HURIWA has urged President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to publicly reject a reported claim that a Muslim-Muslim presidency is ideal because Muslims are the majority in Nigeria.
The Executive Director of the International Press Centre, Lanre Arogundade, has assumed new leadership responsibilities within the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, IFEX, after being elected Deputy Convenor of its 13-member Council and appointed to the Governance Committee for the 2026–2029 term.
Human rights and media groups have called on President Bola Tinubu’s government, state governors, lawmakers, and other authorities to stop harassing journalists, activists, bloggers, and civil society organizations (CSOs) for peacefully exercising their rights. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) warned that the use of provisions in the Cybercrimes Act, criminal and penal codes,…
