… Iran Factsheet Highlights Senior Sanctioned Officials Responsible for Egregious Religious Freedom Violations The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the death sentence announced on August 10 of 22-year-old Nigerian singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a song he circulated on the... Read more

*Takes steps to restore foremost academic institutions Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Wike, has decried the encroachment of government land in the State. He described as unfortunate the excuse by residents to encroach on the land owned by Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borikiri, Port Harcourt. The Governor made the observation... Read more

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised an alarm that Nigeria’s Federal Government through its security agencies have continued to arbitrarily arrest its members on flimsy excuses while restasting that it remains a non violent group. The IPOB position followed the arrest of about 67 of its members... Read more

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Hausawa Quarters in Kano has sentenced a 22-year old singer Yahaya Aminu Sharif to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet of Muhammad. In his ruling on Monday, the Shari’a court Khadi, Aliyu Muhammad Kani, found Sharif guilty of the one-count charge bordering... Read more

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the World Bank President, Mr David Malpass urging him to use his “good offices to encourage Nigeria’s Federal Government and the 36 state governments to publicly commit to transparency and accountability in the spending of the $114.28m credit and... Read more

Leaders of various sociopolitical groups in the country, including Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Pan Niger Delta Forum, and Middle Belt Forum, are set to pay a solidarity visit to the people of Southern Kaduna on Saturday (today) and demand an end to incessant killings in the area. This is as... Read more

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed Balaraba Ibrahim as the Special Assistant on Women Affairs (Unmarried). This is according to a letter dated August 4, 2020, with reference number GO/SS/POL/S/83 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mohammed Baba. The letter, which was obtained by Sahara... Read more

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has again accused Nigerian soldiers stationed in the area to prevent the recurring ethnic massacres going on in the area of complicity and looking the other way when the killings take place. The latest allegations which were contained in a press statement signed... Read more

…UN, Commonwealth, ICC, EU, US, UK, Canada, Vatican, Australia, Brazil, Israel & others written & asked to intervene Civil rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law ( Intersociety) says it is continuously alarmed over the “ceaseless and untamed massacre of Christians in Nigeria or... Read more

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has decried the involvement of some judicial officers in partisan politics. According to him, this has manifested through comments, special affiliations, body language and palpable commitments. Governor Wike was speaking at the handing over of 41 Sport  Utility Vehicles to Judges in... Read more