Month: August 2024

By: Mandy Park Civil society group, Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has asked the Inspector General of Nigeria Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun and the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to thoroughly investigate the assassination of Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye. Prince Akinloye, a scion of His Royal Highness, Oba Tijani Akinloye, Sateru II, the Ojomu of Ajiranland in Eti Osa Local Government area of Lagos State, was gruesomely murdered in broad day on the ever busy Cheveron Drive along the Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday, August…

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By: Emma Nnadi Socially relevant, and service oriented Non-governmental organization, Centre for human and socio-economic rights (CHSR) has condemned what it described as”unwarranted 42 percent increase in passport processing”, calling on the government to immediately reverse the policy in the interest of good governance. The group said the action was undemocratic and unacceptable as it is another way of inflicting more hardship on the citizens despite what they are passing through at the moment. In a statement made available to newsman in Lagos on Thursday by Comrade Alex OmotehinsePresident CHSR,…

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By Mandy Park All roads will lead to Obiene Ututu in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State this weekend for the burial of late Madam Eunice Isiolu, on Saturday 24th, August. According to the burial ceremony programme made available to newsmen by her son Chigozie Isiolu, aka Abacha, her body, on Friday 23rd August, will leave Ututu cottage mortuary, Abuma to her home town, Obiene Ututu, where the body will be received by her father’s compound, Eziukwu compound, Obiene Ututu. From Eziukwu compound, her body will be moved and…

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By: Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the country’s regulators and the film and cinema industry to protect the next generation of Nigerians from the predatory tactics of the tobacco industry by sustaining the #SmokeFreeNollywood campaign. CAPPA’s Executive Director Akinbode Oluwafemi said the tobacco industry had a track record of surreptitiously using movies and music to entice young persons to take up the deadly habit of smoking. “This is not only unlawful but also undermines tobacco control efforts and worsens Nigeria’s non-communicable diseases (NCDs)…

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By: Mandy Park The#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Organising Committee has declared three days of mourning in honour of those killed across the country during the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest. After a closed-door organisers’ meeting on Tuesday, Aigust 6, the organising committee, issued a statement jointly signed by Hassan Soweto, Ayoyinka Oni and Oloye Adeniji to declare the three days of mourning scheduled to commence today Wednesday, August 7, with an X Space and end on Friday, August 9, 2024, with a public symposium and candlelight procession. The committee urged all Nigerians and youths who…

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By: Mandy Park Organisers of on-going #EndBadGovernanceInNigerisaid that the Day 5 Protest on Monday, today will hold. They said there was no stopping the Protest due to President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast, yesterday Sunday, stressing that it never addressed the issues raised as reasons for the protest. The organisers noted further that the President’s call for dialogue smacks deliberate arrogance that makes a well-intentioned dialogue difficult or impossible. “”The President cannot offer an olive branch while at the same time holding a dagger to our throat” they noted. In a statement…

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By: Mandy Park President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been called upon to caution the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon Ben Kalu, to desist from meddling in the internal affairs of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. This is as the group also urged the ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke who is a staff of MOUAU to resist any imposition and work in concert with other progressive minds to ensure that the university does not become an appendage of the office of the Deputy speaker. According to a political…

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By: Mandy Park As cases of domestic violence and child abuse are on the increase, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Centre Against Injustice And Domestic Violence (CAIDOV) in conjunction with experts have called for an end to domestic violence and child abuse. This is as they demand greater advocacy, consistency in awareness and punishment for culprits The organisation, led by Comrade Gbenga Soloki, harped on the need for the society to protect children from abuse, applying the right attitude and enabling laws at a Round Table Conference on Domestic Violence And…

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