AGF: Stop the Delay, Adopt the Implementing Rules and Regulations for The Anti-Torture Act.
The activities of government have continued to deflate the joys that greeted the passage of the ATA in 2017. Torture and other forms of brutality continue to persist in various forms in and outside detention centres.
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Living Together in Peace: The Antidote to Nigeria’s Malady
The gravest issue challenging the peace, development and stability of Nigeria is intolerance. As a religious, ethnic, social and politically diverse nation, we are yet to accept, respect and embrace our differences. Differences that should make us strong and unique.…
Read moreIGP’S APPEAL OF ABUJA RAIDS CASES: WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER SIEGE
Sterling Law Centre Media Advisory 12/5/2022 – for immediate release Introduction On Wednesday 4th May 2022, the Inspector General of Police and another Police Officer filed an Appeal against the judgement of the Federal High Court prohibiting the indiscriminate arrest…
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Group seeks Internal Monitoring Team to Reduce Police Torture
Sterling Centre for Law and Development (SCLD) has stressed the need for the Nigeria Police to step up its internal monitoring activities to reduce and eliminate torture of suspects for confessions or punishment for detainees.
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FG Urged to Set up Mechanisms to Checkmate Police Brutality
A group, Sterling Centre for Law and Development, has tasked the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, implement the Anti-torture Act to curtail the increasing and continued use of force by members of the security and law enforcement…
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Sterling Centre for Law Protests against Police Torture
The Sterling Centre for Law and Development has staged a street walk in Abuja to protest against the torture of suspects and detainees by the police.
Read moreN2.3B Fraud: Godsday Orubebe, Others Trial Stalled
The absence of prosecution witness stalls the trial of Godsday Orubebe for alleged involvement in the diversion of about N2.3 billion public funds on Tuesday. Orubebe, Oludare Lawrence Alaba (an Assistant Director, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs), Ephraim Tewolde Zeri…
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