Tag: HURIWA

Emefiele: Lawyers, HURIWA berate DSS battle with warders

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Human Rights Lawyers, under the aegis of Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (LIDD) have berated the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over the alleged assault on judiciary, lawyers, prison officials, and media by DSS operatives in a bid to stop prison officials from carrying out their job of taking the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, into custody as ordered by Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday. The lawyers also condemned the rearrest of Emefiele by the operatives of the secret police after engaging in a…

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Oil Theft: HURIWA asks Tinubu to set up independent probe panel

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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called on President Bola Tinubu on Saturday to form an independent panel to investigate oil bunkering and related crimes in Nigeria, particularly from 2015 to the present. HURIWA, in a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the government should not spare the culprits identified at the end of the investigation, but rather name and shame them and severely sanction them. The groups call comes just hours after a prominent Niger Delta leader, Mujahid Asari Dokubo,…

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Independent Candidacy: Assent to Bill before May 29 – HURIWA urges Buhari

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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has endorsed the bill seeking to provide for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, National and State Assemblies, as well as local government elections. HURIWA, in an issued statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said now that the Bill has been transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent, the President should speed up processes and sign the Bill to law before he leaves office on May 29, 2023. The group said the Bill, if it becomes a law,…

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Banditry: Buhari must face ICC – HURIWA

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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has said President Muhammadu Buhari must account for the killings of thousands of Nigerians by armed bandits and killer herdsmen under his watch in the last eight years. HURIWA, in an issued statement yesterday by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said there is no forgiveness for incompetence, nepotism and alleged sheer complicity in terroristic acts against the Nigerian people since he assumed office on May 29, 2015. The group said the outgoing President, whose two terms of eight years ends on May 29,…

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“Where are the 400 Bureau-De Change terror financiers? – HURIWA queries Malami

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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), on Thursday, queried the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) over the secrecy and mystery surrounding the 400 Bureau-De-Change operators arrested for terrorism financing about two years ago. HURIWAs National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement also kicked against the release of 131 terrorists awaiting trial, saying that the President Buhari administration continues to display hypocrisy in Nigerias terror war. The group said until justice is done to arrest Boko Haram, ISWAP…

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Kaduna Insecurity: HURIWA knocks el-Rufa’i over report of 446 deaths in six months

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A civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has lambasted Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, over the unending killings of innocent residents by bandits and terrorists. The associations National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in an issued statement yesterday, lamented that Kaduna has become a killing field for marauders under el-Rufa’is watch, saying the governor, as the chief security officer of the State with the cardinal responsibility to protect lives and property, has allegedly failed woefully. HURIWA, in the statement, also expressed dissatisfaction that despite the unprecedented and…

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HURIWA kicks, as Buhari appoints brother-in-law as NSPMC boss

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Rights group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has kicked against the appointment of Ahmed Halilu, older brother to the First Lady, A’isha Buhari, as the Managing Director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, (NSPMC) Plc. Buhari had reportedly approved the appointment of Halilu, an elder brother of his wife, A’isha, to head the company in an acting capacity following the resignation of Abbas Masanawa on May 16. Quoting the media report, the rights group said that President Muhammadu Buhari may have breached the oath of office of…

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Presidential Duties: “Resign if presidency is tough” – HURIWA slams Buhari

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The civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately if the job is tough for him. HURIWA, which stated this in an issued statement yesterday, called on the President to resign to minimise the damage his crass incompetence and gross dereliction of duty would cost the country if he stayed on till May 29th, 2023. Recall that Buhari, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, described his seven years…

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‘Probe Supreme Court Justices corruption allegations against CJN’ – HURIWA urges NJC, CCT

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The civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to probe the corruption allegations levelled against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, serving justices of the Supreme Court. In an issued press statement signed by the groups National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, on Wednesday, HURIWA stated that the CJN should step down as Chairman of the NJC for the investigation to be conducted. The group noted that the failure of…

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“Your office undermining Abba Kyaris extradition application”, HURIWA to AGF Malami

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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, accused the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); of subtle conspiracy to frustrate the extradition of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said it was a known fact that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation had requested that Kyari be tried in America for his role in an alleged Internet fraud involving notorious scammer, Ramon Abbas, a.k.a…

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