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Crazy Electric Bill: Group backs NASS over Jail Term, N1m Fine for Defaulters

Ade Adewale — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:23:51 +0000

A civil rights organization,the Save Lagos Group (SLG) has thrown its wight behind the newly passed amendment Electricity Power Reform Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 by the House of Representatives, prohibiting and criminalizing estimated billing. The Bill recommended a one year jail term and a fine of Million for defaulters which would soon be transmitted to [...]

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CHRSJ raises alarm, says Governor Amosun losing control of Ogun to Assassins, Cultists

Ade Adewale — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:28:25 +0000

…Accuses CP of aiding, abetting cultism A civil rights organisation, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has carpeted Ogun State Government for series of security breaches in the state with a verdict the state under Governor Ibikunle Amosun is fast becoming a den to cultists, hired and other criminals. In a statement [...]

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Group condemns Governors’ Move to establish State Police, says it’s ill-motivated

Ade Adewale — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:52:18 +0000

A civil rights organisation, Save Lagos Group (SLG) has condemned moves being made by state governors to establish policing structures and systems in their respective domains saying the move is ill-motivated, selfish, wicked and unconstitutional. In a statement issued by the Convener, Comrade Adeniyi A. Sulaiman on Friday, the Save Lagos Group urged the National [...]

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David Oyelowo To Feature In Historic Civil Rights Drama

David Folami — Sun, 14 May 2017 10:25:44 +0000

David Oyelowo has landed a role in “Arc of Justice,” a movie based on the high-ranking Ossian Sweet civil rights cases. The historic movie is based on the 2004 book by Kevin Boyle, “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age.” The book follows the true story of [...]

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8th Senate: Bridging The Gap Between The Able And Disabled Nigerians by Saka Olawale

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:13:49 +0000

Over 19 million Nigerians live with one form of disabilities or the other, with more than 80% of them living in the rural areas of the country. In every region of the world, in every country, persons with disabilities often live on the margins of society, deprived of some of life’s fundamental experiences. Persons with [...]

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