A Statement By The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group; Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on the Continuous Breaches of Federal Character Principles By President Muhammadu Buhari, with Particular Reference To The Recent Appointments In PENCOM and National Population Commission Despite Oppositions The Concerns: It is without any doubts […]
Month: October 2020
By HURIWA. Calling on the Army to be cautious of the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of citizens as encapsulated in the nation’s Supreme law and a plethora of international human rights and humanitarian laws, the Civil Rights Advocacy Platform: – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has thrown her weight behind the strategic […]
By Orbih William. The word “palliative” is perhaps the most used word in Nigeria today. Before last week, or let us say before COVID 19 pandemic, many Nigerians did not even know that the word existed, talk less of what it meant. Today, it is not that many Nigerians […]
By HURIWA. “The mere fact that from all across the Country, desperate citizens were seen invading public Warehouses and massively looting storages perceived to be palliatives that were meant for the poor during the lockdown that characterized the first wave of the global pandemic of COVID-19 and the […]
By Orbih William. Let me explain why it is difficult for me to frown at the looting of warehouses. But first, let me clarify that I do not support violence in any way or form, or theft. I also do not support the wanton destruction of property or the […]
By Orbih William. Johnny is not just the name of one of my best friends ever; John Amadi, or my former Archbishop; John Cardinal Onaiyekan, or my favorite Pope ever; Saint John XXIII. It is the name of innumerable Nigerians who have been victims of police brutality and excessive […]
By HURIWA. The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group-: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has dismissed Thursday night’s 7pm national broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari as not soothing enough and amounted to open threats to the aggrieved members of the youthful public just as the speech sounded dictatorial […]
By Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Kaigama. From the moment of political independence, Nigeria appeared set to attain very great political heights, social integration and economic viability. We started well, but for sixty years now, it appears Nigeria has wallowed from one crisis to another, pursued misdirected economic policies and […]
By Emmanuel Onwubiko. In my latest book titled: “LEADERSHIP NUGGETS OF WISDOM FOR NIGERIA” I said: “Any extrajudicial killing that is left untreated and the killer(s) left unpunished contrary to the law, diminishes the Sovereignty of the nation State”. The father of literature in Africa; Professor Chinua Achebe had […]
By Dan Ugwu. At a point in its wake, Boko Haram went for dialogue with government; Shekau their faceless Speaker nominated Buhari, Shettima, Ali Monguno, former Yobe State governor, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Ambassador Gaji Galtimari and Hajia Aisha Wakil and her husband, Alkali Wakil. The dialogue failed because they […]
