The prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group: – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has told the Directorate of State Security Services or SSS that they are not statutorily established to act as the “national alarmist or town criers” but for the security of the Nation state. Specifically, HURIWA wonders why prominent Northerners like Katsina […]
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*BLAMES NORTHERN ELDERS FOR SPREAD OF ISAMIC TERRORISM:A Statement By The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group-: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) on How The Office of The Accountant General of The Federation can prevent PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION and how The Lack of National Procurement Council is Aiding and Abetting Corruption In Nigeria, While […]
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Gentleman of the media, we greet you as we start a new phase in our twelve year old strategic civil liberty advocacy campaigns. This new campaign is to monitor proceedings in the courts of law and to highlight areas that infringes on the human rights of citizens and undermines judicial integrity. Today, we are beginning […]
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By Emmanuel Onwubiko The constant xenophobic violence unleashed on Nigerians living in South Africa has a constant reminder for the millions of Nigerians who subscribed to the paid television services of the wholly South African operated Multichoice television otherwise known as DSTV. This reminder that the series of xenophic attacks on Nigerians in South African […]
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The film industry in the United States of America otherwise known as Hollywood is currently in an emotional turmoil following the outbreak of massive public disclosures of serial sexual harassment and cases of sexual abuses made against one of America’s top rated king makers in the industry known as Mr. Harvey Weinsteins. As I put […]
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It’s become a familiar and somewhat pastoral sight in the area of Henrico’s Twin Hickory subdivision — a meandering pig. Police responded to Nuckols Road after 8 a.m. on Tuesday to nab the animal that was running back and forth in the road, said Lt. Shawn Sears, with the Henrico AnimalProtection Police. The pig, which officers cornered off the road, is […]
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From the top of the six-story lighthouse, water stretches beyond the horizon in every direction. A foghorn bleats twice at 22-second intervals, interrupting the endless chatter of herring gulls. At least twice a day, beginning shortly after dawn, researchers climb steps and ladders and crawl through a modest glass doorway to scan the surrounding sea, […]
Continue ReadingWith mouths aghast, millions of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria from around the globe watched as President Muhammadu Buhari granted his first most important international media interview and made a frightening disclosure. This was barely weeks after he was inaugurated on may 29th 2015 when he honored an invitation extended to him by the then […]
Continue ReadingIggy is being cared for at the SSPCA’s Lanarkshire centre after being found at the side of a road. Photograph: Scottish SPCA/PA A giant iguana more than 1.5 metres (5ft) long is being cared for by animal welfare experts after he was found in a layby in Scotland. The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty […]
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