A Nation Mourns: Death of Chike Akunyili
Death in any situation is painful, but when it is as brutal and senseless as murder, our hearts break twice. As a nation mourns a man known to many as the husband of late Professor Dora Akunyili, we as a family remember the man we call Daddy. He was a son — as a young […]
SITUATION ROOM AND EU-SDGN IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS EXPRESS EXPECTATIONS AHEAD OF ELECTORAL BILL HARMONISATION
Issued in Abuja at 11.00 am: Monday, 27th September 2021 As the National Assembly Harmonisation Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives sets for its conference on the Electoral Bill harmonisation, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room and the EU-SDGN implementing partners call for a dispassionate, selfless decision-making process during the harmonisation. Nigerians have […]
PRESS STATEMENT: INCARCERATED ENDSARS PROTESTERS
September 22nd, 2021 “Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full […]
EiE Nigeria, MRA, PIN, SERAP Tackle FG 100 days into #TwitterBan
September 16th, 2021 “I hold very strongly to the view that there is press freedom and there is freedom of expression. They had always been there, and they will always be. On freedom of expression; I think it is important to listen to one another, understand each other, so we can make progress as a […]
20 YEARS OF BLOODLETTING IN JOS MEMORIAL PROCESSION SUPPRESSED
PRESS STATEMENT – 7th September 2021 CORE CONDEMNS PLATEAU STATE GOVERNMENT’S SUPPRESSION OF THE FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY Today makes it twenty years since unbridled carnage was let loose on Jos. The cycles of violence since then have taken several shapes. This includes and has equally been spurred by state repression. Law enforcement agents were once […]
Weekly Updates on the #EndSARS Judicial Panels of Inquiry – No. 22
1st – 30th June 2021 The Judicial Panels of Inquiry set up across Nigeria to investigate the excesses of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies have continued sittings in Bayelsa, Oyo and Lagos states in the month under review. Following the expiration of the 6 months tenure of the Panel, the Governor of […]
WOMEN’S STATEMENT ON THE CONTINUED HARASSMENT OF APPOINTED PUBLIC SERVANTS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN
26th August 2021 The Feminist Womanifesto Group Condemns the Continued Harassment of Appointed Public Servants, Especially Women We, the undersigned, of the Feminist Womanifesto Group, condemn in strong terms the continued harassment of public servants, especially women, who have chosen to serve their country and have shown commitment to public accountability. Over the last few […]
COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF WOMEN HARASSED AND ABUSED BY NIGERIAN POLICE, AEPB, AWARDS COMPENSATION IN MILLIONS OF NAIRA
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled in favour of six women who were harassed and abused during raids by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), police and other law enforcement agents in April 2019. The six women, through a team of lawyers comprising of Deji Ajare, Mojirayo Ogunlana-Nkanga, Bamidele Jacobs, Jennifer Ogbogu, […]
The Travails of The Youth Party
– Helen Attah Without the rule of law, we have no democracy. We have been on this journey for four years. Despite having the Constitution and several judgments from the court on our side, we have been victims of a commission that lacks respect for the rule of law and has chosen to play God. […]
Occupy Your #OfficeOfTheCitizen: Make We Talk Election Mata!
“Votes don’t count, if there are no votes to count.” – Demilade Roberts (Photographer & Active Citizen) #ThursdayTalks, which started in March 2018, is a monthly conversation with thought leaders, change agents and active citizens which aims to drive conversations around the demand for good governance driven by active citizenship. It is organized by EiE […]