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...

Kabura Zakama Randomised A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), has observed that less than 26 per...

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

Taken from UNA Vancouver “The worst crisis most people have never heard of” – Samantha Power, US Ambassador to the UN. As a community of...

….. Anne G Bahá’í Scripture emphatically states that women will be the greatest factor in establishing universal peace and international...

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–  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 Jacqueline Rodríguez Vega The first time that I wrote something on international relations and international law, was about the...

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

…..Response to the latest developments which  warranted INEC to declare the elections inconclusive and then the prospects fore a...

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 ...

by aakayange There are a lot of Challenges in managing an HIV child with multi-nation originality. A child with multiple nationalities...

UN expert on contemporary forms of slavery launches first mission to Ghana GENEVA, Switzerland, November 20, 2013/African Press...

Based on Quick Count method, the Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has described as accurate the released results by INEC of the Anambra...

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

Credits:  Joseph Jibueze, Awkain Anambra The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has explained why...