HURIWA
13 Dec
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has tasked the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to rescue the capital city from the grip of kidnappers.
12 Dec
As December 15, 2023, date of the Supreme Court judgment on leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, draws near, human right activists have urged the apex court to free Kanu in the interest of rule of law.
6 Dec
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has warned that incessant scarcity of cash in the country may lead to a revolution, noting that deliberate cash squeeze amounts to human right violation.
30 Nov
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent reconstitution of the management board of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, saying it breached the judgment of a competent court of law.
29 Nov
Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent reconstitution of the management board of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, saying it breached a binding Judgement of a competent court of law.
28 Nov
A civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, lamented what it called a rash of dehumanising, degrading and insensitive demolition of houses by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) at FESTAC Town, Lagos.
19 Nov
Months after military coup d’etats in Niger Republic and Mali that blighted Africa’s democratic credentials, last Friday’s concession of defeat by Liberia’s incumbent president and football legend, George Weah, to the opposition leader, Joseph Boakai...
14 Nov
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has decried alleged plot to remove the duly elected Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, through alleged judicial manipulations.
10 Nov
One of the most sobering tales that wafted across the federation in the twilight of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was the revelation that 63 per cent of persons living in the country, that is, 133 million people were multidimensionally poor.
Off- circle polls: HURIWA condemns proliferation of pre-election related violence, demands sanctions
8 Nov
Civil Rights Advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the proliferation of pre-election related violence in some flash points of Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states where, governorship elections are scheduled for Saturday November 11. Blaming desperation of politicians who want to gain political power by crooked means, the group emphasised…
7 Nov
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, stated that this weekend’s off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states would be procured by highest bidders following recent rulings on electronic transmission of results.
5 Nov
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised grave concern, highlighting recent events in Plateau State that have cast a shadow of doubt and suspicion over the integrity of the state's judiciary.
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