A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has lamented that despite federal budgets exceeding N100 trillion in the last two years, Nigerians are worse off, with worsening poverty, failing public services and deepening inequality. Similarly, former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, questioned the federal government’s latest approval of...
•Tinubu and terrorists Accredited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the country have called for a shift to a more inclusive, community-driven approach to tackling insecurity, urging the federal government to deepen collaboration with grassroots actors. Director-General of the Civil Society Organisat...
Civil Society Organizations including Cnetre for Media and Society (CEMESO), The Kukah Centre, International Press Centre, ElectHer, Nigeria Women Trust Fund, TAF Africa and Yiaga Africa have identified what they described as “dangerous loopholes” in the recently passed Electoral Bill 2026. At a press conference in Abuja, today, the CSOs conde...
•Samson Itodo Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have welcomed the release of the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), pledging to closely monitor every milestone in the electoral calendar to ensure transparency and credibility. In a joint statement issued ...
•Zacch Adedeji Coalition of nine civil society organisations has apologised to the Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, after findings and clarifications cleared him of allegations of corruption, money laundering, and abuse of office earlier circulated during a protest. The apology followed a protest b...
•IPOB Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) across the South-East region of Nigeria have accused security agencies of operating with a bias, alleging that while Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) activists are routinely targeted with swift and forceful action, armed herdsmen responsible for violent attacks on communities are ignored. In a joint s...
•Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd) A coalition of 35 civil society organisations in Rivers State has jointly petitioned the House of Representatives, decrying what they termed “severe and brazen acts of lawlessness and impunity” being perpetrated by the state’s administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd.). In a strongly worded letter titled...
•Tinubu and Fubara A coalition of civil society organisations in Nigeria has condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in the Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, describing it as a threat to democracy and an unjustifiable overreach of executive power. Speaking at a press briefing in Port Harcourt yesterday, Christian Onyegbule, repr...
•Tinubu Members of the Organised Private Sector and Civil Society Organisations have lamented the increasing hardships in the country, characterised by rising inflation, soaring food prices, and increasing unemployment. They called for a rethink of government policies, which they noted, elicited sorrows and tears, reports The PUNCH. According ...
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