2022 Hajj by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah,” he stated.
IHR said it further understood that NAHCON is planning to recruit another service provider to provide services for very important personalities, VIP pilgrims so as not to repeat the experience of previous years, which is also a desired step forward.
It, however, urged NAHCON to set a parameter of performance for the newly selected service providers to serve as a baseline for determining continuous patronage, advising that such criteria should be based on pilgrims’ satisfaction and adherence to contractual terms.
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