Tag Archives: Civil Society

By Dayo Emmanuel A coalition of civil society organisations in Lagos has strongly condemned the ongoing demolition exercise in Makoko, accusing the Lagos State Government of carrying out what it described as “systemic, illegal, cruel and deceitful forced evictions” deliberately targeted at the urban poor. The coalition, which converged at the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, on yesterday, said the …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal, Imohinmi has appointed  SP Abubakar Aliyu of the X-Squad section to represent him as member of Stakeholders on Police Accountability. Imohinmi made the announcement on  Wednesday,August 15,2018 during the official launch of Stakeholders Forum on Police Accountability at the Conference Hall of the Lagos State Police Command with a promise to monitor …

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Hate speech is an inevitable tool where democracy thrives. It is a means to bring to the fore opponents ineptitude in providing good governance. Even strong democracies are not spared of this devise. In recent years, hate speech has heightened with the advent of the social media. A significant reason is because activities in the cyber space are unregulated thereby …

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Folake Sokoya A coalition of civil society groups, yesterday, faulted the bail conditions granted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, stating that they amount to denial of bail. The group, in a statement in Abuja, argued that it was imperative that these bail conditions be varied or in …

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