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Activists recently gathered to pay tribute to the fearless lawyer and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch Chairman, Adesina Ogunlana, Esq. The lawyer who passed away few days after celebrating his 60th birthday was remembered as a passionate advocate and voice for the voiceless. Activists such as Kunle Ajayi…

The Centre for Human Rights and Social Advancement (CEFSAN) and the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria have successfully secured bail for 35 #EndBadGovernance protesters in Kano, as further court decisions are awaited. This was made known in a recent statement by Yusha’u Sani Yankuzo of the Centre for Human Rights…

Human rights activist and #RevolutionNow leader, Omoyele Sowore, has denounced President Tinubu’s government for relentlessly persecuting Nigerians and fabricating charges against peaceful #EndBadGovernance protesters. Sowore lambasted the Tinubu government on Wednesday, following a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that granted bail to 10 detained protesters to the tune of…

The Socialist Labour organization has announced its plan to stage a peaceful protest at the Abuja High Court on Wednesday, demanding the immediate release of detained #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters and the dropping of all charges against them. The group has called for the public to join in solidarity, emphasizing the importance…

The Network of Abuja Left Groups, a coalition of Civil Society Organizations, has forcefully condemned President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the arrest of Nigeria Labour Congress President Joe Ajaero and the Department of State Services’ invasion of the SERAP office in Abuja. These actions, which occurred at the Abuja airport,…

Human rights activist Damilare Adenola has highlighted the growing discontent within Nigeria, pointing to the mass resignation of soldiers and new taxation on OPay transfers as key indicators of the government’s neglect of its citizens. The activist made this known in a compelling writeup titled “Mass Soldier Resignation & New…

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute (IPI), and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) have come together to demand that the Nigerian authorities should release of slain journalist Onifade Emmanuel Pelumi’s body to his grieving family. These international media advocacy organizations are also collectively calling…

Prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana and his team of defense lawyers will represent #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters in their mass trial on Monday. The trials will take place in Abuja, Kano, and other cities across the country. Report also revealed that those detained over the #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja will be…

Law firm Inibehe Effiong Chambers, representing human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and the Take-It-Back movement, has taken legal action to counter the claims made by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike in relation to the #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja. Omoyele Sowore, Damilare Adenola (for Take-It-Back movement), Adama Ukpabi…

The International Press Centre (IPC), operating from Lagos, Nigeria, has expressed deep concern through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) hub over the imprisonment of Kano-based journalist Muktar Dahiru of Pyramid FM.   Muktar Dahiru, an employee of Radio Nigeria’s Pyramid FM Kano, was arrested by the police and…