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 22, 20153 min read
ABUJA ACCORD: TOWARDS A PEACEFUL ELECTIONS 2015
By ELVIS-WURA TOWOLAWI Election is an indispensable factor that validates democracy and when considered free and fair – confers...
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Jan 14, 20151 min read
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani condemns Baga terror m
We deeply deplore the vicious, ruthless attacks against civilians in the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga, where Boko Haram has...
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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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Dec 30, 20145 min read
Nigerian Gay activist Bisi Alimi speaks on living with HIV and how he was nearly killed for being ga
In an interview with NPR.com, Nigerian Gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi, who was the first person to come out as gay on Nigerian TV,...
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Jul 22, 20144 min read
IMPEACHMENT OF ADAMAWA STATE GOVERNOR: ATTACK ON CONSTITUTIONALISM/LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
Being a Press Release by the Doing Democracy Movement, DDM. DDM have received with utter shock the untenable display of might as right,...
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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 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 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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Jun 1, 20142 min read
Rommy Mom: Nigeria’s gay marriage law is misleading and harmful
By Alice Kirkland The wording of Nigeria’s recent anti-gay marriage law is misleading and has provoked a spike in hate crime towards the...
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May 15, 20144 min read
OUR WOMEN ARE MARCHING
Following the abduction of the nearly 300 School girls at Chibok by Boko Haram and their lily livered Shecow, sorry Shekau, women largely...
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May 9, 20145 min read
Tackling the Insurgency
by Eze Onyekpere Nigeria is under siege; the people are distraught and hope seems to be a scarce commodity in the land. No arm of...
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May 9, 20142 min read
Who is Shekau?
The below posting has practically no relation to the law and articles on Lawyers Alert Blog. However, with the definition of politics,...
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May 4, 20143 min read
CHIBOK, EDUCATION AND NIGERIA
The recent abduction of over 234 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State during their S.S.C.E Exams by...
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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 28, 20146 min read
Enforcing Rights Using The Freedom Of Information Act, 2011-Legal Perspective
Written by Okoi Obono-Obla The Freedom of Information Act (FOI), 2011 is a revolutionary piece of legislation that came into force on the...
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Feb 27, 20142 min read
Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Advocacy nominee Rommy Mom
By Taylor Walker / 25 February, 2014 Rommy Mom is Nigeria’s David fighting the Goliath of a dysfunctional government. Mom, president of...
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Feb 14, 20143 min read
GAY RIGHTS, THE FAMILY & THE RIGHT OF HUMANITY
The outpouring of outrage and counter-rage surrounding the passage of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Law 2013 in Nigeria which...
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Feb 9, 20141 min read
PRESS RELEASE ON THE IMPLICATION OF THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE [PROHIBITION] ACT 2013 by The Special Rapp
The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa, Mrs ReineAlapini-Gansou, has taken note of the promulgation on 13 January...
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