A civil rights advocacy group, The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), and various critical stakeholders have expressed fears that incessant killings, destructions of property and sacking of communities have caused devastating impact on socio-economic and political development, as well as livelihoods and civic freedoms in the South East. Addressing participants, victims and stakeholders during a two-day summit …

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have urged the Federal Government to reverse the recent increase in fuel price and expedite actions in introducing palliative measures. They also asked the government to declare a state of emergency on youth unemployment in the country. Pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly called fuel or petrol), was raised from N537/litre to N617/litre on …

Some civil society organisations, the Take It Back Movement and Youth Rights Campaign, have knocked the Lagos State government over the arrest of some street hawkers. The National Coordinator of the TIB, Juwon Sanyaolu, in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Thursday, said the government was only criminalising poverty and not solving any environmental problem. A statement from the state Ministry …

Arewa Civil Society Organisation and Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) have commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for suspending the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, while urging a complete overhaul of the Commission. Chairman of Arewa Civil Society Organisation, Adamu Aminu Musa told journalists on Friday that the suspension and subsequent arrest of Bawa …

A coalition of civil society organisations has risen in defence of the recently concluded general elections saying they were  fair, successful and credibly conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At a media conference on Monday, the group said that INEC deserved being conducted “for the marvelous work it has done despite all the landmines laid in its path”. …

The campaign to remove Abdulrasheed Bawa as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, due to allegations of politicization of the organization, disobedience of court orders, and violation of Nigerians’ human rights, among other things, has been relaunched by no fewer than 130 frontline anti-corruption civil society organizations, or CSOs. Joined by 20 Constitutional lawyers led by …

More than 120 anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), on Friday, held a massive town hall meeting in Lagos to round off their week-long protest against what they called “politicisation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), disobedience of court orders and infringement on human rights of Nigerians” under the leadership of its chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa. The protesters, who …

The convergence of social media and civil society organisations as agenda setters, ombudsman and crusaders all rolled into one comes with opportunities and challenges that many still struggle to grapple with. The new media, as they are called, and their new social critic counterparts struggling to fill the void created by the exit of the likes of Tai Solarin, Ayodele …