Nearly a month since NYSC corp member Miss Linda Obi Chiamaka was kidnapped by terrorists in Zungeru, Niger state, the federal government, the management of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have been tasked to quickly secure her freedom without further delay. The prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) […]
HURIWA to President: Your Lagos ‘boys’ are on rampage in federal agencies in Abuja”
Says Igbo born public office holders are scared of unceremonious removals Prominent civil rights advocacy group HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has alleged that politicians of the All progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos state, have invaded Abuja and are now all over federal government agencies in search of juicy offices occupied by mostly […]
Mayday! Mayday! Our Country Is In Trouble, So Much Trouble That Thinkers And Fixers Are Needed Urgently IV.
The last of this series was released on the October 1st, 2024 under the subhead ‘What Nigeria Is Not At 64.’, however, the very worrying kamikaze and rudderless drift of the ship of State down the abyss has compelled a return to this series. Folks… It is Mayday! The Holy Book lucidly admonishes the power […]
TERRORISTS AREN’T ‘DARING’ TINUBU,THEY ENDANGER OUR CORPORATE EXISTENCE: HURIWA SAYS: Civil Rights advocacy Group:
HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has advised the National Security Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu to keep political theatrics aside in confronting the matters of National security interest. HURIWA faulted the open display of partisan politics by the NSA for viewing activities of terrorists as mere ‘rivals’ of President […]
HURIWA Debunks Protest Claims, Defends Matawalle Against Unproven Allegations
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly condemned recent accusations against Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence, calling them unsubstantiated and politically motivated. This rebuttal follows a protest at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters in Abuja, where a group of women and youths, purportedly from Zamfara claimed […]
HURIWA TO TINUBU: “TIME TO CEASEFIRE ON UNLEASHING INTOLERABLE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS”*
Whilst endorsing the call for an immediate cessation of war in Gaza between Israelis and Hamas fighters as canvassed by president Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian President has been urged to also declare immediate ceasefire on his government’s continuous unleashing of intolerably harsh economic hardships on Nigerians. This was even as the HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION […]
STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT
PRESIDENT TINUBU HONORS OGONI MARTYRS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to fostering dialogue, reconciliation, and healing among all ethnic nationalities that make up our great nation. In a special message commemorating the 2024 Ogoni Martyrs Remembrance Day, President Tinubu stands in solidarity with the National Youth Council of Ogoni People (NYCOP) […]
IN NIGERIA OUR CHILDREN ARE TOO POOR!
By Emmanuel Onwubiko There is a harmattan wind of poverty that has blown across Nigeria since May last year when the Nigerian government blew the whistle for the incessant hikes in the pump price of petroleum. The government also allowed the free fall in the value of naira to foreign denominated currencies of the western […]
HURIWA endorses NLC’s accusation of fuel marketers of inflating costs
*Says incessant fuel price hike is an agenda of government to empower elites only: Civil Rights advocacy Group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has lamented that emerging statistics have now demonstrated that the incessant hikes in the pump price of fuel was simply this government’s selfish agenda to empower elites who may have […]
HURIWA DEMANDS REASSIGNMENT OF HOUSING MINISTER TO APC’S HEADQUARTERS OR WARD IN KANO STATE
As the newly appointed minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, had said that his mission is to deliver Kano state to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027, the pro-democracy advocates: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has asked the President to dismiss him from the federal ministry of Housing […]
