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Yorùbá Declare Present State of Nigeria Unacceptable… Buhari’s Nigeria has veered dangerously off course…Insist Unity Must Be NegotiatedCommuniqué Issued At the End of The Pan-Yorùbá Meeting, Held 17th of March, 2021, at Mapo Hall, Ìbàdàn, Oyo StateWe, the Yorùbá Leaders of Thought, comprising Ọbas, Chiefs, policy shapers, politicians, technocrats, intelligentsia, security-related groups, and socio-cultural groups, have met and decided for the Greater and Common Good of the Yorùbá, as follows:1) The Yorùbá are resolute in their determination not to stand idle and watch our space and land desecrated. Only an arsonist allows a fire to burn and destroy. We will…

PRESS RELEASE, March 16, 2021Civil Society Advance Forum on Sustainable Development (CAS2030), Demand Justice for Miss Queen Clever …Charge Delta State Police to Carry out Thorough Investigation, Fish Out Queen’s Killer(s)The Civil Society Advance Forum on Sustainable Development (CAS2030), a coalition of NGOs in Nigeria, is, demanding justice for Queen Clever who was reportedly beheaded in Ozoro town, Delta Sstate.This ugly incident which occurred on the 8th of March 2021, is an eyesore and we are hereby saying, ‘Enough is Enough’ to ritual killings and all forms of brutality against the female gender in Delta state.The victim, Queen Clever as…

March 2021HWPL Statement on Human Rights Crisis in MyanmarWe, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), express deep concern over the situation in Myanmar, which has caused casualties and posed grave threats to human rights.The recent efforts of the Myanmar military to suppress nonviolent protests have led to dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. The number is still continuing to increase. Human life must not be disregarded in any circumstances. No conflict of interest can justify violence against civilians, and no interest of any group can prevail over human life. Using violence to suppress peaceful protests and silence…

Edo Youths Shut Down NDDC Office, Call For Akpabio’s Resignation… Give Minister 72 Hours To r To Address Their PlightsBy Iduozee Efe Paul, BeninThere was heavy traffic and slow vehicular movement at Third East Circular Road, Benin city, as a youth group, Edo Restoration Movement, shut down the Edo State office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over claims of marginalization of Edo people.Commenting on why the NDDC office was locked, spokesperson for the Edo Restoration Movement (ERM), Thaddeus Irabor, said that at present, there has been no tangible NDDC project in Edo State since the minister of Niger…

£4.2 Million Ibori Loots: ANEEJ Calls For Review Of MoU…Says Stolen Funds Should Be Handed over To Delta State-Iduozee Efe Paul, BeninThe Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice {ANEEJ}, has called on the governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and the Federal Government to review the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU in respect of returned loot, and ensure the returned £4.2 million fund recovered from the former Delta State governor, James Onanefe Ibori is handed over to Delta State where the money was looted from.Making the call at a press conference in Benin City, the executive director of…

Conference of Non-governmental Organizations (CONGOs) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to proffer solutions to the problems of insecurity, unemployment, poverty, education and hunger in Nigeria.The body through its president, Comrade Abiola Daisy at a press briefing in Benin city, decried the high rate of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state which it described as alarming. It said the Buhari administration has woefully failed the people.“Our points in this struggle are the issues of hunger and poverty being witnessed by the Nigerian people. In recent times, the provocation has been increased to the inability of the Nigerian State…

NDDC: An Edifice To Kick-Start True Transformation of the Niger Deltaby Constance MejuA vision remains a dream until it becomes a reality. For the pioneers of the management of the development intervention agency set up by the federal government of Nigeria in 1994 to address development failures and needs in the Niger Delta under the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Commission, OMPADEC many desired dreams failed to materialize because of several factures ranging from planning, funding, timing and the consequent effect of these as management, government policies changed from one administration to the other.From a unit in the office block of…

The First Lady of Bayelsa State has commended the Bayelsa State House of Assembly for domesticating the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) in the State.Reacting to the passage of the VAPP bill 2019 on Wednesday, the wife of the governor through a statement issued by her press secretary, Maria Olodi-Osumah, said the long awaited passage since 2017 has finally been realized.“I am happy and delighted that today Bayelsa State has joined the league of States in Nigeria that have domesticated the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill (VAPP).I am hopeful that my husband,the Executive Governor Senator Douye Diri will give…

The Federal Government has been asked to focus the proposed regional peace meetings on the real stakeholders and not on elite organizations. The FG is also urged to make disarmament its top priority.In a statement on Wednesday, the Nigerian Working Group on Peace and Conflict Prevention, (WOGPC) said there can be no meaningful outcome of the proposed regional meeting unless the organisers focus on the most critical sector which also included the self-determination groups.The statement signed by the group’s Adewale Adeoye, (Chairman) , and four regional secretaries, Barriser Uche Okwukwu, Chief Digifa Werenipre, Kudu Abubakar and Weyinmi Agbateyiwo said the…

As the state of insecurity continues to spread pitching some ethnic groups against one another, groups of concerned Nigerians from all ends of the country and international bodies are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive action to save the country from threat of disintegration.The United Nations, UN has alerted through reports, that panicked Nigerians are already seeking refuge by fleeing into neighbouring countries like Niger and Republic of Benin.Fears were heightened by the food blockade tactics adopted by some northern food and cow sellers early in the week to press home demand for a back-down from South West…