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- 5 Oct 2025
Police Prosecute Oliver, Activist for Calling Oborevwori ‘Sleeping Governor’ in Facebook Post
The police command in Delta is prosecuting Fejiro Oliver, an activist, accusing him of cyberstalking Sheriff Oborevwori, state governor. Fejiro Oliver, an activist Oliver, who was arrested in Abuja…
- 19 Mar 2026
Activist Warns against Rising Junk Food Culture in Nigeria
Nnimmo Bassey, environmental activist and food sovereignty advocate has raised concerns over the growing influence of junk food culture and global food politics on Nigeria’s food systems. Nnimmo…
- 25 Sept 2023
Activist Issues 30-DayUultimatum to DSTV, GOTV over Subscription
Maduabuchi Idam, an activist lawyer, has issued a 30-day ultimatum to MultiChoice Communications, owners of DStv and GOtv resort to ‘read only during viewing.’ Idam threatened to institute legal…
- 9 Aug 2024
Activist Drags FG to Court over Nigerians Rights to Use and Trade in Bitcoin, Others
James Otudor, Nigerian crypto activist, has taken a bold legal stance to fight for Nigerians’ fundamental rights to own, use, and trade in Bitcoin, USDT, and other cryptocurrencies. In an X post,…
- 17 Aug 2010
Share Activist Threatens Insurance Firms over Poor Dividend
The insurance industry may be heading for a collision with the shareholders soon if threatening signals emanating from the shareholders are anything to go by. Sounding a note of warning recently,…
- 13 Aug 2015
Activists Drag Fashola to EFCC over N78m Website Scandal
Civil Society Network against Corruption, a coalition of anti-corruption organisations in Nigeria, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the “questionable…
- 14 Feb 2021
SERAP Drags Buhari to Court for Allegedly using CAMA against Activists
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a non-governmental organisation, has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja, to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from…
- 16 Oct 2020
Activists Turn to Bitcoin for #EndSARS Protests as Banks Shut Them Out
As protests surge through Nigeria in response to police brutality, one enclave of protestors has turned to bitcoin as a financial lifeline during turbulent times, according to CoinDesk. The Feminist…
- 31 Mar 2026
DRIF26: Over 800 Global Activists Storm Abidjan as Africa's Digital Rights Revolution Kicks Off in 13 Days
With only 13 days to go, momentum is building for the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF26), scheduled to take place from 14 to 16 April 2026 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. DRIF26 So far, over 800…
- 14 Mar 2025
MTN Board: Between sentiment and the law
By Ray Umukoro A pro-democracy activist and lawyer, Osa Director, has sued MTN Nigeria Plc. In suit No. FHC/L/CS/1413/24 filed at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, the activist vide an…
- 13 Feb 2019
How Shell Killed My Husband, Widow Tells Court in The Hague
Esther Kiobel, one of the widows of the nine environmental activists that were hanged by the Nigerian Military government in 1995, has given testimony in the court case she filed against Shell, an…
- 19 Oct 2020
EFCC Confirms Attack on Commission’s Website
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday admitted that its official website was attacked by yet-to-be identified cyber criminals during the weekend. A group of activists with a…
- 14 May 2018
Breakthrough in Education Funding could help Over 8million Nigerian Children- Education Commission
.Youth activists deliver petition with 1.5 million signatures calling for the biggest global investment in education history .United Nations Secretary-General, World Bank, and Regional Development…
- 11 Jun 2019
FG Moves to Amend Cybercrimes Act
The Federal Government has stated that the Federal Ministry of Justice is committed to pursuing the amendment of the Cybercrimes Act, which many lawyers, journalists and activists have considered…
- 14 Aug 2026
World Cup, AFCON, Blord saga top Nigeria’s Google searches in 2026
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Iran-Israel conflict, and the controversy involving social media activist VeryDarkMan and businessman Blord dominated Google searches by…
- 23 May 2019
Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko’s White Ebony Raises Awareness of Albinism
SMO Contemporary Art is delighted to present White Ebony, an exhibition of twenty thought-provoking photographs by social activist photographer Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko, which captures the complexity of…
- 6 Jun 2013
Falana Urges N/Assembly to Disclose Salaries, Allowances
Mr. Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human right activist has urged the National Assembly to change the public perception that they are the highest paid in the world by disclosing…
- 11 Sept 2025
Environmentalist Urges Nigerians to Reject GMOs, “Food Colonialism”
Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, executive director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), and renowned environmental activist, has reiterated his call on Nigerians to reject genetically modified organisms…
- 26 Jun 2026
MTN Chairman Blasts Xenophobia, Says South Africa Is Nothing Without Africa
Mcebisi Jonas, MTN Group Chairma,n has used the funeral service of Zimbabwean-born activist and public servant Thokozani Damasane to mount a sweeping attack on xenophobia, ethnic politics and state…
- 5 Jun 2016
Internet Bows its Head at Muhammad Ali’s Death
The death of the legendary boxer, activist and trash-talker-cum-poet unleashes a flood of words on social media. The death of Muhammad Ali, boxing's poet laureate, prompted a blanket of elegies on…
- 29 Jun 2010
British Artist to Make Fela Kuti Biopic
Turner prize-winning artist and film-maker, who won a Bafta for debut feature Hunger, will direct and write a movie about the Afrobeat creator and Nigerian activist. British artist-turned-director…
- 22 Oct 2015
Buhari Has No Economic Blueprint – Group
Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman, human rights activist, has lashed out at the economic situation in the country wondering why after five months of being in the saddle President Muhammadu Buhari’s government…
- 28 Feb 2012
Nneka Chosen as AWDF Ambassador for Arts
Nigerian born international singer and activist, Nneka Egbuna has been outdoored as Ambassador for the Arts by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) in a ceremony held at the AWDF House…
- 5 Mar 2024
Barred Phone Lines: Lagos Lawyer Demands N10Bn Damages from Telcos, NCC
Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, Lagos-based activist and lawyer, has dragged telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria as well as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to a Lagos Federal High…
- 21 Jul 2015
Buhari Plans to Jail Jonathan at all Costs- VND
A coalition of Niger-Delta activists under the aegis of Vanguards of Nigeria’s Democracy (VND) on Saturday said it has uncovered clandestine moves by President Muhammadu Buhari and the All…
- 16 Sept 2015
Nigerian Health Tourism & Part Data Ought to Play
The tale of the decrepitude of the Nigerian health sector is one now told by many pundits, health writers, professionals, and other activists; it is a fable that you all already know. But this is not…
- 9 Dec 2020
Falana Claims CBN Froze Accounts of #EndSARS Promoters before Court Order
Femi Falana (SAN), Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of freezing of bank accounts associated with some promoters of the #EndSARS protests two…
- 5 Apr 2018
Anthony Joshua, Maya Angelou, others Headline trend on Google Search Nigeria
British-Nigerian professional boxer, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua won his fight against Joseph Parker on a points decision at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, dominated searches…
- 12 Jun 2020
Junaid, Adebayo, Olodo for 2nd ITREALMS-DigitalSENSE Webinar Series
The speakers for the second edition of the ITREALMS digital rights webinar series in collaboration with DigitalSENSE Africa, DNS Women – Nigeria and NaijaAgroNet, has been confirmed, with the: ‘Women…
- 16 Mar 2009
M-net Features Fela and Femi Kuti in Action
As part of its Sunday specials, M-net West Africa is screening two separate documentaries on Fela and Femi Kuti, capturing their experiences through interviews, street scenes and the music they are…