Year: 2024

By: Mandy Park Media professionals and civil society experts have stressed the need for journalists assigned to cover elections to carry out their responsibilities with a good understanding of the electoral laws and guidelines, as well as report every electoral process with unbiased disposition. This in their submission is because violence and conflict in elections and political processes threaten lives and the integrity of any democracy. They noted further that electoral security is strengthened by a human-centered, holistic approach that covers the entire electoral process and adheres to international standards…

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By Alhaji Sani Idoko Abdullahi Whether in the realms of military regimentation or civil democratic leadership, the place of legitimacy as an effective instrument to leadership cannot be overemphasized. Ideally, legitimacy is about earning the trust, confidence and unwavering commitment of the people to a leader’s vision based on their conviction in the rightness of his actions. That ability of the leader to earn the trust and confidence of the people who would willingly key into his vision is what defines legitimacy in leadership, bearing in mind that it’s not…

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Hero of NADECO A Stalwart of Democracy: Chief Ralph Obioha’s Indelible Impact on Nigeria’s Democratic Struggle By: Ukpong Ekam In the annals of Nigeria’s turbulent political history, few names resonate as powerfully as that of Chief Ralph Obioha. A man of remarkable courage, unwavering principles, and an unyielding commitment to justice, Chief Obioha stands as a towering figure in the nation’s fight for democracy. His contributions to the restoration of civilian governance in Nigeria are not just significant – they are monumental, deserving recognition and reverence from all who value…

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By: Mandy Park Civil society organizations CSOs, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Corporate Accountability and Public Participation, CAPPA, and Environmental Rights Action (ERA), have condemned the environmental pollution going on in Kapam community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state by the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC). This is as the group demanded that the pollution must stop, and that ” there must be both environmental and health audits, the environment remediated and restored.”” Also, the service-oriented organizations equally demanded an immediate cleanup and detoxification of the…

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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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