More Knocks as MRA, IPC Condemn NBC Fines Against 3 TV Stations Over Coverage of #EndSARS Protests
…Say Action Portrays Nigeria as Crude, Primitive Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) today condemned the sanctioning of three television stations by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over the coverage of the #ENDSARS protests, describing the…
IPC Decries Incarceration of Nigerian Journalist Tom Oga
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, calls for the immediate release of Mr. Tom Oga the Publisher of Power Steering Magazine, who has been in police detention for 14 days without trial. He was arrested at about 5p.m on October…
BREAKING: El-Rufai Reviews Curfew in 21 Kaduna LGAs, Releases Emergency Numbers
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the recommendation of the security agencies for a significant relaxation of a 24-hour curfew imposed on the state in 21 local government areas. This is even as the state government has announced…
Police SARS Atrocities in Nigeria: Setting the Records Straight (2)
…200 EndSARS Protesters killed, 30, 400 Died in Police Custodies Since 2004 (16yrs) with 3,300 lost in Anambra …As 140, 000 Nigerians Killed Outside the Law in 21 Years or Since June 1999 …Reveals 200 EndSARS Protesters Killed By Security…
#PoliceBrutality: CNPP Demands Immediate Release of Nigerian Journalist, Tom Oga
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called for the immediate release of a Nigerian journalist, Tom Oga who have been in detention since October 13, 2020 without trial. The CNPP in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief…
MRA Condemns Attacks on the Media During #EndSARS Protests as Reprehensible
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned recent attacks against journalists and media houses in some parts of the country, particularly in Lagos, by State and non-State actors in the wake of the #EndSARS protests, describing the actions as reprehensible acts…
PEACrEc Statement on #EndSARS Protests, Recommendations
THE PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION RESOURCE CENTRE (PEACrEc) LENDS ITS VOICE TO THE CALLS FOR PEACE IN NIGERIA It is a fundamental human right of every Nigerian citizen to protest in cases of threat or infringement on his/her rights. This…
Police SARS Reforms: Why Nigeria Still Has Long Way To Go – Intersociety
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the country’s general citizens still have a long way to go as it concerns the country’s criminal justice administration and its management including Nigeria Police SARS reforms. In other words, it is an act…
Mother of All Protests Looms as CNPP, CSOs, Set to Join TUC, NLC Protest against Fuel, Electricity Tariff Hike
The umbrella body of all registered political parties and political associations in Nigeria, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has said it has mobilised a coalition of civil society groups to join the country’s labour movements to protest against…
Obadiah Mailafia: Why We’re Worried over 3rd DSS Invitation – Southern Kaduna Peoples Union
The people of Southern Kaduna under the aegis of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has expressed worries over a third invitation extended to the former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and a former presidential candidate of the African Democratic…
Emene Massacre: Intersociety Petitions Police Service Commission, Seek Investigation, Dismissal of CP Ahmad Abdurrahman
A leading research and investigative human rights organization, campaigning for promotion and advancement of civil liberties & rule of law, democracy and governance accountability and public or citizens’ security and safety, the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule…
