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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has tasked the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to dismantle a syndicate issuing ‘OLUWOLE NYSC’ certificates to members of the public. The group said it suspects the existence of a syndicate in the Scheme. HURIWA said it suspects that …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his persistent failure to secure the lives and property of citizens nearly eight years of his administration. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Wednesday called on the Enugu State Governor not to spare resources and manpower to ensure that political saboteurs do not flood Enugu with foreign criminal elements to foment trouble, cause insecurity and attempt to rubbish the heritage of sustainable peace in the …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has warned that the current scarcity of the new naira notes is a threat to national security. There is existing severe scarcity of newly introduced Naira notes in most banks across Nigeria. According to HURIWA, the inefficiency of the governor of the Central …

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has queried the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the scarcity of new naira notes a few weeks before the deadline for the validity of the old banknotes. Since the launch of the new notes started circulation on December …

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of two Kwara-based journalists prosecuted for defamation, by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, on Saturday. Onwubiko described the governor’s arrest and remand …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) yesterday called on President, Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), former Inspector General of Police, Mr Musiliu Smith over alleged recurring ineptitude under his administration. The call was made in support of an earlier one by the …

HUMAN Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has kicked against the appointment of Ahmed Halilu, older brother to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, as the Managing Director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, NSPMC Plc. HURIWA said that President Muhammadu Buhari may have breached the oath of office of …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Friday urged the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig-Gen Buba Marwa (retd.), to expose and prosecute corrupt officers in the anti-narcotics agency involved in an alleged diversion of N20 billion budgetary allocation to the agency. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Wednesday, described as wicked and insensitive, the branding as mere conflict, the aggression and killings of southern farmers by Fulani herders. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said the matter is not a conflict and urged the Federal Government to …