We The People (WTP), a civil society organization has revealed that children are being given out to prostitution for as little as 100 naira in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. This revelation was made during a stakeholders town hall meeting organized by We The People on Tuesday at Channel View Hotel where attendees comprising of…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and National Orientation Agency (NOA), as well as civil society organisations, have expressed concern over reported cases of killing in Rivers State.  The agencies expressed their concerns yesterday, at a day stakeholders’ town hall meeting on the ‘rising killings in Rivers State’, organised…

Over 200 Rivers indigenes and civil society groups yesterday staged a peaceful protest to the Rivers State Police command demanding for the total overhauling of the Nigeria police force. The protesters noted the incessant killings in the state with no proper prosecution of perpetrators.

We The People, (a Civil Rights Organization that focuses on various forms of atrocities committed in the society and the prevention of these atrocities), has marked the National Day of Mourning 2019 in honor of victims of violent killings in Nigeria. The event took place on Tuesday in Calabar, where some citizens were enlightened as well…

Against the backdrop of increasing waves of crime and killings,a Non-Governmental organisation (NGO)” We The People”in conjunction with Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Rivers State have called for immediate withdrawal of policemen attached to very important personalities otherwise known as VIPs and redeploy them to provide efficient equal security for all citizens in the state.…

Three civil society organizations in Rivers State, have rated Obio/Akpor and Emohua local government areas as top of the list of local government areas in the state with the highest number of cult-related killings in the state in the month of April 2019. The three groups which include; We-The-People, Centre for Social Studies and Development as…

As insecurity continues to escalate in Rivers State, 46 persons have reportedly died across the state in extra judicial killings and gang murders. This was contained in a report produced and made public by a non-governmental organisation, ‘We The People,’ in conjunction with the Rivers Civil Society Organizations (RIVSCO). According to the report, 46 deaths, 16…

THE RECENT renewed cult related and extra judicial killings in Rivers State have reached a frightening level. Following the report by Non Governmental Organizations “We the People”, “Centre for social studies and development” and “Rivers State Civil Society organization shows that the Obio/Akpo and Emohu local government areas, recorded the highest number of killings in the…

Rivers East Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting on Public Sensitization Against Electoral Malpractice and Violence

Two non-governmental organisations working for transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have called on the state governments and people in the area to stand up against corruption in order to usher in the much needed economic prosperity and better living condition for the people.

Two groups operating under the umbrella of Niger Delta Open Government Observatory (NOGO), have urged state governments in the region to join the national fight  against corruption.

As part of efforts to ensure a credible and peaceful elections in the 2019 general polls in Rivers State, a Non Governmental Organization, We The People (WTP) in conjunction with Social Action, organised an electoral sensitization programme in the three senatorial zones in the state.

From when it first appeared in Rivers State in 2016, residents of Port Harcourt have continued to inhale poisonous soot two years after, with severe risks to infants and the elderly. ANAYO ONUKWUGHA (Port Harcourt) reports on its impact on the population of the state.

Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Rivers State, over the weekend embarked on an anti-corruption sensitization rally in Port Harcourt city, the state capital.