President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is arguably Nigeria’s most successful political godfather alive. Over the past 16 years, Jagaban has successfully installed his preferred candidates as governors of Lagos State. Beyond installing governors, he has also installed 85% of all political office holders in Lagos State. His political influence extends beyond […]
English philosopher and psychologist Herbert Spencer coined the phrase “survival of the fittest” (1820-1903). He is famous for his doctrine of social Darwinism, which asserts that the principles of evolution, including natural selection, apply to human societies, social classes, and individuals as well as to biological species developing over geologic […]
One of the unfortunate things the Nnamdi Kanu issue has revealed about the Igbo political and civil society ecosystem is that most of those at the helm of discussions or those who have been given authority to speak on behalf of Ndigbo have chosen treachery as a leadership strategy. Rather […]
What is happening with governance in Nigeria at the moment? Indeed, it is not a ruse to say that the quality of governance has never been this appalling and scandalous in Nigeria which is regarded as the biggest black democracy in the World. What with the suffocating celebration of poor […]
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed deep concern over the increasing incidents of kidnappings in Abuja, labeling the nation’s capital as the “kidnappers’ capital of Nigeria.” HURIWA highlighted the rise in armed abductions, the invasion of homes, and the failure of security forces to curb sophisticated […]
In a swift and assertive move, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called upon the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh elections in 27 state constituencies of Rivers State following the defection of lawmakers from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The call was made in […]
In a united effort to conclude the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Spring of Hope for the Girlchild Development Initiative (SHoGDI), alongside Lawyers Alert Nigeria and Bengonet Rural Development Initiative, hosted a press briefing to update the public on strides taken towards the operationalization of the Benue Sexual […]
In a bold move marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Maxwell Opara Esq, a prominent Nigerian human rights lawyer, spearheaded a group of activists and members of the Civil Group to the Rights House in London. The impassioned gathering aimed to shed light on the […]
In a compelling address on Thursday during the third day of the ongoing Film Festival at the Embassy of Brazil in Abuja, Miss Face of Humanity Nigeria (MFOH Nigeria), Ambassador Rita Chika Ezenwa, passionately underscored the individual responsibility in safeguarding human rights worldwide. The event, a part of the 75th-anniversary […]
Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has described as unwarranted, despicable, reprehensible, and distasteful, the latest violent attack in Edo state targeted at enforcement agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) just as it has called on Nigerians to stand in solidarity […]
