HURIWA
5 Jul 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, flayed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for alleged discrimination against and violation of the rights of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma in its handling of the ‘forged result’ saga.
5 Jul 2023
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4 Jul 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has threatened to petition world leaders over Federal Government’s failure to arrest former agitator, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, “despite glaring evidence that he is a threat to the Nigerian state and people.”
3 Jul 2023
Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, cautioned the new Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, against establishment of the proposed Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to be deployed to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
30 Jun 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, pleaded with the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately arrest prominent Niger Delta leader and former agitator, Asari Dokubo, for alleged unlawful possession of assault rifles and threat to life and property of Igbo people in the country.
28 Jun 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, urged Igbo indigenes across Nigeria and all over the world to invest in the five South East states to develop economy of the region.
26 Jun 2023
HUMAN Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Sunday, asked President Bola Tinubu to dismiss the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu over some unscrupulous Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) found culpable of electoral malpractices in the 2023 general elections
23 Jun 2023
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, asked President Bola Tinubu to act boldly and sack the Director General of the Department of State Services...
22 Jun 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, urged the Federal Government to convert the newly approved student loans to grants.
21 Jun 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has charged the new Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to go after enemies of Nigeria’s democracy.
21 Jun 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Tuesday, charged the newly appointed Service Chiefs, National Security Adviser and the Inspector General of Police to hit the ground running immediately and subdue terrorists, bandits and vicious killer herdsmen mauling Nigerians to death in unimaginable numbers daily.
19 Jun 2023
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, said it is shameful for the Federal Government to employ mercenaries working for leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, to protect the notorious and terrorist-saturated Abuja-Kaduna road.
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