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Nigeria Ranks Among World’s Worst in Human Rights Protection, HRMI Report Reveals

President Bola Tinubu under criticism as Nigeria faces poor human rights ranking in latest HRMI global report.

Published: June 22, 2025
By: DailyBrill Teams

A new global human rights report has spotlighted Nigeria’s alarming human rights performance, ranking it among the world’s worst in key civil liberties and life-sustaining services. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) gave Nigeria a score of just 3.2/10 in its Safety from the State index, indicating widespread concerns over arbitrary arrests, torture, and extrajudicial actions under President Bola Tinubu's administration.

Of particular concern is Nigeria’s handling of peaceful protests and civil activism. The report identifies rights advocates, Indigenous groups, workers’ unions, and protest movements such as #EndSARS and #EndHunger as vulnerable to state oppression. Arbitrary arrests received a devastating score of 2.5/10, falling within HRMI’s “very bad” threshold.

"This is the first time HRMI is publishing civil and political rights data for Nigeria, and already the results show a government failing to protect its people," said Nkosi Sibanda, HRMI’s regional lead.

Nigeria’s Empowerment index, measuring freedoms like speech, association, and assembly, scored only 4.5/10. The lowest scores were in freedom of expression and democratic participation, exposing a worrying trend for Africa’s most populous democracy.

Beyond civil rights, the report reveals a catastrophic failure in basic welfare provisions. Quality of life scores—spanning housing, clean water, health, and employment—were all rated “very bad.” Just 38.25% of Nigerians have access to safe water, while sanitation access barely exceeds 46%.

Kehinde Adegboyega, HRMI’s Nigeria ambassador, highlighted the growing housing crisis: “Rent has skyrocketed in urban centers while wages remain stagnant. Citizens are downsizing, selling valuables, and facing deep hardship.”

HRMI co-director Thalia Kehoe Rowden said Nigeria has the financial capacity to improve drastically: “This government must act now. The resources are available. What’s missing is political will.”

Without urgent reform, the gap between Nigeria’s human rights obligations and its current realities will only deepen.

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