On the 14^th of April, 2022, the Council of States released 159 inmates from the Nigerian correctional centre. Among the inmates released was Joshua Chibi Dariye, the former governor of Plateau state from 1999 to 2007, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a High Court of the FCT in 2018. He faced trial for stealing N1.126 billion of public funds.

Human Rights Foundation, Nigeria (HRF) is a registered non-governmental organization with a primary focus on ‘access to justice’. Our focus areas include facilitating hearings and acquittals for the incarcerated, women

On June 12, it was chaos in Umuahia, Enugu State, after a Nigerian police inspector attached to a Special Protection Unit Base 9 shot five people in cold blood and

On August 22, 2021, Sahara Reporters broke the news of 21-year old, Gloria Okolie, who has been in police detention since June 17, 2021, for her alleged relationship with members

The legal implication of assigning an individual as “Next of Kin” has to a large extent been misunderstood by the  general public. Many people assume, though erroneously, that once you