Civil society organisations and the Media Situation Room have urged Governor Nyesom Wike to review the 24-hour curfew imposed on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt local councils in Rivers State.

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ondo State have cautioned Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to desist from political comments that can stoke crisis ahead of the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state.

The Zamfara House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state 2020 Appropriation Bill of N188 billion. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Bello Matawalle on Dec. 4, 2019, presented a budget of N182.7 billion...

What could have provoked the beating of a female lawyer to the point of coma inside her office by four police officers? Was it actually her refusal to provide an alleged victim

Civil Society Organisations (CSO) under the aegis of Foundation For African Cultural Heritage (FACH) have called on the Federal Government to immediately rescind its directives to the effect...

Candidate of Lagos State Chapter of the African Democratic Party (ADP) for the 2019 gubernatorial election, Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi, and some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of the Nigeria National Interest Defenders (NNID) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order investigation

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is planning to hold stakeholders meeting and national conversation to review the 2019 General Elections and management of the country’s electoral processes. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) on Tuesday, in Abuja. Yakubu said that the commission…

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) yesterday urged the Federal Government to immediately constitute the board of the National Human Rights Commission NHRC for effective human rights monitoring and protection. The coalition, under the auspices of Nigerian Human Rights CSOs on Universal Periodic Review (UPR), noted that the non-composition had impacted negatively on past…

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and civil society organisations (CSO) have praised Nigerian women for their strides and achievements in every endeavour. NBA, in a statement on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), yesterday, hailed its female members for promoting the profession. The statement signed by its president, Paul Usoro (SAN), read in part: “In…

Ahead of the February general elections, a professor of law, Akin Oyebode has charged the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to work with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free, fair and credible elections. Oyebode who made the charge at the 15th Gani Fawehinmi lecture/symposium held in Lagos, said it is important for the civil…

The place of advocacy by the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has been thrown into the front burner of discourse again as Nigeria prepares for the general elections in February and March, this year.