…says his anti-poor tax regime has impoverished more residents of the State Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has warned that the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo’s ‘taxation regime’ is making life unbearable and pushing more residents of the State into poverty. According to HURIWA, Soludo’s ‘utopian’ mindset and policies cannot work for
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…the faceless writer used the good name of Osita Chidoka to give momentum to his nefarious goal of tarnishing Peter Obi’s name The attention of the Media Team of Chief Osita Chidoka OFR has been drawn to an unsigned write-up with the above caption. Ordinarily, we wouldn’t glorify an unsigned write-up with a reply but,
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‘Politicians/electorates in the South East zone urged to take advantage provided by Igbo indigenous media owners’ A 2 Day Media Summit organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, South East Zone, was held at Lyon De Gold Hotel, 4 Rangers Avenue, Enugu on Wednesday, 28 & Thursday 29th September 2022. The Summit themed ‘ The South East
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State Council has expressed worry over government officials’ disrespectful treatment of its members in course of their constitutional duties. The body blamed such actions on over-zealous aides and security details, urging their principals to call them to order for better working relationship between them and media practitioners. In
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared the National Broadcasting Commission NBC code as inimical to free speech and Press Freedom. The union made this observation in a Press Statement signed by its President Comr Chris Isiguzo made available to The Daily Vendor in Abuja Tuesday April 26 2021. Reacting to NBC plan to
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A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode on Tuesday explained why he met leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Fani-Kayode, an avowed critic of the APC and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement posted on his Twitter handle on Tuesday morning, said that his meeting with some leaders of APC
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “urgently instruct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to withdraw the proposed executive bill to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] Act, which if passed and signed into law
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The International Press Centre (IPC), has said no fewer than 41 journalists have been attacked at different locations in Nigeria in the course of their duties between January an August. IPC Programme Officer, Mrs Melody Akinjiyan-Lawal, made the revelation during a webinar on Edo and Ondo State elections in Benin on Monday. The webinar was
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over failure to “disclose information and documents relating to the names of people from whom N800 billion in looted public funds have been recovered, specific dates of the recovery, and details of projects on which the money has been spent.” The
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “urgently rescind your assent to the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, [CAMA 2020], and to send the legislation back to the National Assembly to address its fundamental flaws, including by deleting the repressive provisions of the
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The Anambra State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked what the meddlesome interlopers and doomsday arm chair political analysts hope to do now that the National Working Committee (NWC) has recognized and confirmed the Hon (Sir) Ndubuishi Nwobu led Executive Council of PDP in Anambra State. The question was contained in a
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Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster management is the single most notorious cesspool of corruption and lack of transparency and accountability in over 60 Years of the nation’s Independence. This is the submission of The National Coordinator of Human Rights Writers Association (HURIIWA), Emmanuel Onwubiko . The prominent human rights group alledged that the
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…will go to court as well as write world body disassociating the youths from the loans The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group; Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) said the new form of economic colonialism foisted on Nigeria by China, occasioned by her Toxic and Enslaving Loan Agreements with Nigeria will enslave the coming
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By: Isaac Ojo The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), who is also the Chairman, clinical services and training as well as Chairman, Covid-19 taskforce of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Anambra State Dr Joseph Ugboaja has warned against politicization of issues of Covid-19. Dr Ugboaja dropped the warning during his weekly press briefing
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has noted with dismay the unruly, defiant and rebellious attack that resulted into an unprecedented degree of damage to both FRSC personnel detailed on patrol operations and the patrol vehicle by a tricycle rider in Benin, Edo State. The tricycle rider who was arrested in Benin, along Benin/Sapele road for
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