Nigeria Decides 2023: Will we take the road over-travelled?
[By Ayisha Osori] Long before I stumbled on Isiah Berlin’s “to understand is to perceive patterns”, I was fascinated by life patterns. The ones we design with our choices, doing things consciously, unconsciously and mapping out the same lines and circles that intersect repeatedly in the same places. Over and over again like moths […]
Bring Back Our Girls Now!
Dear Active Citizen, Yesterday, April 14th marked the 8th anniversary of the abduction of the 276 #ChibokGirls. While 167 of the #ChibokGirls have either escaped, been released or found, 109 #ChibokGirls are still missing. This is a painful milestone but we shall continue to demand the release of the remaining #ChibokGirls, Leah Sharibu and other […]
#NoJusticeNoToll
[By ‘Yemi Adamolekun] “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu (South African Cleric, Anti-Apartheid Advocate & Nobel Laureate) On April 1, 2022, Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC), a company 100% owned by the Lagos State Government (LASG) since 2014, resumed tolling on […]
#NoJusticeNoToll
Dear Active Citizen, We have started a petition to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to halt his decision to commence toll collection from Saturday, April 16, 2022, and to make public the White Paper on the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and the implementation plan for the recommendations. Moving on with business as […]
One Last Chance!
Dear Active Citizen, Yesterday, we hosted our 12th year anniversary symposium titled ‘On Debates & Democracy’ at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The hybrid event featured a media panel and a debate panel that had in attendance the ‘most debated ‘ Nigerian politician of our time, Babatunde Raji Fashola.
The Brazen Legalisation of Gender Inequality in Nigeria
[By Bukky Shonibare] March 1, 2022 was a sad day for Nigerian women. Despite extensive lobbying, consultations, negotiations, and advocacy, the 9th National Assembly (NASS) joined previous ones to legitimise the discrimination of women in Nigeria. It is particularly worrisome that this happened on the first day of International Women’s Month, and on the […]
NIGERIAN WOMEN RECORD LANDMARK JUDGEMENT AGAINST FGN ON THE JUSTICIABILITY OF THE NATIONAL GENDER POLICY
6 April 2022 Today April 6th 2022 Nigerian women have won a landmark judgement against the Federal Government of Nigeria (defendants President Muhammadu Buhari & the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami) for inclusive governance that gives room for gender equity to reflect true democracy in Nigeria. This Judgement is coming at […]
#BringBackOurGirls Statement
6 April 2022 Corpses don’t vote: #BringBackOurGirls backs Sheikh Nuru Khalid Our movement read with consternation, the suspension of the Chief Imam of the Apo Legislators’ Quarters Central Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid. Abuja. Sheikh Khalid is a long-standing friend of our ChibokGirls, their parents and our movement and has on numerous occassions paired […]
JUDGEMENT DELIVERED IN FAVOUR OF NIGERIAN WOMEN
The Federal High Court Abuja, today 6 April 2022 has delivered judgement in favour of Nigerian women on the litigation process on Affirmative Action before Justice Donatus Okorowo. Nigerian Women were represented by a counsel of the Falana and Falana Chambers, Barrister Marshal Abubakar. Nigerian women have suffered marginalization in the Nigerian Political Space. As […]
Janet Brown, Tunde Fashola, SAN and Segun Adeniyi for EiE Nigeria’s 12th Anniversary Symposium
April 4, 2022 Lagos, Nigeria ‘‘We must begin to imbibe a culture by which those who aspire to lead our people are subjected to a rigorous process of public debates that will assess their suitability on objective criteria, rather than the religion they practice or where they come from.’’ – Olusegun Adeniyi (Chairman, ThisDay […]