Debo Adeniran
1 Feb
Two years and three weeks to the 2027 general election, there are glaring signs that the opposition parties in the country are in quandary.
10 Dec
The storm gathering over the tax reform bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu may linger, as the South East caucus of the Southern Senators Forum has temporarily withdrawn its support for the bills.
2 Oct
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has urged the Federal Government to undertake urgent reforms to address the country’s lingering challenges.
Speaking, yesterday, at a briefing in Lagos to commemorate Nigeria 64th Independence Day anniversary
3 Aug 2024
The President, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Debo Adeniran, and the Lagos State Coordinator of the Child protection Network, Mrs, Aderonke Oyelakin have called on Lagos State government and local councils to sensitise and educate the citizens on the laws on child rights, domestic and gender based violence to check incidents of child, domestic and gender based abuses.
1 Aug 2024
One of the foremost civil society organisations in the country, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has admonished organisers of the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest not to overstay their welcome. The CDHR President, Mr. Debo Adeniran, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that the protest had already…
12 Jun 2024
Some rights activists and followers of late Chief MKO Abiola on Wednesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to declare the acclaimed winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential Election as ex-President. They spoke at the “2024 Memorial Programme for the Commemoration of June 12, 1993 Election” in Lagos. The event was organised by the Committee…
30 Apr 2024
Security experts have called for more collaboration between citizens and security agents to ensure safety for all.
24 Apr 2024
Again, hundreds of Civil Society Organisations took to the streets in Lagos on Wednesday to protest "the continued disrespect for the rule of law and undue harassment of a citizen of Nigeria" by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
2 Apr 2024
The Lagos State House of Assembly has reiterated its commitment to protect and promote human and socio-economic rights of Nigerians in the State.The House noted that such commitments are on the laws which were made to strive for transparency
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Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos has granted one Precious Chimaobi Uzondu N5 million bail after he was arraigned by the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for refusing to accept Naira as a legal tender. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of EFCC, on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, arraigned Uzondu on…
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Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has advised people not to always fight but to remain focused and diligent in doing the right thing.
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Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, moved to make a law that will regulate large gatherings to prevent a repeat of stampedes in the state. The move came during its sitting held at the chamber, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The mover of the motion, Hon. O. A. Babalola, representing Ibadan North East II State Constituency,…
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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan
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The Oyo State Ministry of Health has officially released the 2024 Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition
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The Binance executive, who was detained in Nigeria for months, Tigran Gambaryan, has narrated his encounter with EFCC operatives during the period of his detention in Nigeria. Gambaryan told WIRED, a US-based media publication, that he came in contact with several other officials of the EFCC while he was being detained and accused of money…
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the suspension of the planned implementation of a four per cent Free-on-Board (FOB) charge
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State Council, on Tuesday, waded into the industrial disharmony between Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) and its outsourced staff over salary increases, pension remittances, and other welfare matters. It would be recalled that the staff had begun last Friday, stemming from the workers' dissatisfaction with their employer's failure to…