The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate possible political motives behind the renewed killings and abductions in Southern Kaduna. The association expressed concern over the timing and recurrence of attacks in the area, particularly following reports that Gover...
•Tinubu and HURIWA logo The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Senate to examine the constitutional implications of President Bola Tinubu’s continued stay outside Nigeria. The group made the call in a statement signed today by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, following comments by Senate President Go...
•Fuel pump The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has described the removal of petrol subsidy as unconstitutional and harmful to citizens. On his part, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who promised to return the subsidy if voted in as president, called on the federal government to fully account for revenues, savings, and...
•INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to closely study and emulate the transparent conduct of ongoing local council elections in parts of Great Britain where electoral processes are being conducted peacefully, with results trans...
•Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned what it described as anti-democratic antics of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, claiming the development adversely undermined and sabotaged last weekend’s local council poll in the Federal Capital Territory. ...
•Tinubu and HURIWA logo The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Assembly to urgently amend Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Act to classify kidnappers as terrorists, describing kidnapping as one of the most potent threats to national security and economic stability. Quoting...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has thrown its weight behind the indigenous Ijaw and Urhobo people of Warri Federal Constituency, strongly condemning what it described as the deliberate and illegal attempts by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to subvert the Supreme Court’s clear and binding judgemen...
•Supreme Court The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Supreme Court to redeem the judiciary’s waning public image by adjudicating judiciously on the matter challenging President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of Siminilayi Fubara as governor of the state...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State to ignore any purported ultimatum issued by the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill within 48 hours. HURIWA added that the sitting by the...
•Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has expressed concerns over the recent revelation by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, about the inability of Nigerian intelligence agencies to trace and disrupt the funding and training networks sustaining Boko Haram ...

