Victory For The #OfficeOfTheCitizen!
Dear Active Citizen, On Thursday, July 14, the ECOWAS court held that the act of suspending Twitter by the Buhari-led administration was unlawful and inconsistent with Article 9 of the African Charter and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Leave No One Behind
Dear Active Citizen, Observation reports in some INEC registration centres as at Friday, July 8, indicate that queues have eased in many areas as citizens are relaxed because of the extension. Don’t be an eleventh-hour citizen! Get registered before the queue gets long again.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Let’s get it to 20,000 petitions!
Dear Active Citizen, Our advocacy is yielding positive results but we cannot rest on our oars. Lagos State is can’t commence toll collection on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge because it’s illegal. We are also demanding that LASG should make public the White Paper on the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and the implementation plan for […]