By Jaye Gaskia In the last few days the FGN has released its working document for the convening of the National Conference. We now know...

In what can be described as a first encouraging step for Avocats Sans Frontières France, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on the...

…….Victor TC Anyanwu 2014 marks Nigeria’s 100years of existence, with the evolution of various problems and developmental challenges far...

…..Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor All through its history, and throughout all the metamorphosis that it has undergone, the Nigeria National...

By Victoria Ohaeri Victoria Ohaeri The growing repression of citizen reporters and advocates that challenge the never-seen-before levels...

When ELVIS-WURA TOWOLAWI walked into my office and discussed starting a human rights education project in churches in Makurdi, Benue...

by Colin Stewart Location of Katsina State in Nigeria. The legislature of Katsina State in northern Nigeria added to that country’s...

By Abubakar Ibn Kachalla Recently, the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Hans Hodel, said his country had discharged its legal obligations...

The Senate has reached an advanced stage to pass a bill that seeks seven years jail term for social media critics found guilty of...

–  The Punch MORE than two centuries after the obnoxious trade in human beings was officially abolished in the British Empire in 1807,...

Ben Ezeamalu The Nigeria Civil Society Election Situation Room monitored the supplementary election. The just concluded supplementary...

……. Elvis Wura Towolawi Wherever there is power, naked and unrestrained – abuse of same is inevitable. This age- tested philosophy...

–  Daily Independent Editorial, November 24, 2013 A fierce combination of inherited repressive anti-colonial laws, an almost three...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, says Nigeria has been ranked 7th in the world in...

The 2013 Good Governance Summit held in Dakar, Senegal, in collaboration with Mo Ibrahim Foundation has ranked Nigeria 41st among 52...

On the 16th November, 2013 Lawyer Alert trained 22 monitors to document reported cases of violation of economic rights of the Mbayion...

By Dr. Peregrino Brimah The World Bank country director for Nigeria, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly, earlier this month said that 63% or 100...

PRESS RELEASE Abuja, Thursday, November 21, 2013:  The Stop Impunity Nigeria (S.I.N.) Campaign notes with regret the descent into...

Lawyers Alert as part of its activities in observing the International Day to End Impunity ( IDEI)  held  a public lecture on the 19th ...

Following comments by some States that the Freedom of Information Law needs to be domesticated to be applicable in various states, the...