huriwa Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/huriwa/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:32:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 huriwa Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/huriwa/ 32 32 42672738 HURIWA Faults Police, NDPC Over Delay in Probe of Alleged NIPSS Data Breach Involving Naval Officer https://prnigeria.com/2026/08/30/huriwa-faults-police-ndpc-over/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:32:35 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=201467 HURIWA Faults Police, NDPC Over Delay in Probe of Alleged NIPSS Data Breach Involving Naval Officer Frontline pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticised the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Tunji Disu, and the National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) over what it described as prolonged inaction on petitions […]

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]]> 201467 HURIWA Condemns Abduction of 15 NYSC Members in Kogi, Demands Immediate Rescue https://prnigeria.com/2026/08/28/huriwa-condemns-abduction/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:22:15 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=201319 HURIWA Condemns Abduction of 15 NYSC Members in Kogi, Demands Immediate Rescue The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the reported abduction of 15 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Kogi State, calling for their immediate and unconditional rescue. In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko, […]

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]]> 201319 HURIWA’s Onwubiko Faults Politicians Over Preference for Foreign Education for Their Children https://prnigeria.com/2026/07/24/huriwa-onwubiko-faults/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:51:22 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=197670 HURIWA’s Onwubiko Faults Politicians Over Preference for Foreign Education for Their Children Human rights activist and Founder of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko, has criticised Nigerian political leaders for sending their children to foreign universities while, he said, the country’s public education system continues to suffer from years of […]

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]]> 197670 HURIWA Threatens Action Over Cancellation of Mother Tongue Education Policy https://prnigeria.com/2025/11/16/huriwa-threatens-action-over/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:12:29 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=173894 HURIWA Threatens Action Over Cancellation of Mother Tongue Education Policy The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has announced plans to initiate a class-action lawsuit to challenge the Federal Government’s decision to abolish the policy mandating the use of indigenous languages in early education, describing the reversal as “cultural, scientific, and educational suicide.” The […]

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]]> 173894 HURIWA Accuses EFCC of Acting as Tinubu’s ‘Attack Dog’ Over Tambuwal’s Arrest https://prnigeria.com/2025/08/12/huriwa-accuses-efcc-acting/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:41:48 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=167548 HURIWA Accuses EFCC of Acting as Tinubu’s ‘Attack Dog’ Over Tambuwal’s Arrest The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of abandoning its statutory mandate and serving as a political tool for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The group alleged that the anti-graft agency is engaging […]

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]]> 167548 Rights Groups Condemn Police Over Alleged Assault and Detention of Omoyele Sowore https://prnigeria.com/2025/08/07/nigerian-rights-group-condemns/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:45:05 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=167290 Rights Groups Condemn Police Over Alleged Assault and Detention of Omoyele Sowore Amnesty International and the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have strongly condemned the alleged violent assault and continued detention of human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, by the Nigeria Police Force, describing the incident as a gross abuse […]

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]]> 167290 HURIWA Praises Defense Ministry’s Milestones in Indigenous Arms Production https://prnigeria.com/2024/08/13/huriwa-praises-defense/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:16:59 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=141293 HURIWA Praises Defense Ministry’s Milestones in Indigenous Arms Production The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has praised Nigeria’s Defense Ministry’s strides in indigenous arms production, viewing it as a testament to Nigeria’s potential and promise on the global stage. In a press statement, HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, noted that Nigeria, once […]

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]]> 141293 Seek Credible Information before Going to Media — Military tells HURIWA https://prnigeria.com/2024/02/05/seek-credible-information/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:25:16 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=122828 Seek Credible Information before Going to Media — Military tells HURIWA 1. The attention of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn to a statement credited to the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and published by Guardian online Newspaper on 4 February 2024, faulting the formation of a Fact-Finding Team tasked to elicit […]

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]]> 122828 HURIWA Names NDLEA Boss, Buba Marwa Man of The Year https://prnigeria.com/2022/12/10/huriwa-names-ndlea-boss-buba/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:22:00 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=85624 HURIWA Names NDLEA Boss, Buba Marwa Man of The Year The leading and foremost civil rights advocacy group; the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has named the Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA); Mohammed Buba Marwa the Human Rights Man of the Year for 2022 HURIWA in a […]

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]]> 85624 What Does Reuters Want with its Abortion Allegations Against Nigerian Military- HURIWA Asks https://prnigeria.com/2022/12/08/was-does-reuters-want/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:13:57 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=85551 What Does Reuters Want with its Abortion Allegations Against Nigerian Military- HURIWA Asks Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Thursday, queried a report by United Kingdom-based international media outfit, Reuters, that the Nigerian military has since 2013 conducted a secret and illegal abortion programme in the terror-torn North-East […]

