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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.
"The Development of Secondary Grammar School Education in Nigeria". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 2 (4): 517–535. Akanbi, Grace Oluremi; Jekayinfa, Alice Arinlade (June 12, 2019). "Education and emancipation, educational policies and "de-emancipation": A history of the Nigerian education system from 1914 to 2014".
He is also the author of several books on African History, Human Rights and Peace & Conflict studies including Imperialism and Human Rights, [4] and Imperial Justice: Africans in Empire's Court, [5] and Human Rights in Africa (Cambridge University Press). [6] He is a contributor to the GIAZILO blog - a blog on "Human Rights, Social Justice and ...
A History of Nigerian Higher Education, Macmillan. History of Education in Nigeria, 1970. ISBN 0-04-370047-0; New Perspectives in African Education, 1967; Education in Mother Tongue: The Ife Primary Education Research Project, 1970-1978 (Editor) Up and On: A Nigerian Teacher's Odyssey, 1991. ISBN 978-153-096-0; Memoirs of a Nigerian Minister of ...
Human rights are "rights one has simply because one is a human being." [3] These privileges and civil liberties are innate in every person without prejudice and where ethnicity, place of abode, gender, cultural origin, skin color, religious affiliation, or language including sexual orientation do not matter.
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has been promoting human rights in Nigeria since it began in 1987. [1] On 12 August 1993, CLO's founder and president Olisa Agbakoba, was part of the leaders of the pro-democracy campaign against the nullification of the 12 June 1993 presidential elections by General Ibrahim Babaginda.
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]
The law criminalizing homosexuality is based on a British colonial-era law that was introduced to Nigeria in the 19th century. [2] This law has been repeatedly upheld by Nigerian courts. Colonialism introduced Western values and laws that often clashed with traditional Nigerian cultures, shaping a complex landscape for human rights. [3]