Prominent pro-democracy advocacy group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has said that with the adversarial and aggressive anti-immigration policies of developed nations such as the United States of America under the newly inaugurated president Donald John Trump, Nigerian public must take ownership of the war against corruption of all manifestations so as to […]
Prominent civil Rights advocacy group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned the absolute disrespect and disregard to the plethora of pro-human Rights provisions encompassed in the Police Act of 2020 by the Nigeria Police Force, Ebonyi State Command in the reported manner of gestapo type invasion of the Owerri home of the […]
AMAECHI’S RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE POWER-GRAB DIATRIBE “No matter how long a log stays in the water, it doesn’t become a crocodile”—-a Bambara proverb from Mali. The above epigraph speaks to what can at best be described as questionable the leadership credentials of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, despite his many years at the apex of the political […]
The first part of this series was exactly 37 days ago. I truly couldn’t put my head together to weave words around the many troubles and worries that define the Nigerian Socio-political landscape. It has been an immensely troubling kaleidoscope. From problems of wanton Insecurity to unparalleled and unmitigated corruption and larceny. From propaganda and […]
By: George Ozalla Deputy Inspector General of Police: (DIG) Banji Lawal was decorated at the Force Headquarters in Abuja yesterday, marking a significant milestone in his illustrious career. The ceremony was attended by his wife, children, friends, associates and other dignitaries. The Inspector General of Police, IG Egbetokun decorated him and was ably assisted by […]
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly debunked claims circulating in the media that the Supreme Court delivered a judgment in favor of the faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. HURIWA described such reports as deliberate misinformation aimed at […]
By: Newscount The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that the National Assembly will continue to enact policies that enhance the provision of quality education in the country as a way of ensuring that the nation’s future is not only guaranteed but is also driven by youths that have been adequately equipped for the […]
By: Emmanuel Onwubiko In the past few weeks, there have been some spectacular successes scored by the country’s counter-narcotics agency the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). But that’s not the topic of today’s discussion. We are rather worried about a re-emerged existential situation that drug traffickers have evolved which is the swallowing of hundreds […]
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly condemned the Federal Government’s plan to impose tolls on more federal roads, describing it as another outrageous and toxic policy that will further burden already struggling Nigerians. Reacting to the statement by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, that major roads across Nigeria’s six geopolitical […]
(7th February, 2025) I received with Sadness, the News of the discovery of the decomposing body of Hon. Justice Azuka, who until his kidnap and eventual murder represented the People of Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly. Hon. Azuka, who was elected under the Platform of our Party, the Labour […]