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]]> 85551 HURIWA Tasks South-East Governors To Work Together To End Killings https://prnigeria.com/2022/10/11/huriwa-tasks-south-east/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:19:44 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=81645 HURIWA Tasks South-East Governors To Work Together To End Killings Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Tuesday, tasked the five governors in the South-East geopolitical zone to join forces to find the right strategy to end the killings and increasing security challenges in the zone. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, […]

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]]> 81645 HURIWA Strongly Condemns Lynching Catholic Sisters in Cross Rivers https://prnigeria.com/2022/08/31/huriwa-strongly-condemns/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:33:09 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=77623 HURIWA Strongly Condemns Lynching Catholic Sisters in Cross Rivers Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has tasked the Nigeria Police Force to fish out and prosecute some Cross Rivers youths who allegedly attacked and tortured two Catholic sisters to death over witchcraft allegations. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in […]

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]]> 77623 Don’t Disrupt War on Hard Drugs with Misinformation, HURIWA tells Media https://prnigeria.com/2022/08/27/don-disrupt-war-hard-drugs/ Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:28:55 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=77285 Don’t Disrupt War on Hard Drugs with Misinformation, HURIWA tells Media Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Saturday, urged the media not to allow misinformation to disrupt the war on hard drugs by the administration of the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig-Gen Buba Marwa (retd.). […]

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]]> 77285 HURIWA, Others React to Ambassadorial Appointments and Extention of Tenure of Security Chiefs https://prnigeria.com/2021/02/05/huriwa-tenure-security-chiefs/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:42:08 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=61224 HURIWA, Others React to Ambassadorial Appointments and Extention of Tenure of Security Chiefs A Civil Rights Advocacy group-: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA), It’s continental body- ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN WRITERS ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE’S RIGHTS (AFRIRIGHTS) and 36 other registered affiliates have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing immediate past Service Chief as […]

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]]> 61224 Shehu Sani: HURIWA Carpets EFCC over Lawless Media Propaganda https://prnigeria.com/2020/01/19/sani-huriwa-carpets-efcc/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:30:45 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=28290 Shehu Sani: HURIWA Carpets EFCC over Lawless Media Propaganda The foremost civil Rights advocacy group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop forthwith the insidious and toxic media PROPAGANDA and campaign of calumny/character assassination against the character of the Kaduna born human rights activist […]

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]]> 28290 HURIWA Blasts CJN over Hasty Conclusion of Guilt on Shehu Sani https://prnigeria.com/2020/01/06/huriwa-blasts-cjn-shehu/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:55:03 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=27923 HURIWA Blasts CJN over Hasty Conclusion of Guilt on Shehu Sani The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has faulted the Chief justice of Nigeria Muhammad Tanko for the haste with which he dabbled into the swirling allegations made by the Kaduna businessman Alhaji Sani Dauda of ASD Motors […]

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]]> 27923 HURIWA Faults EFCC on Shehu Sani’s Media Persecution https://prnigeria.com/2020/01/04/huriwa-faults-efcc-sani/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 18:22:26 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=27865 HURIWA Faults EFCC on Shehu Sani’s Media Persecution The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has faulted the provocative; orchestrated and unwarranted media persecution of the vocal critic of the current President Muhammadu Buhari, and the erstwhile Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th session of the […]

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]]> 27865 CAN, SERAP, HURIWA React to Release of Dasuki, Sowore https://prnigeria.com/2019/12/24/can-serap-huriwa-react/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:08:54 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=27540 CAN, SERAP, HURIWA React to Release of Dasuki, Sowore CAN Praises Release of Dasuki, Sowore The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commended the Federal government for ordering the release of the duo of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Rtd. Colonel Sambo Dasuki and the publisher of Saharareporters, Omoyele Sowore as mandated […]

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]]> 27540 Sowore: Groups Condemn Attacks by DSS Operative on Protesters https://prnigeria.com/2019/11/12/sowore-groups-condemn-attacks/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:33:55 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=26482 Sowore: Groups Condemn Attacks by DSS Operative on Protesters Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned “violent attacks on peaceful protesters demanding the release of Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare as ordered by the court.” In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said: “We have seen a video footage […]

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]]> 26482 Groups Condemn Arrest of NewDigest Editor, Webmaster over Report on Ex-CBN Chief’s Factory https://prnigeria.com/2019/10/30/groups-newdigest-editor-webmaster/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:22:17 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=26210 Groups Condemn Arrest of NewDigest Editor, Webmaster over Report on Ex-CBN Chief’s Factory Following the arrest of Gidado Yusahu, the Editor of NewsDigest news platform; an Abuja based media and his webmaster, Mr. Adebowale Adekoya by operatives of the Kwara State Criminal Investigation Department Operatives, several groups have condemned the action and demanded the release […]

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