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Activist blames Kaduna Gov, Assembly over FMC delay take-off

An activist and founder of Eagle Brain Human Rights Organization, Comrade Daniel Ejembi has made another shocking revelation, abortion blames to Governor Uba Sani and State House Assembly over delay in operationalization of the Federal Medical Central (FMC) located in Kafanfchan in Southern part of kaduna state. The CEO of the Eagle Brain alleged that […]

Activist seeks UK, US intervention, supervise census conduct

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By Idibia Gabriel The political system in present-day Nigeria has its roots embedded in the colonial era of our nation, an Activist and Director General, Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in Nigeria Rev, Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa has revealed. Rev Dikwa who made the revelation in a statement titled “The Influence of Colonial […]

German adventurer, activist, dies at 84

German survival pioneer and human rights activist Ruediger Nehberg died on Wednesday at the age of 84, his wife told DPA on Thursday. A message of “We mourn” was written on the website of Nehberg’s association Target. Famously referred to as “Sir Vival,” Nehberg made headlines for 25 years with high-risk exploits including a controversial one-man bamboo […]

Buhari group calls for arrest of activist, Adeyanju for sedition

Stories by The Buhari Media Support Group has called for the arrest and interrogation of politician cum activist, Deji Adeyanju for crimes of sedition allegedly committed during his appearance on a Channels TV Programme, Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. The group, in a statement signed by its chairman and secretary, Austin Braimoh and Cassidy Madueke respectively, […]

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died

Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela‚ died at the Netcare Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday. According to the family, Madikizela-Mandela died after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year. She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved […]

Nigerian electoral process not voter friendly – Ogunade

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Wale Ogunade, a lawyer and human rights activist is the president, Voters Awareness Initiative, Lagos. In this Interview with INIOBONG IWOK assesses the electoral process in the country and the increasing voter apathy in the country. Your group, Voters Awareness Initiative, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), how does it operate? The NGO is a membership […]

Protesters attack, kill TV journalist covering protest

A young television journalist has been killed in the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura while covering a protest, police said on Thursday. Shantanu Bhowmick, 28, from Dinraat news channel, was attacked and abducted late Wednesday while he was at protests held by the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), the state’s police chief AK Shukla […]

Burundi Media, Activists Bemoan Mounting Harassment

As tensions mount in Burundi ahead of presidential elections, journalists and activists say they are paying an increasingly heavy price as standard bearers for free speech. Civil rights in the small Great Lakes nation, they say, are on the decline – sacrificed at the altar of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial ambition to defy a two-term […]

Election Offences: Activist Canvasses for Creation of Mobile Courts

A woman activist, Hajiya Halima Baba, has called for the establishment of mobile courts to prosecute those involved in electoral offences nationwide. Baba, who is with Women empowerment Development Network, made the call on Thursday in Sokoto. According to her, tribunal would ensure prompt prosecution of offenders and deter others from jeopardising the forthcoming general […]