HURIWA Backs Pastor Adeboye, Zamfara Governor On Self Defence
Says Right to Life is Irretrievable If Violated Prominent Civil rights advocacy group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has thrown her weight behind the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who…
Ekweremadu Drags UBA Bank, NIMC, NIS To Court Over UK Ordeals
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in…
Again, Court Denies Ekweremadu, Wife, Beatrice Bail As Matter Adjourned
Again, the former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu, have been denied bail as they appeared on Thursday before Uxbridge Magistrate Court in London, facing charges under Britain’s Modern Slavery Act. He was in…
Petrol Subsidy: HURIWA Demands Resignation of NNPC Boss Over $7bn Diversion
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Thursday, said the alleged diversion of $7 billion petrol subsidy under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is the very height of gargantuan corruption…
Gombe APC Inaugurates Reconciliation Committee
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has inaugurated a 21-man Reconciliation Committee to resolve all grievances that arose from the just concluded congresses and primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. The committee, which is headed by…
DSS Arrest of Sufin Zamani for Song that Suggests ‘Hausa Actresses Don’t Stay in Marriage’ is Unconstitutional, Illegal – Says HURIWA
Hausa singer, Sarfilu Umar Zarewa, better known as Sufin Zamani, has been arrested and detained by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and this is being described by the Prominent Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association…
Interrogating Fairness In Wike Versus Amaechi
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial.” – John Garamendi “A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent…
HURIWA Uncovers Smear Campaign Against Ex-COAS Buratai, Fingers Retired General in Buhari’s Govt
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Wednesday, said it has uncovered a systematically hatched and well coordinated media campaign by some Abuja moneybags who have insisted on smearing the reputation of the former Chief…
Have Nigerian Girls Always Mattered?
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.” — Kofi Annan “Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of…
Tanko’s Resignation as CJN Not Enough, Why EFCC Should Arrest Him –Rights Group
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Monday, said the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria was not enough to clear him of corruption allegations levelled against him by the…
IPC Carpets Bauchi Police Over Detention, Harrassment Of WikkiTimes Publisher And Reporter
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, condemns in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper and one of the reporters, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the Police in Bauchi, Bauchi State. The…
