Energy Transition A Developmental Opportunity, But Africa Needs To Engage Critically, Vocally – Osinbajo
The current global energy transition is both an opportunity for the preservation of the earth and a vehicle for unlocking the development potential and livelihoods of millions of people, especially those in developing countries. However, the transition must also be…
Nigeria, Exits, Hopes, And ‘Mobments’
By Prince Charles Dickson In the spirit of Sankara, the Malian singer Oumou Sangaré released a wonderful song, Kêlê Magni (‘War Is a Plague’), in February 2022, which speaks for the entire Sahel: War is a plague! My country might…
2023: Rights Group Asks Presidential Candidates To Avoid Ethnicity
Prominent civil Rights Advocacy Group, Human Rights Writers Association OF Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and erstwhile Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on his recent campaigns speech in which he…
HURIWA demands release of Kwara journalists persecuted by Governor AbdulRazaq
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Saturday, demanded the immediate and unconditional release of two Kwara-based journalists persecuted by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for allegations of defamation. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, described…
Further Illegal Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu Is Kidnapping — Says Rights Group
*As HURIWA Accuses Abubakar Malami of Acting the Script of Miyetti Allah Leading Civil Rights Advocacy Group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop playing the toxic Northern ethnic card and obey the…
Rights Group Wants President Buhari to Purge Government Of Alleged Drug Barons, Fraudsters
Applauding the chairman, Chief Executive officer of the nation’s anti-corruption institution the Independent Corrupt Practices Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye for calling a spade by its name in his confirmation of a significant presence of drug traffickers and…
Nnamdi Kanu Was Only Discharged Not Acquited – Malami Says
Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said that by the verdict of the Court of Appeal on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra is (IPOB) was “only discharged…
2023: INEC Deletes 2.7 Million Names From Voter’s Register, Raises Security Concerns
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has explained that it detected 2.7 million cases of double registration during the last Continuous Voter Registration. Professor Mahmood Yakubu made this clarification at a National Endowment for Democracy event…
How Tompolo Arrested Captain, Seven Other Oil Theives Illegally Loading Crude Oil To Ghana For Years
Operatives of Tantita Security Services Limited, owned by ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, have ambushed and arrested eight members of a suspected crude oil syndicate while they were pumping crude oil from a Chevron Nigeria Limited pipeline…
Dear Thief, Kindly Steal With A Human Face…
Regardless of how scary it may sound, it is axiomatic that life was longer when it was slower, and as life gets faster with technological leaps, life will continue to get shorter. I don’t know the calendar or the lunar…
HURIWA Tasks South East Governors On Collaboration To End Killings, Wants Alternative To Military Force
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Tuesday, tasked five governors in the South East geopolitical zone to join forces to find the right strategy to end the killings and increasing security challenges in…
