Wickedness 100
Dear Active Citizen, All the presidential primaries are done and we now know those who want to be interviewed {debates} for the Office of the President! Every PVC is a potential vote, so that’s at least 90 million possible votes. Over 40 worshippers were killed in Owo on Sunday, but Mr President still hosted a […]
Sòrò Sókè Generation and The 2023 Elections!
Dear Sòrò Sókè Generation, Let’s rap! This is Nigeria! Look how we’re living now. 62 years after independence we are still struggling with democracy. This is Nigeria! Look how we living now! Delegate sell vote, politician buy am; Wetin we go call them nau?
‘Yemi Adamolekun: The Power of #OnePerson
Dear Active Citizen, Did you miss the news? Last month, our Executive Director, ‘Yemi Adamolekun was recognised by Global Citizen, an international advocacy organisation and named a Global Citizen Prize Winner – 2022 Citizen Award Nigeria. ‘Yemi started her advocacy journey in 2010 during her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), when a friend invited her to a […]
The Electorate Have INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on the Hot Seat!
ISSUED ON THURSDAY 2nd JUNE 2022 [aux_row columns=”2″] [aux_col]+234 (0) 7087784788 info@eienigeria.org +234 (0) 816 940 1359 info@yiaga.org [/aux_col] [aux_col]+234(0) 9077007057[/aux_col] contact@electoralcollng.org +234 (0) 810 419 8112 info@thecjid.org [/aux_row] June 2, 2022 Abuja, Nigeria For Immediate Release The Electorate Have INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on the Hot Seat! “Votes don’t […]
All Lives Matter
Dear Active Citizen, Last week we wrote to you condemning the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu, David Imoh, Private Gloria Matthew and her fiance, Warrant Officer Linus Musa Audu (Retired). A few days later, two members of the House of Assembly in Anambra State, Okechukwu Okoye and Cyril Chiegbokawas were murdered. On Sunday, May 22nd, […]
On Youth Inclusion in Nigerian Politics: 2023 and Beyond
[By Daniel Adejoro] The coming 2023 general elections in Nigeria could arguably go down as the most exciting since Nigeria’s 1999 fourth democratic journey. For diverse reasons, set against a backdrop of one of the most challenging economic realities in Nigeria, a divisive national politics, persistent and rising insecurity, widespread corruption and a general […]
Justice delayed is Justice denied!
Dear Active Citizen, The past few weeks have been inundated with unfortunate news about how trivial human lives have become in Nigeria – kidnappings, violent killings and mob actions continue unabated. From the gruesome killing of security operatives in Imo, to the murder of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto and the lynching of David Imoh by […]
DIVIDENDS OF A (PSEUDO) DEMOCRACY
[By Zeal Akaraiwe] There’s a very common saying that goes something along the lines of: “By their fruits, you shall know them; can one go to a mango tree and pluck an agbalumo?” I believe that by being patient and observing the fruits, one can learn everything possible regarding a situation as the fruits […]
STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ON SOKOTO CRISIS AND THE NBA-SPIDEL CONFERENCE 2022
ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY 17th MAY 2022 The last week, like many before it, has been replete with unfortunate developments that have trivialized the sanctity of human lives, exposed the weakness in our security architecture, tested our collective resolve as a people, and significantly threatened the unity of Nigeria as a nation. In the South-East, there […]
Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere
Dear Active Citizen, Yesterday, Thursday, May 12, many Nigerians were left traumatised and have numerous unanswered questions on the existence of human rights law in the country following nationwide outrage because of the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a second year female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, over alleged blasphemy.