…. lauds Army’s professionalism The Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA) has rubbished reports claiming that the Nigerian Army recruited repentant Boko Haram members into the military. The group made this known in an international press conference on Wednesday in Abuja to clear the air in what it described as “outright falsehood and highly […]
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Red Cross and a handshake beyond the elbow
By Timothy Onwe In the over a decade, I have contributed to the national discourse, there has never been a time like now that I am writing with so much pain in me. The anxiety stems not from bodily harm, but that of disappointment from an organization that is on the ground in over 90 […]
Briggs family: Groups sue for peace, demands Wike’s intervention over delay in late philanthropist burial
A group; Civil Society Coalition for Peace and Justice (CSPJ) in conjuction with the Kalabari Heritage Forum (KHF) have called on the Rivers state governor, Nyeson Wike, to immediately intervene in the crisis rocking the popular family of late Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs. The group urged all the warring parties to sheath their swords and […]
Airport: Ebonyi family cries out over alleged seizure of farmland, harassment by govt
A family of six based in Abakaliki has cried out over the seizure of their farmland allegedly on the orders of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state without any form of agreement or compensation from the state government, even as he alleged harassment by the same government. Head of the family, Mr. Nwantinti Christopher Eze […]
FOOD SECURITY: SIRIKA INAUGURATES COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IMPACT OF SEASONAL RAINFALL PREDICTION
Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee, charged with the responsibility of reviewing the impact of seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on the nation’s food security from 2015-2018. According to the minister, “the prediction which is very scientific and exact, are extremely important and beneficial to […]
Boko Haram: Centre accuses Red Cross of peddling falsehood to discredit Nigerian authorities, local CSOs
The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has accused the International Committee on Red Cross (ICRC) of a deliberately peddling falsehood to undermine the efforts of the Nigerian military in the North-East. The Centre believes the international humanitarian organisation is misrepresenting facts in a bid to mislead unsuspecting members of the general public. […]
#RevolutionNow: Group protest at AGF’s office, demands investigation of foreign associates
The last seems not to have been heard on the embattled publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore as a group of civil rights activists today in Abuja took to the street to demand the investigation of his foreign counterparts in the RevolutionNow protest which authorities have claimed is targeted at destabilizing the country. The protesters, […]
2023: Northern governors using Heineken to penetrate Niger Delta, Nabena alleges
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Yekini Nabena has said that a governorship aspirant in Bayelsa state Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, is being used as a pawn by two northern governors of the ruling party to further their 2023 political aspirations. The APC deputy spokesman who refused to name the […]
Sowore: Beware of emergency activists acting as pro-democracy fighters, group warns
Following recent protests calling for the release of Sahara Reporters founder, Omoyele Sowore, the Initiative for Democracy and Good Governance (IDGG) has raised an alarm over the upsurge of misleading Pro-Democracy organisations purportedly defending human rights in the country. The group gave this warning on Saturday in Abuja to address what it described as the […]
El-Zakzakky: Group accuses IMN of violating human rights by using children for protests
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has condemned in totality the indiscriminate use of children as a shield by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) to accomplish its violent protests across the country. The group made this known in a press conference on Friday to express displeasure in IMN’s unwholesome violation of children’s rights in […]