Mrs Patricia Okereke, nee Onwubiko, the eldest sister of the founder of civil rights advocacy group in Nigeria – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) – is dead. She died on May 1, 2025 in Abuja. Confirming the unfortunate…
THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has praised the death sentence slammed on the brutal killer of 22-year-old Lagos-based fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola. The group expressed satisfaction over the development, describing the death sentence as the most appropriate legal…
THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly condemned the attempted assassination of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, labelling it a brazen and alarming attack on Nigeria’s democratic principles. In a statement issued by the group’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA…
Civil society organisation – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) – has lamented that the current federal government is paying mere lip service to the issue of the persistent killings of plateau state natives because the victims are neither…
THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of fostering nepotism by extending the tenures of certain public officials, particularly those from the Yoruba ethnic group. Trojaninsights reports that the group claims that this practice undermines…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has issued a strong warning against any attempt to impeach and remove Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara from office, describing such a move as a futile and dangerous ploy that would ultimately…
Civil rights advocacy group, HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA), has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for banning certain Unafrican and unorthodox lifestyles such as same-gender sexual liaisons and tattooing among other unacceptable practices from the Armed forces of…
THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticized the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, over his heavy focus on land revocation and allocations to the detriment of other essential services and developmental priorities in Abuja.…
THE Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has strongly condemned the recent treatment of human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who appeared at the Ekiti State High Court in handcuffs over a defamation lawsuit filed by prominent…
[Press Release] The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged a thoughtful reconsideration of the recently proposed bill that seeks a six-year single term for Nigeria’s President, Governors, and Local Government Council Chairmen. While the bill…
