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Statements and releases issued by Global Rights, and the joint statements we have signed alongside other civil society organisations, on the events and decisions we have asked the public to hold to account.
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I traveled for a brief work, what I never budgeted was Corona Virus shutting down my life and putting family at risk. The lockdown has ensured that I am stranded, strapped, and stuck in relative safety, while my wife and child face daily security threats as robbers have now taken over.
Since the lockdown began, we have been consistently advised to reach out to our friends and loved ones, check up on them, and make them feel less alone. That call reminded me how we can not fully grasp the full story by viewing snippets on social media.
Does it mean that we should continue to stay at home and die of hunger in this country when those that are ruling us have access for free of all that they need to survive?
Different countries have devised workable strategies of welfare packages to their citizens during this period of social and economic pause but my experience on the first day of monitoring the compliance to the executive fiat of stay at home was an unpalatable mixture of hopelessness, anxiety, fear, and anger.
Life during Covid- 19 in Lagos where I reside and write from is not only been terrible but horrible. Vox pop conducted shows that many families have been in excruciating pains.
We, the undersigned civil society organisations have observed with great concern and indeed, alarm, massive violation of the rights of citizens, including the right to protest, concerted attacks of media organisations, press freedom and civil society organisations.
Global Rights is pleased to invite your kind participation at a two-day training workshop on “Investigative Reportage of Mass Atrocities in Nigeria”.
The documentary explores Nigeria’s impending water crisis and its correlation with its quest to generate 30% of its power from coal, spotlighting examples from Awo Community in Kogi state and Maidegeri community in the Federal Capital Territory.
The National #RoundTable on #Business and #HumanRights in partnership with @Globalrightsng and CSR-in-Action is hosting a breakfast meeting with the organized business #sector in #Lagos.
Women and Girls have enormous potential to transform Nigeria. Investing in girls today will improve productivity and growth and also lead to a more peaceful, healthy and skilled workforce tomorrow.
The Nigerian extractive industry has had a chequered history of corruption, mismanagement, insecurity, human rights abuses and environmental degradation, all of which impact on extractive host communities.