Queen AG Williams Takes Her Passion for Peace Building To New Heights
By Maryam Aminu As political campaigns intensify and enter a crucial stage ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, widespread insecurity as well as economic and environmental challenges, a young Nigeria Advocate of the Sustainable Development Goals, that is…
Ban On Old N500, N1,000 Notes: SERAP Drags Buhari To Court
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the unlawful directive banning the use of old N500 and N1,000 banknotes, contrary to the interim injunction granted by the Supreme Court that the old…
Grand Commander Of African Politics Award: Oshiomhole, Tallen, Okorocha, Others Celebrate Tinubu On Valentine’s Day
The Coalition For A Better Nigeria has bestowed on the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu the award of the Grand Commander of African Politics as part of its activities marking the 30th anniversary of…
HURIWA Calls For Protest If Nnamdi Kanu Is Not Freed After Seven Working Days
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, called for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the next seven days. HURIWA, in a statement by…
HURIWA To CJN: Respect Is Earned Not Forced On Us
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has come very hard on the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, accusing him of attempting to intimate, verbally harass, threaten or shut Nigerians up from giving…
Fuel, New Naira Notes Scarcity: CONYSSA Decries Sufferings Of Nigerian Masses, Proffers Solutions
By Bilkisu Adejoh The Coalition of Nigerian Youth on Security and Safety Affairs (CONYSSA) has expressed concerns over possible adverse effects of the lingering fuel scarcity, the difficulties imposed on Nigerians by the Naira swap policy and violence on the…
Naira Swap: CNG Hails Supreme Court, Warns FG, CBN
The Coalition of Northern Groups has welcomed the Supreme Court ruling halting the implementation of the February 10 naira swap deadline and warned the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government to respect the order of the court. CNG…
Naira Policy: Atiku Under Fire For Opposing Sultan, Senate As Arewa Youths Say PDP Presidential Candidate on His Own
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) on Saturday came hard on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over his comment on the new Naira policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The AYCF declared…
Intersociety Reveals Those Behind Shrinking Civil Space Against Leading S/East Presidential Candidates, Warns Of Looming Youth Uprising
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has identified those it accused of spearheading the shrinking of democratic civil space against leading presidential candidates of the South East origin ahead of the February 2023 presidential election….
Threats To Smooth Transition: Coalition of Northern Groups Tasks Buhari on Free, Fair, Credible 2023 Elections
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), an amalgamation of several groups in Northern Nigeria, has expressed concerns over signs of threats to a smooth transition through a scuttled process for credible 2023 general elections, urging President Muhammadu to assume the…
Dark Forces And Champions Of Barbarism Are Taking Over Public Institutions In Nigeria — Intersociety
…Says Appointment of Former IGP Arase as PSC Chair a Reward for 2015/2016 Massacre of 250 Unarmed Easterners as IGP There has been a floodgate of whimsical and capricious presidential appointments into Nigeria’s federal public institutions; done without recourse to…