Our Girls, Our Pride!
Dear Active Citizen, Nigeria is faced with an unprecedented wave of different security crises – from kidnapping to terrorism – almost every corner of the country has been hit by violence and crime. When President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015, he promised to protect citizens from terrorists and criminals. But there is less than […]
Get involved!
Dear Active Citizen, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally extended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). INEC’s initial deadline for voters’ registration was June 30, 2022. If you are yet to participate in the ongoing CVR exercise (new registration, transfers, information update, lost/damaged cards), you still have the opportunity to do so but don’t […]
Humans not Numbers
Dear Active Citizen, Eighty-eight days after the terror attack and abduction of 61 known passengers on the Kaduna-bound train, 50 men, women, and children are still languishing in the bandits’ den. On June 11, 2022, 11 of the victims were released “following negotiations”. How many more Nigerians can our nation afford to lose because of […]
We won’t stop until they #BringBackOurGirls
Dear Active Citizen, On Tuesday, June 14, troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State found two of the yet to be rescued #ChibokGirls, Hawa Joseph & Mary Dauda. Both of them were kidnapped on the same day (April 14, 2014) and lived in the same camp for eight years without recognising […]
#EkitiDecides2022
Dear Active Citizen, #EkitiDecides2022 holds in a few days. Now that debates have been held and campaign promises have been made, we appeal to electorates in Ekiti, especially the young and first-time voters, to come out in large numbers and cast their votes on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Do not vote for a candidate you do not know anything […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]