Rivers: Nigeria's democracy bleeding, businesses shutting down — Group seeks UN intervention

Rivers: We need urgent intervention to save Nigeria's democracy - Group writes UN

A civil society group, Save Democracy Vanguard (SDV), has appealed to the United Nations to intervene in the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. In a letter addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General and signed by Dr. Ali Mohammed Ali, Executive Director of SDV, the group described the situation in Rivers as a national emergency and accused the Federal Government of allowing the illegal suspension of democracy in Nigeria’…

Rivers: Nigeria's democracy bleeding, businesses shutting down — Group seeks UN intervention

A Nigerian civil society group, Save Democracy Vanguard, has written to the United Nations over the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State on March

Group petitions UN over emergency rule in Rivers State - NewsTmes.com.ng

A civil society group, Save Democracy Vanguard, has raised the alarm over the political situation in Rivers State, petitioning the United Nations to intervene urgently to avert what it described as a collapse of democracy in Nigeria. In a letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General and signed by its Executive Director, Ali Mohammed Ali, the … The post Group petitions UN over emergency rule in Rivers State appeared first on NewsTmes.com.ng.

Nigerians Are Bleeding, Hungry, Disillusioned, Says Kaigama  - InsideBusiness - Business News in Nigeria

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Most Rev Ignatius Kaigama has called on the Federal Government to address the challenges of insecurity, revive the economy, and restore the dignity of human lives because Nigeria is bleeding, people are hungry, unsafe and disillusioned. According to him, as a people, the citizens must rise above despair, division, and violence and commit themselves to peace, justice, and truth. “Our country is bleeding –…

Rivers state crisis: United Nations asked to intervene as state of emergency continues

Save Democracy Vanguard has petitioned the UN over alleged illegal suspension of democracy in Rivers state, warns of looming democratic collapse.