Full Text of Communiqué Issued At the End of A 2-Day Workshop for Freedom of Information (FOI) Desk Officers of Public Institutions on the Establishment of an Online Engagement Platform
Introduction The International Press Centre (IPC) in collaboration with Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the Freedom of Information Unit of the Federal Ministry of Justice held a two-day workshop for FOI Desk Officers of Public Institutions on the establishment of…
Stop Harassing IPC Boss, Other Journalists – Press Freedom Monitors Tell Security Agencies
Press Freedom and Safety of Journalists Field Monitors from the six geopolitical zones of the country has demanded a stop to the continued harassment of the Executive Director of InternationalPress Centre (IPC), Comrade Lanre Arogundade and other journalists inthe country…
Can Oga Bello Save Abuja Transportation System?
By Emmanuel Onwubiko In 1998 when I arrived Abuja, I did so without the privilege of owning my own car but transporting myself from Karimo to The Guardian newspaper’s office in Zone 1 Wuse as it then was, was a…
HURIWA Says Fresh Enugu Killings Political, Tasks Security Agencies On Orchestrators
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba; and the Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Abubakar Lawal, to unravel the perpetrators of fresh killings in the South…
Full Text of Communique Issued By PDP Governors At the End of Their Meeting In Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum had on Monday met and issued a Communique at the end of the meeting which was held in, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Below is the Full Text of the the Communique Signed…
JUST IN: CNPP Hails INEC Over Conduct of FCT Council Polls, Reiterates Call On President Buhari To Sign Re-amended Electoral Bill
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has congratulated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the successful conduct of the Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja despite initial hitches. The umbrella association of all registered political…
Ill-treatment of Governor Ortom As Opposition Member Worries HURIWA
Leading Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Sunday, condemned the humiliation of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday by overzealous airmen of the Nigerian Air Force in Makurdi, the state capital. According to…
Okowa Urges Warring Communities Over Boundary Dispute To Embrace Peace
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called on communities embroiled in boundary dispute, which has led to crises and loss of lives to embrace peace to pave way for meaningful development. Okowa made the call on Saturday at the…
Egbema Offshore Communities Demands Relief Materials, Clean Up, Compensation To Victims, Affected Communities
The Leadership of Egbema Offshore Communities have sent a demand notice to the Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) in OML108 over the explosion of the Floating Production Storage And Offloading Vessel (FPSO) in Delta State that had about…
Envoys Of Human Rights In West Africa
By Emmanuel Onwubiko One set of appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari since assuming office about seven years back is the set of Envoys the President selected and posted out to the West African sub region and especially…
2023: APC Presidential Aspirant Takes On Ohanaeze Ndigbo Over Call for “All-Igbo Presidential Candidates”
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Chinedu Jideofo-Ogbuagu, has reacted to the call by Ohanaeze Ndigbo for “All-Igbo presidential candidates” in 2023. In a statement on Sunday, the leader of the South-East…
