•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...
•Crude oil When the oil wells of the Niger Delta finally dry up or global demand fades, what will become of the millions whose livelihoods depend on the region’s black gold? This question was repeatedly raised during Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) gathering in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State today as they painted a stark picture of […]
The Coalition in Support of National Security Advancement (CSNSA) has rejected the Nigerian Coast Guard Bill, currently before the National Assembly, citing concerns over national security, economic implications, and constitutional conflicts. The proposed legislation aims to establish a specialised maritime security agency. The CSNSA which mad...
•Olukoyede and Ganduje A Coalition of 30 anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for the resignation of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, over his alleged failure to prosecute a former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, despite multiple petitions against him on mu...
•Betta Edu and Tinubu A group of civil society organisations, Concerned Civil Society Organisations of Nigeria (CCSON), today, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to make public the findings of its investigation of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu. Edu was suspended by P...

