•Prof Joash Ojo Amupitan A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) working on democracy and elections in Nigeria and across Africa has reacted to the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) as the next Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The CSOs, in a joint statement released, acknowledged the an...
•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo and MMIA Lagos A coalition of civil society organisations has called on the federal government to immediately shelve its planned N712 billion reconstruction of Terminal One of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The organisations described the expenditure as excessive, misplaced and insen...
Calls to stop the president from appointing the Chairman, National Commissioners, and other presiding officers to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) took centre stage on Monday in Abuja as the Nigerian Civil Society Situation presented its comprehensive Credibility Threshold for Nigeria’s 2027 General Election. The document w...
•Former NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari A group has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mele Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). Led by Barrister Ojonugwa Theophilus, the group submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 25, 2...
•Gunmen As insecurity grips Nigerians tightly, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, numbering 21, yesterday, asserted that 183 people were alleged killed in the third week of April 2025 alone in Benue and Plateau States. This was contained in a statement signed by the CSOs, including; Advocacy Centre for Development, AC4D; Alliances for Africa; ...
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on law enforcement agencies to provide comprehensive information about the well-being of protesters and those still facing charges in court. Speaking on their behalf, Salaudeen Hashim, Programme Director of the CLEEN Foundation, told newsmen that the aim of the media engagement was to inform the w...
•Natasha and Akpabio A coalition of women’s associations working to protect the interest of women has concluded arrangements to storm the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to mobilise for a mass protest against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, in a fresh demand on him to step down over the alleged harassment by Sen Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PD...
Concerned civil society organisations in the Niger Delta have described as insensitive the intention of the government to resume oil production in Ogoniland. The CSOs met at the Port Harcourt office of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria to deliberate on the recent invitation by the office of the National Security Adviser ...
•Tinubu, Shell and Total Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), community leaders and other citizens have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to put a stop to all forms of divestments by oil companies operating in Niger Delta. This was made known yesterday in a statement made available to The Frontier. The statement with heading, “Ur...
•Voting Calls for electoral reform intensified yesterday as a coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) proposed comprehensive changes to Nigeria’s laws to strengthen democracy. The CSOs convened to deliberate on independent candidacy, the role of independent observers, and the immediate implementation of electronic transmission of elect...
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