HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said it is illegal enough that Malami declared his ambition to succeed Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi in May 2023, without resigning his position as minister as mandated by the Electoral Act.
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The groups made the demand for Wabote’s suspension when they addressed a news conference in Abuja on Thursday.
This was contained in a statement signed by the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko on Thursday.
The National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the training became necessary following the negative impacts of fake news in the country.
Besides, the pro-democracy group said it was not in the place of the Chairman of a political party to dish out orders to either the state governor of Bauchi, Alhaji Bala Mohammed, or the state legislature on how to carry on the duties of the legislative arm of government
A prominent Non Governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has described as a primitive resort to political witch hunt and vendetta the recently announced travel ban placed on over 50 unnamed Nigerians undergoing investigation or prosecutions by anti-graft bodies on charges related to corrupt practices.
The foremost pro-democracy and non-governmental organization in the country, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, will on October 3, 2018 hold the yearly national human rights lecture during which the plights of millions of internally displaced persons in Nigeria will become the focus.
But the Rights group has equally called on President Buhari to ensure that only credible Nigerians with sound commitments and passion for altruistic, selfless, and patriotic services are appointed as Governing Council members so as to make the institution respectable, independent, credible and operationally excellent
Those announced as winners of the Human Rights Gold Medal Awards of the Decade (2007/2017) include the Kano and Borno States Governors, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje and Alhaji Kashim Shettima.
HURIWA further said it would try to convince the Swiss administration to put the cash in an escrow and interest yielding account on behalf of the oppressed people of Nigeria until after the 2019 presidential poll because the atmosphere in Nigeria does not permit for openness, transparency and accountability at these moments under President Muhammadu Buhari.
Before attempting an understanding of the outlandish claims and even more outrageous suggestion, an appreciation of what or who HURIWA is, is perhaps necessary, for as Khalil Gibran wrote: “And you who would understand justice, how shall you unless you look upon all deeds in the fullness of light?” When looked at in the fullness of light, HURIWA is an embodiment of the character driving it, one Emmanuel Onwubiko, who has run the so-called NGO as a sole proprietorship, tool for extortion, paid activism, ethnic propaganda mouthpiece and most recently as a terror organization’s NGO arm.
HURIWA, a pro-democracy and Non-Governmental Organisation, in a statement on Monday by the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and National Media Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf said it has sent a team to Dakar, Senegal over the weekend to submit a petition to Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for West Africa
In the audio tape, which allegedly captures a telephone conversation between the judge and the Kogi West Senator, Ikpeme could be heard telling Melaye to give her bribe in US dollars even as the audio recording was circulated by the Nigerian-owned US-based online newspaper, Sahara Reporters
The group said President Muhammadu Buhari would be doing serious global image demolition on the Nigerian brand if he continues to push for the confirmation of Magu after he has been rejected twice by the Senate
We are aware that over a thousand places of worship for Muslims have been built over the years using legitimate donations from abroad and the heavens hasn’t fallen nor did the Director General of Department of State Services arrested or interrogated any of these Muslim leaders for accepting donations to build their places of worship from their brethren of other nationalities
HURIWA has a history of being one of those cash and carry civil society groups that pick briefs on selective basis just to deepen their pockets and not on national interest. Oftentimes it is not just about the money but it is about the highest bidder
A pro-democracy and Non-Governmental Organization, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, said the Nigeria Police should not attempt to stop an idea whose time has come
This was disclosed on Tuesday at a media briefing by the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko; the Nigerian Human Rights Queen (2017), Miss Chioma Okoli; and other officials
A pro-transparency and Non-Governmental Organization, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, made the observations in a statement on Wednesday
The National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday that there was need to carry out diligent investigation on the killing of the woman