*Wants kidnapped Catholic Priest freed immediately * Prominent civil rights advocacy group:HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned the unprecedented killings of Imo state residents by both well armed non-state actors and armed state actors which the group said has become widespread and bloodied due to a failure of political leadership and the […]
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PASSING OF CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT. GENERAL TAOREED ABIODUN LAGBAJA President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, regrets to announce the passing of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, at age 56. He passed away on Tuesday night in Lagos after a period of illness. […]
Hon. Uchenna Harris Okonkwo to Train Idemili Youths and women on Bio-Gas Production and Strategic Renewable Energy Skills.
The Honourable member representing Idemili North and South federal constituency, Hon. Uchenna Harris Okonkwo, is set to empower Idemili youths with bio-gas production and renewable energy skills. As a passionate advocate for technology and alternative energy sources, Hon. Okonkwo has partnered with the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and […]
MAKE MAJ. GEN OLUYEDE THE SUBSTANTIVE ARMY CHIEF OR AMEND THE ARMED FORCES ACT: HURIWA says
Pro- democracy advocacy group:HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has asked the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to regularise the appointment of a service Chief for the Nigeria Army since the extant harmonised Armed forces Act doesn’t envisage the position of an Acting Chief of Army Staff. HURIWA also maintained […]
HURIWA to Govt: Protect Nigerians, Investigate Substandard Fuel Imports Immediately
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has intensified calls for an urgent and transparent investigation into recent allegations made by Dangote Refinery, which accuses an international trading firm of attempting to undermine Nigeria’s refining sector by importing and blending substandard petrol. These allegations have stirred considerable debate within the oil and gas industry, […]
HURIWA ENDORSES SECURITY PROFILING OF CAB DRIVERS IN FCT BUT CAUTIONS AGAINST EXTORTION:
Prominent pro-democracy advocates: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has endorsed and described as salutary and timely, the decision of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, that the FCT Administration would not condone unprofiled vehicles in the nation’s capital beginning from January 2025. The Rights group recalled that the FCT […]
PRESS STATEMENT
EFCC Arrest of Edo State Accountant General and Others Aimed at Halting Ongoing Looting of State Funds, Unrelated to the Governor-elect The attention of the Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has been drawn to a misleading publication circulating on social media, linking him to the recent arrest of the Edo State Accountant General, Mr. […]
HURIWA URGES PRESIDENT TINUBU TO RELEASE THE ‘MALNOURISHED’ MINORS BEING TRIED FOR TREASON OVER ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTS
Even as a minor, who is among 76 persons set to be arraigned by the Nigerian Police Force for participating in the recent EndBadGovernance protest that held across the country, on Friday, collapsed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been urged to free the detainees. Making the plea […]
![A NARROW ESCAPE [30 July 1966]](https://i0.wp.com/newscount.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG-20241031-WA00061.jpg?fit=333%2C500&ssl=1 "A NARROW ESCAPE [30 July 1966]")
A NARROW ESCAPE [30 July 1966]
In July 1966, Admiral Alison Madueke was due to begin a training programme at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, UK, when the Ironsi regime was overthrown. In the following excerpt, he recounts his narrow escape from the massacres that occurred during the 1966 counter-coup: “After breakfast, Midshipmen Obianwu, Mohammed and I were taken in […]
HURIWA Calls for Visa Ban on Judges over “Politically Motivated” Judgements Destabilizing Rivers State
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has issued a strong condemnation of recent Federal High Court judgments, calling for visa restrictions on judges allegedly involved in issuing rulings perceived as politically motivated and destabilizing for Rivers State. The group cited recent judgments halting federal allocations to the state as alarming, calling for international […]
