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The Problem of Guantanamo Bay
The Debate on Guantanamo Bay will not lapse so long as the acclaimed bastion of Human Rights, the US, continues to treat the issue with...
May 3, 20131 min read
Lawyers Alert Suit on Arrest of Women at Night: FCT MINISTER REACTS AS SUIT COMES UP TOMORROW 3RD M
Recall Lawyers Alert had sued the FCT Minister and Inspector General of Police regarding the arrest of women seen around Abuja streets at...
May 2, 20131 min read
CASE TO UNRAVEL WHY BENUE STATE WILL NOT RELEASE FLOOD RELIEF FUNDS FOR HEARING ON THE 9TH DAY OF MA
We all are aware of the flooding that ravaged people and communities in Benue. As a result, the FG, Philanthropists, State Governments...
May 2, 20131 min read
Illegality of Clamping Cars in the FCT
No doubt the need for resources exists to enable governments, including the government of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja to...
Apr 29, 20135 min read
Again, Federal and State Governments to borrow $9bn
Kabura Zakama Randomised THE National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday, approved plans by the Federal Government to take loan...
Apr 27, 20131 min read
Lawyers Alert Protecting Women’s Rights in Abuja
At the dark corners across Abuja popular streets, away from the street lights, men in uniform allegedly commit rape under the guise of...
Apr 26, 20136 min read
Where is the socio-economic foundation for the growth?
Aiyeloja... As long as the Nigerian government continues to battle fruitlessly with the legitimacy and morality to govern, the spate of...
Apr 26, 20131 min read
The Feminist Paradox
Interesting reading on Gender Equality
Apr 26, 20131 min read
Do No Harm? Disabilities and Discrimination: Elaine’s Story
Lessons here are applicable everywhere. In Nigeria, since the inception of democracy States have taken steps to pass Non Discrimination...
Apr 26, 20131 min read
Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BEMA, Queried About Disbursement of Flood Relief Funds
Barrister Rommy Mom is the President of Lawyers Alert. Lawyers Alert identifies with this effort and we shall soon post the Court Records...
Apr 16, 20131 min read
Guantanamo Bay: Hunger and Violence
Jessica Luther Famously, one of the first things President Obama said he would do when he became President was to close Guantanamo Bay....
Apr 15, 20131 min read
Nestlé chairman says water is not a human right
Big coporations perspective probably. If water is not a human right, what is? Water is life, says the maxim. The debate on whether...
Apr 15, 20131 min read
Apr 15, 20130 min read
France Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Social Justice Solutions France says “Oui” to legalize same-sex marriage which should become law this upcoming summer. The bill will not...
Apr 12, 20131 min read
Para legals and the Nigeria Justice system
Paralegal services are legal services offered by non lawyers in situations where lawyers are not readily available or pending the...
Apr 12, 20133 min read
TWO-DAY ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL RIGHTS (ESCR) TRAINING FOR STAFF OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CO
PURPOSE: This report provides a brief on the Economic & Socio-Cultural Rights training given to staff of...
Feb 16, 20133 min read
HIV and AIDS, Ethics, Human Rights and the Law
Lawyers’ Alert work in HIV and AIDS is restricted to principally two thematic areas, Human Rights Education and Rights Enforcement...
Aug 28, 20123 min read
EDUCATING/SENSITING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF OFFENDERS HUMAN RIGHTS: FOCUS ON BENUE, PLATEAU A
EDUCATING/SENSITING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF OFFENDERS HUMAN RIGHTS: FOCUS ON BENUE, PLATEAU AND NASARAWA STATES OF NIGERIA. This...
Aug 28, 20125 min read
In Defence of Abuja Women; http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/in-defence-of-abuja-women/
In defence of Abuja women on AUGUST 5, 2012 · in PERISCOPE 12:07 am BY BEN AGANDE Reprieve may be on the way for Abuja women who have...
Aug 6, 20123 min read
REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHT ENFORCEMENT; LAWYER’S ALERT AND EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN NIGERIA
LAWYERS ALERT AND EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN NIGERIA In its simplest form, Extra-Judicial killing connote executions outside the...
Jun 19, 20122 min read
LAWYERS ALERT SUES THE FCT MINISTER, AND THE POLICE OVER CONTINOUS ARREST OF WOMEN AT NIGHTS IN ABUJ
LAWYERS ALERT SUES THE FCT MINISTER, AND THE POLICE OVER CONTINOUS ARREST OF WOMEN AT NIGHTS IN ABUJA Lately the Nigeria Police and the...
Jun 19, 20128 min read
Lawyers Alert’s Mandate Protection Project
An Over view: Most often, campaigns into offices in Nigeria and indeed Africa are usually not issue based and even when specific...
May 28, 20123 min read
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