News

German adventurer, activist, dies at 84

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2020 0

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

Politics

Buhari group calls for arrest of activist, Adeyanju for sedition

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

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, […]

Headlines News

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2018 0

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 […]

Interviews

Nigerian electoral process not voter friendly – Ogunade

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

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 […]

News

Protesters attack, kill TV journalist covering protest

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2017 0

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 […]

World

Burundi Media, Activists Bemoan Mounting Harassment

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

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 […]

Politics

Election Offences: Activist Canvasses for Creation of Mobile Courts

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2015 0

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