From Blessing Ibunge, Port Harcourt
A Non Governmental Organisation, We The People, WTP, has expressed concern over the rate of reported extrajudicial killings in Rivers State.
The group alleged that over 152 persons were killed between the months of April, May and June 2019 in the state. (more…)
A body of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, the Coalition of Civil Societies, Rivers State chapter has called on the government at all levels to stop the killings across all parts of the country. The group made this call in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, during a national road walk campaign against killings in…
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…
The Joint Nigeria Civil Society Action Committee, JN-CAC, has called on the Federal Government to fulfill the constitutional mandate which is to ensure the security and welfare of the people and therefore take urgent measures to review the country’s security architecture. The group made the call in a press statement to seek Nigerians’s participation in the…
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…
In a bid to curtail the continuous perpetuation of mass atrocity in Nigeria, “We The People” a non-governmental organization has organized a four-day boot camp for prevention and advocacy against atrocities. The camp which held at Owerri, Imo State began on Wednesday 10th through Saturday 13th April, 2019 and had in attendance participants comprised of representatives…
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.
A civil society group, We The People-Center for Social Studies and Development, has called on the House of Representatives to make public how much its members earn monthly as running costs. The call was made in a statement signed by Mr. Ken Henshaw, the group's Executive Director.
Abuja-It is no longer news that Nigerian Youths are performing below par in comparison with their counterparts in other parts of the world and this can be traced back to the long years of corrupt leadership that has eaten deep into the system.