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 […]
On Tuesday, a final nail was drilled down the coffin of the last vestige of judicial distraction on the legitimacy of His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma as the duly elected and legitimately affirmed governor of Imo State, when the Nigerian Supreme Court took Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome […]
Controversial Nigerian artist, Portable, has responded to his removal from a Celestial Church praise night lineup. The Land of Goshen Cathedral in Lagos initially announced Portable and Fuji musician Pasuma as guest performers, sparking controversy. Following public outcry, church leader Olatosho Oshoffa later stated on Facebook that Portable and Pasuma […]
The Chief Undertaker of Imo PDP, who, until recently was the National Secretary of the same Party he has invested most of the last five years trying to destroy has come out once again to prove what we have all known about him; that fraud is his biggest talent in […]
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) strongly criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2024 budget, citing major flaws in addressing the needs of the vulnerable. HURIWA expressed concern over the meager 12.5% allocation to the social sector, particularly health and education, emphasizing its inadequacy compared to international standards. “The […]
In a resolute response to the recent wave of brutal killings in the Ahiazu Mbaise/ Ezinihitte Federal Constituency, Hon. Emeka Martins Chinedu, the esteemed representative of the constituency in the National Assembly, has vehemently condemned the increasingly barbaric nature of these acts. Expressing deep concern over the inhumane incidents that […]
In the shadows of our homes, an insidious crime often unfolds unnoticed, perpetuated by silence and ignorance. Domestic violence, a scourge that thrives without witnesses, finds strength in the ease with which it can be brushed aside. The Spring of Hope for Girlchild Development Initiative (SHoGDI), led by the indomitable […]
Former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Defense, T Y Danjuma yesterday in Enugu State described a former minister of petroleum, Allison Diezani-Madueke as exceedingly corrupt. The retired general argued that Diezani’s record of corruption is yet unbeaten in Nigeria’s political history. Inasmuch as the retired military chief has […]
Civil rights advocacy group, HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA), has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s recent reconstitution of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) board, labeling it unconstitutional and a breach of a court judgment. Addressing the media, HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, spoke on behalf […]
I actually played the iconic song of Fela Anikulapo Kuti titled ‘Teacher, don’t teach me nonsense’, throughout the period of drafting this piece on the most recent position of Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi on the dangers to the nation’s economy posed by the […]
