In 2013, about 200 girls were abducted from a school in northern Nigeria. This has added to the ever growing reluctance in the education of girls in the northern part of our country, Nigeria... Read more
Nairobi, October 16, 2015 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the acquittal by an Ethiopian court today of four Zone 9 bloggers charged with terrorism. Abel Wabella, Atnaf Berhan... Read more
By Bitrus Jock Adua Dear Governor, Please accept my late congratulatory message to your emergence as the new Governor of the North-central state of Kaduna. We played our part as democrats an... Read more
Press Release Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has begun proceedings into the trial of Chief Augunos Okoro, an accomplice of late Morris Ibekwe, implic... Read more
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the passage late Wednesday by Kenya’s national assembly of a bill that would impose a harsh fine or two years in jail, or both, for a jour... Read more
Press Statement The Rivers State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP says the letter written by the embattled former Governor of the State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi urging the Senate Pre... Read more
By Alfred Omolewa The orchestrated delay by the Senate to confirm the ministerial nomination of Rotimi Amaechi is a brazen display of what happens when open and honest process is brushed asi... Read more
By Philip Obaji Jr. As Washington prepares to deploy up to 300 American troops to fight Boko Haram, it’s important to remember they’ll be up against kids. IKOM, Nigeria — The U.S. military h... Read more
By Endalk Chala/CPJ Guest Blogger On Friday the Zone 9 bloggers are due to appear in court in Ethiopia for the 39th time since their arrest in April 2014. Endalk Chala, a co-founder of the g... Read more
By SKC Ogbonnia* President Muhammadu Buhari’s long-awaited cabinet is now complete. As in any political endeavour, there are winners and losers. Socially, similar to the Yorubas in 2011, the... Read more