NHRC Demands United Front Against Violent Extremism, Urges Investment in Youth, Vulnerable Groups

NHRC Demands United Front Against Violent Extremism, Urges Investment in Youth, Vulnerable Groups

By Toffa Momoh | Abuja The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, SAN, has called for stronger, coordinated action among government institutions, civil society organisations, youth groups, and development partners to curb violent extremism and rising human rights violations in Nigeria. Speaking at the National Stakeholders, Civil Society and Youth Summit, Dr. Ojukwu, who was represented by the Director of Legal Services and Enforcement, Barr. […]

June 25, 2026 19

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NUJ Demands Apology from Wike, Warns Against Threats to Press Freedom

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The journalists’ union has issued a strong condemnation of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, demanding an immediate apology over what it described as a violent and unacceptable threat against a television journalist. In a statement signed today April 5 2026 by the National President, Alhassan Yahya Abdullahi, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) said it was “shocked and outraged” by Mr Wike’s […]

April 9, 2026 12

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Group Protests, Demands Release of Detained Palestinian Leader, Abu Ibrahim

By Toffa Momoh, Abuja The United Action for Democracy, UAD, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the immediate and unconditional release of Ramzy Abu Ibrahim and other Palestinian community leaders reportedly detained by Nigerian security agencies. The call was made in Abuja during a peaceful protest to the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by UAD Secretary, Kunle Ajayi Wizeman. The group expressed outrage at the arrests, describing […]

August 29, 2025 56

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Minimum wage: Labour kicks as FEC steps down memo, demands consultation

Failure to discuss memo giving room for speculation, NLC tells govt The Organised Labour on Tuesday kicked against the Federal Executive Council’s decision to step down the memorandum on the report of the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage. The Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, who criticised the failure of FEC to consider the memo during Tuesday’s FEC meeting, said stepping down the […]

June 26, 2024 33

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Electricity tariff hike: Labour demands reversal as protests begin today

•NLC, TUC, others to picket NERC office, DisCos in 36 states The organised labour will on Monday (today) commence nationwide protests over the electricity tariff hike and removal of subsidy from the power sector by the Federal Government. The National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Olatunji Ambali and the National Deputy President of the Trade Union Congress, Tommy Etim, who confirmed the planned protests in separate interviews on Sunday, […]

May 13, 2024 47

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Nigerians make unfair demands on lawmakers – Senate President

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says of the three arms of government, legislators are the most misunderstood and attacked by Nigerians. According to him, Nigerians blame lawmakers for everything, including things not directly under their control. The Senate President, represented by the senator representing Ogun Central, Shuaib Salisu, said this on Sunday at the 100th birthday colloquium of a Second Republic lawmaker, Senator Kunle Oyero, organised by the Abeokuta Grammar […]

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