By Elvis-Wura Towolawi Oil-rich Rivers State has been in the eye of raging political violence since campaign for the 2015 Election began....

By Elvis-wura Towolawi From all indication, it appears the political wind in Benue state is beginning to turn into a whirlwind – with...

By Jerome, Uneje Mary Since the advent of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria in the early 90s, it is estimated that over 3 million people are either...

As Index on Censorship preps for this year’s Freedom of Expression Awards, one of 2014’s campaigner nominees, Rommy Mom, gives a Nigerian...

Following the release of the names of all the Political Party Candidates cleared to run for the 2015 General Elections, Lawyers Alert’...

Nigeria’s National Health Bill was signed into law by the president on December 9, 2014. The Nigerian Senate passed the highly...

By ELVIS-WURA TOWOLAWI Election is an indispensable factor that validates democracy and when considered free and fair – confers...

I am Baga. I am an African. And it concerns me – all of this madness and mayhem. I am Charlie second to being Baga. Yet the eyes of the...

Yesterday, on January 11, 2015, the world witnessed an unprecedented demonstration of solidarity in Paris. In an extraordinary coming...

By Elvis-wura Towolawi Recently, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) disclosed that it has on record 981, 416 Internally...

by Andrew Smith, Legal Officer at ARTICLE 19 Identifying and understanding the contours of that relationship has always been a deeply...

We deeply deplore the vicious, ruthless attacks against civilians in the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga, where Boko Haram has...

Still without a voters card? as the elections approaches, try the below link http://voters.inecnigeria.org/static/lgas/ #INEC...

By Elvis-Wura Towolawi Take this as an unofficial allocotus, but we cannot turn a blind eye to a social sore that’s fast festering. A...

By Elvis-Wura Towolawi One of the hallmarks and pillars; nay, benefits of a virile democracy is the leverage given to the citizenry to...

By Elvis-wura Towolawi The recent attack in Paris on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebd by some extremist elements has left 12...

President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to take decisive action against troublemakers before, during and after the 2015 general elections....

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD Executive Director, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) The 2015 General elections...

Being a Press Release By NOPRIN NOPRIN is a network of 46 civil society organisations spread across Nigeria and committed to promoting...

As Nigeria prepares for the 2015 Elections, Seermber Nyager takes a look at the elections from the perspective of the Freedom of...

Credits: BBC The Freedom of Information Act came in 10 years ago. It’s led to the unearthing of a trove of facts. Ten years ago, thanks...

In an interview with NPR.com, Nigerian Gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi, who was the first person to come out as gay on Nigerian TV,...

Front Line Defenders is currently accepting nominations for the Eleventh Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk...

the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 by Marc Limon, Nazila Ghanea and Hilary Power It is almost impossible to turn...