We as stakeholders in the human rights community in Nigeria are concerned about the incessant attacks and criticisms of human rights and humanitarian organisations by the Nigerian Government and its security agencies, in particular, the Nigerian military and security services. The latest of such attacks has been the announcement of the ban of UNICEF, later…
The whistle blown but has been ignored
By Femi Falana Two years ago, the Buhari administration adopted the Whistleblower policy as a component of the fight against corruption. The introduction of the policy was sequel to the deliberate refusal of the National Assembly to pass the Whistleblower Bill sponsored by some legislators in 2007. Like the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and Bank Verification…
Gov. Seriake Dickson to speak on restructuring Nigeria at public presentation of We Are All Biafrans
December 16, 2018 Press Release The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, will be the keynote speaker at the public presentation of the book, We Are All Biafrans, by journalist and rights activist, Chido Onumah, on Friday, December 21, 2018, at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The book, which has a foreword by Atiku Abubakar, former…
Civil Society condemn non-prosecution of Peter Odili, demand judicial accountability
Press Statement We are Nigerian citizens, tax payers and representatives of civil society who wish to see a better country for ourselves, our children and our communities. Today, we seek to address the historical and continued abuse of our judiciary and the desecration of our institutions as typified by the libel suit filed by Dr.…
Global anti-corruption laurel for Nuhu Ribadu
By Chido Onumah On Friday, December 7, 2018, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stood before a global audience in Putrajaya, Malaysia—at the 2018 International Anti-corruption Day celebrations—as joint winner, with Leonard McCarthy, a former Vice President of Institutional Integrity at the World Bank Group, of this year’s…