{"id":15196,"date":"2025-10-04T05:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196"},"modified":"2025-10-04T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:30:10","slug":"13-brigade-holds-human-rights-sensitization-lecture-in-collaboration-with-nhrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196","title":{"rendered":"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Cross River State, on September 30, 2025, organized a sensitization lecture themed <em>\u201cHuman Rights and the Military.\u201d<\/em> The initiative forms part of the Brigade\u2019s efforts to strengthen civil-military relations and promote respect for human rights in military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delivering the lecture, the NHRC State Coordinator, Mr. Remi Odinaka Ajuga, commended the Nigerian Army for its professionalism and increasing commitment to protecting citizens\u2019 rights while carrying out constitutional duties. He emphasized that human rights are inherent, inalienable, and fundamental to all individuals, stressing that upholding them is central to the Army\u2019s legitimacy and operational success. He further advised troops to balance operational demands with respect for fundamental rights, noting that adherence builds trust, enhances credibility, and fosters long-term mission effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his remarks, the Commander 13 Brigade, Brigadier General M. O. Ibrahim, thanked the NHRC for its collaboration and reaffirmed the Brigade\u2019s commitment to discipline, integrity, and respect for the rights of Nigerians. He cautioned troops never to intimidate or abuse civilians, urging them to always seek guidance from superiors whenever in doubt. According to him, respecting human dignity minimizes harm to civilians, strengthens public confidence, and enhances the Army\u2019s image in operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brigadier General Ibrahim described the lecture as timely and consistent with the Chief of Army Staff\u2019s command philosophy, which seeks to consolidate the transformation of the Nigerian Army into a well-motivated, combat-ready force capable of discharging its constitutional duties in a joint and multi-agency environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event featured an interactive session, presentation of a plaque to the guest lecturer, and a group photograph. It also forms part of 13 Brigade\u2019s continuous training and enlightenment programmes aimed at enhancing professionalism and fostering stronger community relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Cross River State, on September 30, 2025, organized a sensitization lecture themed \u201cHuman Rights and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pages"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Cross River State, on September 30, 2025, organized a sensitization lecture themed \u201cHuman Rights and&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-04T05:28:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-04T05:30:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"513\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Keji Mustapha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Keji Mustapha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Keji Mustapha\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688\"},\"headline\":\"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-04T05:28:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-04T05:30:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Pages\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196\",\"name\":\"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-04T05:28:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-04T05:30:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg\",\"width\":534,\"height\":513},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=15196#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688\",\"name\":\"Keji Mustapha\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Keji Mustapha\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC -","og_description":"The 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Cross River State, on September 30, 2025, organized a sensitization lecture themed \u201cHuman Rights and&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196","article_published_time":"2025-10-04T05:28:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-04T05:30:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":534,"height":513,"url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Keji Mustapha","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Keji Mustapha","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196"},"author":{"name":"Keji Mustapha","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688"},"headline":"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC","datePublished":"2025-10-04T05:28:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-04T05:30:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196"},"wordCount":302,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg","articleSection":["Pages"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196","url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196","name":"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC -","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-04T05:28:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-04T05:30:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg","width":534,"height":513},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=15196#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"13 Brigade Holds Human Rights Sensitization Lecture in Collaboration with NHRC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#website","url":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/6d9f47c782c25c1cc44f1a23a4877688","name":"Keji Mustapha","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00f1895b3ec10d46fc4602256f2fe9d710d6a1cc7c92b69b8d22d4600730ec6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Keji Mustapha"},"url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?author=6"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759555480488.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15198,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15196\/revisions\/15198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}