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29 May – Nigeria readopts Nigeria, We Hail Thee, which was the country's national anthem from 1960 to 1978, as its national anthem, replacing Arise, O Compatriots. [20] 30 May – 2024 Aba killings: Eleven people, including five soldiers, are killed in an attack on a military checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba, Abia State. [21]
Amnesty International, the National Human Rights Commission and the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) condemned the use of force on protesters by Nigerian security agencies. [32] Former vice president Atiku Abubakar condemned the killing of protesters and the physical assaults on journalists by the security operatives. [33]
Osai Ojigho (born 1976) is a Nigerian human rights expert, lawyer and gender equality advocate, [1] who as of 2021, is the Director of Amnesty International's national office in Nigeria. She serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) and sits on the board of Alliances for Africa. [2] [3] [4]
Nigeria arrests seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests this week. South Africa's genocide case against Israel. Turkey submits a bid to join South Africa's side in the International Court of Justice case against Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip.
The two legislative houses completed all the processes and transmitted the bill for assent to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan signed the bill on May 28, 2015; according to the Nigerian constitution, the bill automatically became an Act and law which takes effect immediately. [7]
Human rights in Nigeria are protected under the current constitution of 1999. [1] While Nigeria has made major improvements in human rights under this constitution, the American Human Rights Report of 2012 notes several areas where more improvement is needed, which includes: [2] abuses by Boko Haram, killings by government forces, lack of social equality and issues with freedom of speech.
In November 2019, the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, told a gathering at the Nigeria's National Mosque in the capital, Abuja that if China with over one billion people could regulate the social media, Nigeria should do same. [11] [12] [13] But Nigerians reacted saying Nigeria is not a one-party communist state like China.
The Hon. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the extradition of Mr Emmanuel Okoyomon and on May 4, May 2015 the Court ordered that Emmanuel Okoyomon, former Managing Director Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPM) be extradited to the United Kingdom (UK) for trial for alleged corruption and money laundering.