The National Conference, The January Uprising And The Labour Civil Society Coalition
By Jaye Gaskia In the last few days the FGN has released its working document for the convening of the National Conference. We now know...
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Feb 5, 20142 min read
ECOWAS Court orders Federal Government and Edo state Government to take Thankgod Ebhos off death row
In what can be described as a first encouraging step for Avocats Sans Frontières France, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on the...
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Jan 7, 20145 min read
Nigeria: PARADIGM SHIFT FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NIGERIAN CSOs
…….Victor TC Anyanwu 2014 marks Nigeria’s 100years of existence, with the evolution of various problems and developmental challenges far...
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Dec 16, 20136 min read
STATE WITHIN A STATE: NIGERIA PETROLEUM (NNPC) AS A METAPHOR FOR IMPUNITY
…..Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor All through its history, and throughout all the metamorphosis that it has undergone, the Nigeria National...
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Dec 16, 20135 min read
Growing Repression Of Free Speech And Attack On Human Rights Defenders In Nigeria
By Victoria Ohaeri Victoria Ohaeri The growing repression of citizen reporters and advocates that challenge the never-seen-before levels...
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Dec 10, 20134 min read
CHRISTIANITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
When ELVIS-WURA TOWOLAWI walked into my office and discussed starting a human rights education project in churches in Makurdi, Benue...
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Dec 6, 20131 min read
A new anti-homosexuality law in Nigeria
by Colin Stewart Location of Katsina State in Nigeria. The legislature of Katsina State in northern Nigeria added to that country’s...
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Dec 5, 20133 min read
Loot Recovery and Development
By Abubakar Ibn Kachalla Recently, the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Hans Hodel, said his country had discharged its legal obligations...
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Dec 4, 20131 min read
NIGERIA: SOCIAL MEDIA CRITICS TO GO TO JAIL
The Senate has reached an advanced stage to pass a bill that seeks seven years jail term for social media critics found guilty of...
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Dec 4, 20134 min read
Nigeria and the scourge of modern slavery
– The Punch MORE than two centuries after the obnoxious trade in human beings was officially abolished in the British Empire in 1807,...
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Dec 4, 20132 min read
Anambra Supplementary Poll: Voter turnout ‘as low as 5 per cent’ in several polling units
Ben Ezeamalu The Nigeria Civil Society Election Situation Room monitored the supplementary election. The just concluded supplementary...
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Dec 3, 20134 min read
THE NIGERIA JUDICIARY AND IMPUNITY.
……. Elvis Wura Towolawi Wherever there is power, naked and unrestrained – abuse of same is inevitable. This age- tested philosophy...
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Nov 28, 20134 min read
Nigeria: Triumphant leap for Freedom Of Information Act
– Daily Independent Editorial, November 24, 2013 A fierce combination of inherited repressive anti-colonial laws, an almost three...
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Nov 27, 20132 min read
Nigeria ranks 7th in illicit fund transfers says nation’s anti corruption Boss
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, says Nigeria has been ranked 7th in the world in...
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Nov 27, 20131 min read
Good Governance: Nigeria Ranks 41 Among 52 African Countries
The 2013 Good Governance Summit held in Dakar, Senegal, in collaboration with Mo Ibrahim Foundation has ranked Nigeria 41st among 52...
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Nov 26, 20132 min read
LAWYERS ALERT TRAINS 22 MONITORS TO DOCUMENT ECSR VIOLATIONS IN MABYION COMMUNITY
On the 16th November, 2013 Lawyer Alert trained 22 monitors to document reported cases of violation of economic rights of the Mbayion...
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Nov 23, 20136 min read
NIGERIA: HOME TO 10% OF WORLDS’ POOREST
By Dr. Peregrino Brimah The World Bank country director for Nigeria, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly, earlier this month said that 63% or 100...
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Nov 21, 20132 min read
POLICE DISRUPTS STOP IMPUNITY PEACE WALK IN ABUJA
PRESS RELEASE Abuja, Thursday, November 21, 2013: The Stop Impunity Nigeria (S.I.N.) Campaign notes with regret the descent into...
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Nov 21, 20133 min read
REPORT OF ONE DAY CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY LAWYERS ALERT UNDER THE THEME “IMPUNITY, JUSTICE SECTOR AN
Lawyers Alert as part of its activities in observing the International Day to End Impunity ( IDEI) held a public lecture on the 19th ...
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Nov 18, 20134 min read
FoI Needs No Domestication by States, Court Rules
Following comments by some States that the Freedom of Information Law needs to be domesticated to be applicable in various states, the...
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