The flood victims matter between Rommy Mom Esq and BSEMA resumes tomorrow 22nd May 2013. Post the last adjournment, the Benue State...

BY JIBRIN IBRAHIM Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa...

Desarrollo Inclusivo por Vladimir Olarte Development of a country is a process, not just an end. To be successful this process must...

Benue State Emergency Managemnet Agency BSEMA today filed its reply in the suit brought against it by Rommy Mom Esq, President of Lawyers...

As at January 2013, there were 52,904 prisoners in Nigeria, with only 16,103 as convicts. The remaining 60% are awaiting trial prisoners,...

In this piece, Elvis Towolawi Esq, a Volunteer with Lawyers Alert urges that the recent proclamation of state of emergency in the North...

Julian Assange: a profile in courage ……..Phil Ebersole The United States and British governments treat Julian Assange like the ultimate...

Yet the nations demonising Assange preach transparency and openness, same reasons they want to put Assange away for Phil Ebersole's Blog...

. When a citizen is injured by State Security Agencies in Nigeria, notably the Army, Police, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission...

by Khaled Saifullah Crime in any form undermines the rights of the victim. While some of these rights are created by national penal laws,...

Torture is torture – it is illegal and always wrong ….American perspective Twenty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan vigorously...

ICTJ: Conviction of Ríos Montt on Genocide a Victory for Justice in Guatemala The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)...

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has directed the chief registrar of the Supreme Court to strike off the names of...

By Rommy Mom esq After the hearing of my case in the Makurdi High Court on the 9th of May 2013, I was billed to leave for Abuja on the...

Papua New Guinea Mine Watch Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining deals BBC News Tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial...

The matter between Rommy Mom Esq and the Benue State Emergency Agency came up today the 9th May 2013 before the Hon. Justice Ada Onum of...

Tired Road Warrior The following conversation is taken from Time magazine (13 May 2013).  Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard professor and...

The case between Rommy Mom esq, President of Lawyers Alert Vs The Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BSEMA comes up tomorrow 9th...

Every rainy season in the north western Nigeria State of Zamfara, at least 300 children die from lead poisoning owing to artisanal mining...

One of my main takeaways from my Environmental Justice (EJ) class was the importance of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and...

Gold Mining alongside its attendant effects in Zamfara State of North Western Nigeria comes to mind Jetztzeit In his keynote UN Special...

Nigeria: Massive Destruction, Deaths From Military Raid Satellite Images, Witness Accounts Raise Concerns of Cover-Up MAY 1, 2013 EMAIL...

Free testing for homosexuals will have positive steps in societies that are tolerant to gays. In Africa this is rarely the case....