May 13, 20196 minDusk: A Dangerous Time To Be Female In NigeriaBy Rommy Mom Esq The periodic indiscriminate arrest of women in Abuja has a history. Whenever there is push back either from intensive...
Jan 17, 20195 minLove and Equity: The Stride towards ending Gender Based ViolenceBy Jerome Uneje Baba Junior, not again! “Must you always look for an excuse to hit me…tonight you will kill me o! Just because you think...
Feb 12, 20185 minHUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY AND THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATIONBy Rommy Mom Esq, President, Lawyers Alert INTRODUCTION Institutionalized Government historically evolved from persons within a...
Dec 11, 20175 min#StandUp4HumanRights…..by Laz Mom “ Nigeria : Fifty Persons slaughtered in renewed clashes between Farmers and Herdsmen.’’ “ US : Boy 18, gunned down by...
Sep 8, 20175 minNIGERIA AND THE FAILURE OF DATA AND POPULATION FIGURESBy Jerome Uneje We are 150 million he shouted! No we are over 200 million! He shouts back! 150! No, 200 million plus where are you...
Feb 23, 20171 minNigeria Civil Society Advocacy Points on the 2017 Budget Proposals*Ministries, Departments and Agencies5Create a health basket fund from bilateral and multilateral funding for the health sector within...
Nov 26, 20154 minTAX JUSTICE, PRESUMPTIONS AND THE BENUE WOMANBy Jerome Uneje. It’s a hot Monday afternoon, sun is high up in the sky, temperature in the city of Makurdi is as high as the afternoon...
Sep 9, 201512 minTHE MEDIA IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NIGERIA OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONTENT DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2010A PAPER PRESENTED BY THE FORMER MINISTER OF LANDS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, RT. HON. NDUESE ESSIEN, TO MEMBERS OF THE NIGERIA UNION...
Sep 7, 20152 minCivil society, media call for stiffer punishment for violation of Local Content ActCivil society groups and the media have called on the Nigerian government to impose stiffer punishment on multinational oil firms, which...
Sep 4, 20155 minTHE LOCAL CONTENT ACT 2010 AND THE NIGERIA OIL AND GAS SECTOR, BEING A PAPER PRESENTED BY OREBIYI TEPREAMBLE This paper is not an academic discourse, it is basically to tease out the content of the law, its genesis and also an attempt at...
Sep 4, 20153 minOIL AND GAS SECTOR:COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A ONE DAY MEETING OF THE CSOs/MEDIA WORKING GROUPA joint Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, and Media meeting held today the 3rd Day of September 2015 at Ajuji Hotel Abuja with regard to...
Aug 16, 20156 minIs Agip Above The Law?August 16, 2015Premium Times I am not a fan of any of the multi-national oil companies operating in the country. The reason for my...
Jul 19, 20153 minU.S. to trace Nigerian stolen assets, boost military helpBy Lesley Wroughton The United States will offer to help Nigeria’s new leader track down billions of dollars in stolen assets and...
Jul 15, 20153 minThe Changing Face Of Business In NigeriaBy Amy Jadesimi Ask most people what they think of Nigeria and the answer will likely include references to oil, population and...
Jun 23, 20153 minBuhari, Nigerian leader faces monumental struggle with graftBy Marianne Barriaux Lagos (AFP) – When Nigeria’s new first lady Aisha Buhari appeared at her husband’s inauguration wearing what looked...
May 31, 20155 minFrom MDGs to SDGs: Indigenous African women as missing linkBy Gwain Colbert It was President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia who said at the opening of the International Institute of Democracy...
May 15, 20152 minNigeria’s Economy: President-Elect Buhari Will Face Fuel Shortages, Low Revenues And Boko HaraBy Kathleen Caulderwood @kcaulderwood k.caulderwood@ibtimes.com Men guide a boat carrying drums filled with refined stolen oil through a...
May 7, 20155 minWhy Buhari must discontinue fuel subsidyBy Eze Onyekpere Nigerians have elected a new government at the centre and there are great expectations of change that will lead to...
May 7, 20152 minHigh Court declares the right to health Justiciable in UgandaKampala –Uganda – The High Court of Uganda has today declared that the right to health can be justiciable in Uganda. While delivering a...
Apr 27, 20153 minThe Right to Information. Nigerias’ Snap Picture……..Jimmy Tor Esq The general notion in the country is that corruption is the foremost challenge hindering the development of the...