Human Rights
HumAngle’s Human Rights Desk examines gross human rights violations such as extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary arrests/detention. It also covers issues surrounding press freedom and monitors reports and activities of human rights organisations.
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One Man’s Desperate Cry as IPOB Strangles the Southeast
The hum of a generator was the sound of success for Uzor Igwe. In his small but bustling workshop in…
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Punished Without Guilt, Released Without Support
Life can change with the smallest of gestures. For Abubakar Aminu, it was just a phone call. And with that,…
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In Abuja, VIOs Promise Digital Inspections but Old Abuses Resurface
What happens when those meant to enforce the law are the ones who break it? For many in Abuja, Nigeria’s…
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Her Missing Son Returns In Her DreamsÂ
When Ruth Adamu finds her son, Hikame, he is in school. She walks down its corridors to find him, takes…
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Weaponised Identity: From Dreadlocks to Dialects, How Profiling Threatens Lives in Nigeria
“I wear a niqab and a full jilbab. People often tell me that I am oppressed,” says Hajja Gana, a…
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The Adamawa Children Leaving School for Labour
*Alfred Silas just turned 18. He has been in commercial farming for five years. Working on people’s farms for daily…
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Miscarriage, Childbirth in Jail: The Failure of Nigeria’s Criminal Justice System
She lost her pregnancy in prison in what she describes as “a miscarriage of justice”. The experience Ayodele Bukunmi had…
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Secrets, Silence, Survival: Inside a Nigerian Military Prison
No one recalls the road to Wawa. New detainees are blindfolded several kilometres ahead. Inmates are also blindfolded and driven…
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The Exploitative Slot Systems Targeting Desperate Job Seekers in Nigeria
After Zahra Usman* quit a job she described as toxic in a law firm that overworked and underpaid her, affecting…
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Bound by Blood, Fighting to Death: The Cousin Tribes of Adamawa
When 55-year-old Muhammad Buba, a teacher at Boshkiri Primary School, left home on July 2, family and friends had no…
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