he Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) deeply mourns the passage of Comrades Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Chukwuma. There is no mistaken the fact that the demise of these two committed and courageous Comrades is a big…
By Premium Times Mr Chukwuma founded and led the CLEEN Foundation to promote public safety, security, and accessible justice in West Africa. One of Nigeria’s civil society leaders, Innocent Chukwuma, died Saturday evening in Lagos, according to close friends who indicated…
Kenneth Afor | The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) and Centre for Law Enforcement Education (CLEEN Foundation) has called on the various judicial panels of inquiry on extra-juducial killings sitting in some states in the country to dispense…
The present use of 1956 Audit Ordinance by Nigeria has been identified as the major reason for the widespread corruption in the country. A coalition of Civil Society Organisations made this known in Abuja during a CS/Media breakfast session on…
Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD has urged the Federal and States Governments in Nigeria to increase access to rehabilitation and reintegration services for persons with disabilities to ensure reduction of PWDs beggars in our communities. CCD made the call…
By Ijeoma UKAZU | To commemorate the International Day on Eliminating Violence Against Women, the Mothers and Marginalised Advocacy Centre, MAMA Centre has called for stringent and holistic policy actions to address recurring violence, abuses against women in public as…
Young changemakers gathered at Ayalla hotels in Abuja to embark on the SDG 16 Innovation Challenge. Seventeen participants were selected for their unique and sustainable solutions to issues concerning the Sustainable Development Goals; more importantly Access to Justice and Strong…
By MAYOWA adeniran | As a result of the cases of police brutality which birthed the #EndSARS protests, the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee, (ACJMC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a ‘Special Intervention Fund for…
Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Africa have condemned attacks on Amnesty International in Nigeria and other Civil Society Organizations that have been demanding for good governance in Nigeria. In a press statement jointly signed by the CSO groups, they decried…
The Lagos State Civil Society Participation for Development, LACSOP has demanded that the Lagos State Government publishes the amount spent on COVID-19 palliatives in the state. The demand was made during a tweet conversation which featured the launch of an assessment of COVID-19…
