The rule of law is never to be played with, and those who go against the laws shall never escape punishment. The District Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) recently sentenced Joshua Wong Chi-fung, an instigator of the Hong Kong riots, as well as other three persons, four to ten months in jail for participating in an Read More
The Rotary Club of Abuja, Kubwa district has trained over 50 indigent women in Kungabukon community in Bwari Area Council, Abuja on different vocations to improve their livelihood.Numbering over 50, the beneficiaries who were mostly full-time house-wives were trained on how to produce Izal, detol, air freshner, hypo, liquid soap, small chops like samosa, spring roll, puff-puff as well as Read More
The Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) has thrown their weight behind the call by the Director-General of NYSC, Brig,-General Shuaibu Ibrahim , to establish youth trust fund for Nigerian graduate youths in order for then to actualise their entrepreneurship dreams. The rights group commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for their efforts in Read More
Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) said the death of renowned human rights activist Innocent Chukwuma is a big loss to humanity, noting that his contributions in different spheres of human rights protection and promotion especially to police reform in Africa and Nigeria in particular is commendable. In a statement made available to Journalists in Abuja by it’s Deputy Director Ogechi Read More
A Kaduna based businesman, Alhaji Bello Barau has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Public Complainant Commission (PCC) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to save him from the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA) from demolishing his property. In the petition dated March 31, 2021, and signed by his counsel, Chiedu Gwam Esq., Barau said Read More
The circumstances surrounding the death of a female corps member at a private hospital in Abuja three years ago are again being laid bare in order to put to rest all the fictions about it. AWWAL GATA reports. In the midst of numerous reports by local and international media about the shooting of protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October Read More
The protests by some Nigerians over President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trip to the United Kingdom is unguided, unwarranted and an assault on his fundamental human right to life Nigeria First Movement has said. According to the group, it is within President Buhari’s right, like every other citizen, to seek routine medical checkup. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, Secretary-General, Richard Read More
Indigenes of Ezza Effium communities in Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state have petitioned the federal government over the lingering crisis in the community. The petition filed through their Solicitor, Sampson I. Ekigbo, Esq and signed by Hon. Chinedu Awo, urged the FG to take decisive actions to restore peace and normalcy in the troubled community. The petition Read More
The International Press Centre (IPC) has called on the federal government , policy makers, media, civil society groups and related stakeholders to uphold the obligations of achieving gender equality in political representation, effective participation of women in the electoral process and mitigation of gender bias and inequality. IPC made the call in a statement by the Executive Director, Mr Lanre Read More
· The raging brouhaha generated by the use of Hijab (veil for Muslim women) in schools in Kwara state, appears to have taken a dangerous turn as both proponents and opponents of the matter were in near-fisticuff Wednesday in Ilorin, the state capital. At the height of the crisis, the state government directed the closure of 10 secondary schools February 19 to avert Read More
Concerned stakeholders have advocated the need for Nigerian women to build political structure towards promoting maximum participation in politics and other spheres of life. The stakeholders also called for establishment of trust fund and media support in assisting women with political ambition to build networks, break social and economic barriers. These were the recommendations at a one-day sensitization workshop on Read More
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has urged the National Assembly to jettison the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA) Cap C45 of 2004, which is currently under review, to forestall collapse of the nation’s economy. NAGAFF said the bill presently at the National Assembly has some lapses that could mar the nation’s economy and encourage human Read More
As part of an effort to provide care for survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) during the second wave of coronavirus, a group Initiative for the Development of the Needy, Less privilege and Widows (INOL) has trained 60 stakeholders on SGBV across Yobe state. Declaring the training open in Bade, Damaturu and Potiskum local government councils, the Executive Read More
The entire community of women rights advocates, Thursday night, gathered to pay their last respect to two of its strong voices for women and girls advancement: Dr. Olasunbo Odebode, and Barr. Esther Uzoma. In this report, ENE OSHABA captures the mood the Night of Tribute organised by the Womanisfesto as sad but filled with encomiums on their remarkable lives. Dr. Read More
Not a few Nigerians were jolted when President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday overhauled the nation’s security apparatchik, following the purported resignation of the service chiefs and their on the spur replacements. Although the president had in his New Year broadcast hinted on the planned removal of the service chiefs, not many believed him, owing principally to his reluctance to heed Read More
The Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR), based in Lokoja, Kogi state, Comrade Idris Miliki has called on the states, federal government and the National Assembly to guarantee fair, free and acceptable council election in future. Idris Miliki stated this Monday in Lokoja, while presenting the report on the just concluded council election held in the Read More
Ondo state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Monday, announced the sack of the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kolawole Olawoye. Akeredolu, in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, also announced Mr. Charles Titiloye as a replacement for the sacked cabinet member. Titiloye is a human rights activist and a renowned social critic. He was former secretary of Read More
The Ondo state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has announced the sack of the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kolawole Olawoye. Akeredolu in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary on Monday also announced Mr. Charles Titiloye as a replacement for the sacked cabinet member. Titiloye is a human right activist and a renowned social critic. He was former Read More
The Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara (NMLWS) has called on the United Nation to stop the genocide in Western Sahara by Morocco. The group in a statement urges the UN Security Council to declare a ceasefire in the area and mandate the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to enforce it. Jointly signed Read More
To a sleepy and unprepared world, global terrorism has caught it in deep slumber. All nations of the world have admitted the destructive potency of terrorism which is fast ravaging humanity in all ramifications. But terrorism is not Covid-19 pandemic, so cannot defile solution, if the world sincerely unites against it. From America to London, Africa and a lot more, the Read More
In the days before the #EndSARS protests, one of the spectacles Nigerians, and indeed the world, were treated to was the tantrum thrown by a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), who lost his cool when he was pressed for information by a journalist. While briefing journalists as part of a tour of certain states, a journalist told Read More
SARS is in the limelight yet again, and for all the wrong reasons: allegations of illegal profiling, extortion and extrajudicial killings. The latest furore was triggered by the squad’s checkpoints where they stop young Nigerians going about their normal businesses in cities and search their laptops and phones in the name of investigating cybercrimes. Those found “guilty” of using expensive Read More
With the turbulence of #EndSARS protests gradually calming down in states rocked by the senseless riots in the pretext of protests by some Nigerian youths, a lot have been exposed. Nigerians now know the covert agenda of some leaders and senior citizens to destabilize the country, through clandestine sponsorship or encouragement of public anarchy and bloodshed. While there is an Read More
Femi Falana is indeed a character that thrives on controversies. This is understandable in the sense that he ekes his living as a lawyer by courting controversies in the media, thereby increasing his public relevance. Femi Falana is the typical individual that pretends to be on the side of the masses, but in truth, he exploits the masses to his Read More
Some well-meaning Nigerian youths under the hashtag #March4Nigeria have hailed the Nigerian Army as the heroes of the nation’s democracy for rising up to the occasion amidst vested interests. Speaking at a town hall meeting on Saturday in Abuja, respected youth activist, Comrade Adamu Kabir Matazu, said Nigeria would have slipped into anarchy resulting from the #EndSARS protests if not for Read More
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