Yiaga Africa Midday Situational Statement on the 2022 FCT Area Council Elections
An election defined by operational deficiencies, election security challenges, and abysmal voter turnout Introduction Yiaga Africa deployed trained and accredited roving observers to observe the 12th February 2022 FCT Area Council elections in the six Area Councils of the FCT. Yiaga Africa observers deployed by 7:30 am and they visited polling units within the sixty-two […]
SHORT STATEMENT BY SITUATION ROOM AS VOTING COMES TO A CLOSE IN FCT AREA COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Issued: 3:00pm – Saturday, 12th February 2022 The Situation Room is observing the FCT Area Council elections scheduled for Saturday, 12th February 2022 in the six area councils. Reports from our networks of observers and partners showed late deployment of personnel and materials across the FCT. In most Area Councils, INEC officials arrived at an average time […]
FINAL STATEMENT BY THE NIGERIA CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM ON THE ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION 2021
Issued: 10:30am, Friday, 11th February 2022 The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has convened in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to observe the Area Council Elections in the FCT scheduled for Saturday, 12th February 2022. This election is the first election after the recently held Anambra State governorship election, which was mostly adjudged […]
SITUATION ROOM CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUHARI TO ASSENT TO ELECTORAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL 2021
Issued in Abuja at 9:30am: Friday, 17th December 2021 The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room is concerned that since the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 and the onward transmission to the President, the bill has not been assented to by the President. Electoral reforms in Nigeria have been implemented mainly through the review […]
GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU’S SPEECH TO THE PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE ON THE LEKKI TOLLGATE INCIDENT
My dear good people of Lagos State, It is with great sense of responsibility that I address you today on the reactions that have trailed the release of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry Report submitted to me two weeks ago, and how it has played out in public discourse since then. I believe — […]
Broadening Youth Participation in the Electoral Process
“If you stay out of politics, those who stay in politics will not stay out of your life, your health, your education, your home, your business, or your bank account.” – Dike Chukwumerije (Poet) #ThursdayTalks is a monthly conversation that engages thought leaders, change agents and active citizens on the state of the nation, citizen […]
#LekkiMassacre: Free all #EndSARS Prisoners, Compensate All #EndSARS Victims, Bring the Killers to Book!
Press Statement Issued by the Coalition for Revolution (CORE); 16/11/2021 1. The report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters has settled the argument once and for all: there was a massacre at Lekki Tollgate and across Lagos on 20th October 2020, and […]
21 STOREY COLLAPSED BUILDING, GERRARD ROAD, IKOYI, LAGOS STATE
2nd November, 2021. His Excellency, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. Your Excellency, RE: 21 STOREY COLLAPSED BUILDING, GERRARD ROAD, IKOYI, LAGOS STATE. The above subject matter refers. We all witness live on Arise and Channels television stations, the rubbles of a collapsed twenty one (21) storey building on […]
TRAUMA FROM POLICE BRUTALITY & INSTITUTIONS OF POWER/AUTHORITY
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos (American singer-songwriter and pianist) #ThursdayTalks is a monthly conversation with thought leaders, change agents and active citizens about good governance, citizen representation, human rights, and effective service delivery in Nigeria. It is organised […]
RADICAL AGENDA MOVEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
#ENDSARS ANNIVERSARY SITUATION ROOM NEWSLETTER NO. 5 STRUGGLE PAYS AS CP HAKEEM ODUMOSU, BOWS TO PRESSURE, FREES “LEKKI 33” AT 12PM-MIDNIGHT, YESTERDAY, 2OTH OCTOBER, 2020 Indeed struggle pays as CP HAKEEM ODUMOSU, the Commissioner of Police of Lagos State bowed to pressure and released 33 peaceful protesters arrested at the Lekki Toll Gate. The “Lekki […]