By Joy Idam. The Standup for Women Society (SWS), Cross River State Chapter has condemned in strong terms the Ill-treatment of some street sweepers who took to the streets of Calabar to protest the non-payment of their 6months salary. The State Chairperson, Mrs Umo Basi-Edet said “It is a […]
Month: October 2021
Describing as absolutely unconstitutional, unlawful, despicable, primitive and reprehensible the actions of the Lagos State’s Police Command for disrupting some PROTESTS and illegally clamping down of peaceful civil Protesters, the HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has called for the unconditional release from detention of all the protesters arrested […]
….*Says Attack On Catholic Seminary Is A Continuation Of Ongoing Genocide: Leading civil Rights Advocacy Platform-:HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has tasked the President as the father of the nation to kindly halt the massive attacks and killings of Christians in Southern Kaduna by suspected armed Fulani […]
By Emmanuel Onwubiko. Last week, the Reverend gentleman who is the Special Adviser on Media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari in the person of the erstwhile Managing Director of the Daily Sun newspaper Mr. Femi Adesina told his audience that within days the administration would showcase a documentary […]
Prominent pro-democracy and Not-for-profit organisation- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has called out the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS) for exhibiting overwhelming tendencies of ethnic profiling targeting members of the South East of Nigeria’s Igbo speaking Ethnicity following the arrest by soldiers and eventual […]
By Kennedy Eberechi. The Charity Ambassador Care Foundation; a non-for profit, non-governmental organization, incorporated by the Corporate Affairs Commission to alleviate the sufferings of the less privileged across different parts of Nigeria has announced that the prestigious annual Miss Charity Ambassador (MCA) Pageant and the Charitable Personality Award (CPA) […]
Our Reporter. The foremost and leading civil rights advocacy group; Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged for the speedy consideration of the request officially made to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the setting up of a solid […]
By Franca Ogar. To Mark Nigeria at 61, and the International Day for Older Persons, the Journalists Network for Ageing in Nigeria (JONAN) has called upon the Service Chiefs, IGP, DSS and the NSA to declare a state of emergency in security in the South East in Particular and […]
By Dan Ugwu. MBAISE, a little city in Imo State is successfully setting its ugly record in infamy. Such record is coming at the wake of the activities of various revolts in Nigeria that have literarily set the city on fire. This institutionalised fire service in Mbaise started during […]