N60bn Health Fund Missing From Buhari’s 2016 Budget – Nigerian Doctors
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has expressed shock that N60 billion, equivalent of 1% of consolidated revenue guaranteed by the National Health Act to fund basic health, is missing from the 2016 budget. The group lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s N6.08…
Kogi Election Petitions Tribunal Relocates to Abuja
The election petitions Tribunal, set us to entertain complaints arising from the Kogi state governorship poll, has been relocated to Abuja for further sittings on the order of the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkashua. Prior to its…
Ireland Promises Commitment To Enugu’s Investment Drive
The Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Sean Hoy, has assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state of the readiness of his country, Ireland, to show visible commitment to advance the realization of the aims of the recent economic mission to the…
PRESS RELEASE: Continued Persecution By Buhari and Bail Denial By Justice John Tsoho
(Onitsha Nigeria, 30th January 2016)-The Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs), coordinated by Intersociety, and comprising the following ten rights organizations: International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety), Anambra State Branch of the Civil…
Biafra: As Nnamdi Kanu, Others Lose Bail Bid
The Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs), coordinated by Intersociety, and comprising the following ten rights organizations: International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety), Anambra State Branch of the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), Center…
Enugu Church: Tricycle Operators Identify Victims Buried in Building Foundation
Following the discovery of three decomposing human bodies and later eight human skulls that were exhumed from the foundation of an alleged Church building site at Ugwuaji area of Enugu metropolis last Monday, Tricycle Riders’ Association, popularly known in the…
Ogor Condoles Ugboma Family Over Wife’s Death
Reps Minority Leader, Rt. Hon Leo Ogor, has commiserated with the family of Dr. Eddie Ugboma, on the death of his wife, Dr (Mrs) Magaret Ugboma, Ph.D. In his condolence message to the family, the Member Representing Isoko Federal Constitutency…
‘Supreme Court Verdict On Rivers State Governorship Matter & Related Issues: Struggle Continues’
(Intersociety Nigeria, 28th January 2016)-The heart of the leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) is filled with joy and encouragement concerning the latest grounded judgment of the Supreme Court with respect to Rivers…
#Boko Haram: How Female Suicide Bombers Killed 14 in Chibok
Fact is emerging how twin explosions rocked Chibok community in Borno State a month after President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of Nigeria declared victory over Boko Haram Islamic insurgents in the North Eastern part of the country. Chibok community was…
Why Citizen Kanu Should Be Granted Humanitarian Bail – SBCHROs
*Says Buhari Was Wrong on Kanu’s Two Passports Comment A civil society coalition has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion on 30th December 2015 that “are you aware that that man called Kanu holds two UK and Nigerian citizenship and…
Civil Society asks National Assembly to Intervene on Osun’s Financial Mess
….Move to Commence State Assembly Members’ Recall Members of the Civil Society Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEO) today (Tuesday, January 26, 2016) in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called on the National Assembly to intervene…
