Can Buhari turn Nigeria’s oil into wealth for the people?
More on: Corruption and governance Nigeria’s President-Elect Muhammodu Buhari addresses a news conference outside his house after he...
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Mar 4, 20152 min read
HOW CAN WE MAKE INTERNET MORE AFFORDABLE ACROSS THE DEVELOPING WORLD?
Here at Lawyers’ Alert, we’re proud to be members of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). Today, the Alliance has released the...
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Jan 26, 20153 min read
The Nigeria NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 2014: Snap Review
Nigeria’s National Health Bill was signed into law by the president on December 9, 2014. The Nigerian Senate passed the highly...
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Jan 6, 20156 min read
Road Map 2015 Via The Freeedom Of Iinformation ACT
As Nigeria prepares for the 2015 Elections, Seermber Nyager takes a look at the elections from the perspective of the Freedom of...
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Nov 5, 20144 min read
Ebola, Human Rights and Poverty – Making the Links
Alicia Ely Yamin 23 October 2014 The catastrophic Ebola crisis unfolding in West Africa offers many lessons, not least for global...
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Jul 20, 20143 min read
BENUE FLOOD VICTIMS COMPENSATION STRUGGLE: A TIME-LINE
It started mildly, before one could realize, it had gone beyond proportions. The waters of River Benue had over flown it’s banks into...
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Jun 19, 20142 min read
Who rules the Internet?
To many, the internet is a ‘no man’s land’ with different association exercising varying control over the web space; the United States...
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Jun 5, 20145 min read
Africa: GDP Is Macho and Keeps Women Poor
By Alice Kanengoni, 22 May 2014 First published in Allafrica For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been used the world over as...
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Jun 3, 20143 min read
On Ban of #BringBackOurGirls Protest in Abuja: A Response
The beauty and glory of any democracy lies in the ability of the people to voice dissent–Free expression. In fact, the cardinal pillars...
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Jun 2, 20142 min read
A Girl With A Book
“Soldiers are not what frightens Shekau and his gang, Boko Haram. What frightens them is a girl with a book” – Laurent Duvillier It’s...
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Jun 1, 20144 min read
BENUE: OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEACHERS, STRIKES AND WAGES
By Rommy Mom That Primary Schools in Benue have been closed owing to industrial actions by teachers for nearly 7 months is no news. What...
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Apr 25, 201412 min read
How Nigeria Courts frustrate corruption cases
Femi Falana (SAN) in this paper he presented at the 2014 Law Week of the Aba Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abia State...
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Apr 24, 20144 min read
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT-BEYOND RHETORICS
Youth represents strength and stamina; youth symbolizes curiosity and creativity, youth is the picture of the future and any country and...
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Apr 10, 20147 min read
UN General Assembly Concludes its Review of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies
9th April 2014, New York There are 10 core human rights treaties that set out the fundamental rights to which all people are entitled....
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Mar 31, 20145 min read
Agenda for the National Conference
The National Conference was inaugurated by the Nigeria Government to redefine and redeem Nigeria through seeking consensus ALL issues to...
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Mar 29, 20142 min read
THE DANGOTE CEMENT (MBAYION) KILLINGS AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE
BEING A PRESS RELEASE BY LAWYERS ALERT For Decades, the Mbayion community, located in Gboko local government area of Benue State, home to...
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Mar 23, 20143 min read
Partnership according to UN-Habitat. A call to save the planet through democracy
“Sorry if I arrived late and I haven’t been able to follow your talk, but I left my headset for interpretations in another room.” Thus...
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Mar 15, 20142 min read
Nigeria CSOs need to engage the Nigeria parliament on the proposed Cyber legislation
The Nigeria Parliament (Senate and house of Reps) has reached an advanced stage to pass a bill that seeks to criminalise the use of...
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Mar 15, 20144 min read
27th February was WORLD NGO DAY: Measuring Strength, Mastering Hope – Post – 2015.
27th February, 2014, NGOs the world over gathered at Helsinki, Finland; to mark this year’s world NGO day. At this gathering, one of its...
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Mar 5, 20146 min read
The Environment in Social Science and Humanities in Africa
James Murombedzi The environment is taking center stage in local, national and global discourse and policies. This increasing focus is...
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