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2022 Session Of Prison Audit Exercise Kicked Off By NHRC

May 12, 2022 5:44 pm

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday commenced the 2022 Correctional Center Audit exercise to ascertain compliance in inmates with the most optimun international practices.

The Chairperson of the Commission Dr. Salamatu Suleiman led the Commission’s delegation to the Headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) where the event took place.

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She said that inmates were entitled to general human rights such as good health.

“It is worthy of note that inmates in custodial facilities are entitled to enjoy general human rights, including the right to good health pursuant to

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33 SARS Officials For Prosecution – NHRC

November 22, 2020 5:07 am

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has revealed that it has given the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and its 36 state counterparts sufficient materials to prosecute 33 operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad indicted in last year’s report of a Presidential Investigative Panel.

This was made known by the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu while fielding questions from journalists at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja. This is a counter to the statement by the Attorney General’s office who in a report published around Nov. 8 declared that there was no sufficient …