Tag: rights
What Right Has The North To Dictate Who Will Become Our...
Leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has said that the Northern region of the country has no right to dictate...
Osinbajo knows what is right, says Ogun monarch
The Chairman of the Ogun State Traditional Council and Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, on Monday reacted to the calls by some groups...
Tinubu has every right to lead Nigeria, says ex-Lagos lawmaker
An ex-member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, under All Progressives Congress, APC, Dipo Olorunrinu, has said that the former governor of the...
US President, Biden, to back Senate rule change to pass voting...
US President, Joe Biden, will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time...
Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to be on quarter dollar
BY OMONIYI IBIETAN
Maya Angelou, iconic poet, memoirist and civil rights activist, who, in 2010 received Presidential Medal of Freedom - the US highest...
Zulum signs N269.7 billion 2022 Budget, Child Rights Act into law
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state, has signed the N269.7 billion budget into law for 2022 with an increase of about one per cent.
The...
FG pays N16.67bn accrued pension rights to 2021 retirees
The Federal Government on Wednesday released N16.67 billion for the payment of accrued pension rights to 2021 retirees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
Respect Christians’ rights – says Gov. Muhammed
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that Christians have equal rights as their Muslim counterparts which should be respected.
Mohammed said this when...
Sallah: Pray for President Buhari, others to overcome nation’s security challenge
The Chief Missioner, Nasru-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, has urged Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari, and others in charge of the...
You Can’t Arrest Mike Ozekhome – Court Tells EFCC
A Federal High Court has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes from arresting or detaining Nigerian lawyer, Mike Ozekhome.
The court in Abuja gave the...
VIDEO: Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho, thanks prominent Yoruba leaders for...
https://youtu.be/MZkEhskWpY0
Aisha Yesufu Calls Out Pastor Kumuyi Over Alleged Assault On Schoolboy
Bring Back Our Girls convener and human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu has lambasted the founder of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor W.F.Kumuyi, for...
PDP decries Killing, indiscriminate arrests of members by state actors in...
…Expresses worry over passive posture of security agencies to these heinous crimes and infringement on the constitutional rights of members
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post)...
Rwanda detaining, abusing street children – rights group
Kigali - Rwanda, often lauded internationally for its economic progress and reintegration after the 1994 genocide, is detaining and abusing street children...
RoLAC organises training for DPO’s on Rule of Law
DPO’s at the training on the Rule of Law
By Oladapo Udom
Lagos - The Rule of Law and Anti Corruption (RoLAC)...
Gov. Inuwa Condemns Torture Of Boy By Bakery Operator Over Alleged...
…Says Perpetrators Must Face Full Wrath Of Law
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has described...
Council wants Kano state govt to domesticate Child Right Act
By Tukur Muntari
Kano - The National Council For Child Right Advocates of Nigeria, has called on the Kano state government, to as...
IPCR Wins 2019 Human Rights Award
Patience Omoha-Longyen
Abuja - The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has emerged...
Falana Urges journalists To Eschew Peddling Rumours
By Oluwatope Lawanson and Babatunde Ogunrinde
Lagos - A Human rights activist and lawyer,...
Sudan Says it Has Reduced Troops in Yemen to 5,000
KHARTOUM - - Sudan’s prime minister said on Sunday Khartoum had reduced the number...