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By Dr Sota Omoigui MD – Coauthor, Nigerian National Anthem, Recipient of Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Citizenship and Patriot Award Like Professor Babatunde Ogunnaike, I also feel pride and sadness when I hear the anthem. When I wrote my words for the anthem, it was my dream for the country to move forward and take its place among the great …

By Igbotako Nowinta As part of the 2nd people’s AGM program, a highly successful rally was organized by members of the people’s AGM, and it held right in front of the corporate headquarters of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC), in Abuja, on Thursday 18th of May, 2023, where a signed copy of the resolutions of the AGM was handed …

By Alltimepost.com United States Department of States, today released the 2022 International Religious Freedom Report, which provides a fact-based, comprehensive view of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.  It would be recalled that President Clinton signed the International Religious Freedom Act into law twenty-five years ago, giving the nation a range of …

United States’ Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erin Barclay and EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore co-chaired the 2023 U.S.-EU Human Rights Consultations today in Brussels.  According to the statement made available to Alltimepos.com, the United States and EU reaffirmed their strong mutual commitment to the transatlantic partnership and underscored its centrality …

United States of America has condemned what it called the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unjust detention and sentencing of human rights defenders Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi.  On April 10, PRC courts sentenced Xu Zhiyong to 14 years and Ding Jiaxi to 12 years in prison for supporting the exercise of internationally recognized fundamental freedoms, such as the freedoms …

By Antony J. Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State Muslims worldwide too often face discrimination and hatred based on their religious beliefs. Last year, the United Nations declared March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia. This date also marks four years since the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. On that day, a gunman killed 51 …

United States of America and several countries have called attention to the situation in Afghanistan, which, over the past year and a half, has seen one of the steepest declines globally in the respect for the human rights of women and girls.  This was contained in a joint statement issued today by: The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Gombe, Nigeria – A broad coalition of Nigerian, UK and international Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have written a letter to the Rt Hon Dominic Raab, British MP Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, seeking legal reforms on shortcomings in the UK’s regime for compensating victims of foreign bribery. The letter dated 7th December was …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Benin City, Nigeria – Society for Awareness and Family Initiative (SAFI), has held awareness programs on Violence Against Persons Prohibition, for women in Utagban community in Edo State, with a resolve to combat menace. SAFI executive director, Obode Inosezilo said that there are concerted efforts in place in Edo State to ensure that there are legal …

*UNCAC Coalition guide to improve openness, transparency and accountability in engagement between private sector and communities By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Port Harcourt, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), last weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, organized a workshop ‘to bridge the gap between the private sector and Civil Society organizations accelerate development in Nigeria’. A statement from ANEEJ said that …