HURIWA Condemns Plateau, Benue killings, Backs Ortom’s Call for Self-defense
Civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Wednesday, condemned the killings of scores of innocent Nigerians in Plateau and Benue States, describing it as unbecoming. HURIWA also expressed consternation that the President can only…
Adegbite Clears the Air on Ajaokuta Rehabilitation
To correct the false narratives that was carried by some media outlets on Ajaokuta Steel plant and the purported hand over to a British firm, the Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development Arc Olamilekan Adegbite stated that at no…
JUST IN: Nnamdi Kanu Drags FG To Court Over Ban on Igbo Attire, Isi-Agu
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, lodged fresh suit before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, insisting that preventing him from wearing his native Igbo attire, Isi-Agu, for his ongoing trial, would amount…
2023Elections: NTYTP National Coordinator Urges More Capable Younger People To Declare To Contest
Worried by the few number of younger generation of politicians who have declared to contest for various elective positions in 2023 general elections, the Not Too Young To Perform (NTYTP) Leadership Development Advocacy has called on “more youths in the…
Hard Talk: Ilana Omo Oodua Founder, Akintoye, Speaks on Igboho, Forthcoming Elections In Yoruba States
The founder of Ilana Omo Oodua, an umbrella body for all Yoruba self-determination groups and eminent Professor of African History, Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, also known as Banji Akintoye, has spoken how the Yorubas will react to the next move of…
HURIWA Accuses EFCC of Ethnic Profiling Against Igbos
Barely 24 hours after a pro-South East group, the South East Revival Group (SERG) accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of politically motivated arrest of South Easterners, civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA)…
JUST IN: Court Orders DSS to Pay IPOB Lawyer 5m, Apologise Over Harassment During Visit To Nnamdi Kanu
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to pay 5 million Naira damages to IPOB lawyer, Barrister Maxwell Opara Chibuike, Esq, over harassment and violation his fundamental human rights during his visitation…
IPC Condemns Abduction Of Journalist, Others By Unknown Gunmen in Bayelsa
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has strongly condemned the reported abduction of former Chairman of the Federated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Bayelsa State and others by unknown gunmen on Monday, March 29, 2022. Reports…
Hamza Al-Mustapha Reacts To Abuja-Kaduna Train Terrorist Attack
…Mourns Victims, Prays for Repose of Their Souls Former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, Dr. Hamza Al-Mustapha has reacted to the Monday’s terrorist attack on a Kaduna-bound train by bandits. The attack caused the death of some…
Kaduna Train Attack: Arrest Sheikh Gumi Now, HURIWA Tells FG
In the wake of the rising death toll recorded in an ill-fated Kaduna-bound train from Abuja which was attacked by bloodthirsty terrorists around 6pm on Monday, civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked the…
Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack: Declare Full Scale War Against Terrorists, Senate Pleads With Buhari
On the aftermath of the terrorist attack on a Kaduna-bound train by bandits, President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to declare full war against terrorists in the country. The Senate on Tuesday made the called during plenary while discussing…
