FREE NIGERIA MOVEMENT & SEVERAL CLO GROUPS REQUEST FOR INTERIM GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF MAY 29 HANDOVER DAY A PRESS STATEMENT BY FREE NIGERIA MOVEMENT The 2023 elections were a milestone in our electoral history bringing it to a centennial, to a full round by September.  We often wonder what thoughts may have pranced the minds of the first Nigerians who voted in that election of 20th September, 1923.  But people like Herbert Macaulay were resolute in their desire to birth for Nigeria the right of franchise which legal fabrics the Clifford Constitution of 1922 provided.  Thus did the nationalist race begin coursing through a labyrinth of political developments leading up to independence in 1960 reaching full franchise in 1979.  The first electoral deposit of our post - colonial history was reportedly marred by widespread violence and manipulation of results. A military take over following the failed coup of 15th January, 1966, would lay the bricks for a twenty ni...

NIGERIANS CALL OUT CSER OVER ARREST OF PASTOR PAUL ENENCHE OF DUNAMIS MINISTRY Centre for Social and Economic Rights (CSER), a civil society organisation has come under attack over its renewed call for the arrest of Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis International Gospel Centre over his comment on the just concluded presidential election in Nigeria.  Recall that the group had on February 28 made a similar call over what it described as an inciting comment by the Dunamis pastor.  In its latest statement, CSER called for the arrest of Enenche and Sarah Omakwu of Family Worship Centre for what it tagged as “acts that threaten national security and our humanity.” Responding, Global Network for Sustainable Development, GNSD, described the persistent calls for the arrest of Enenche by CSER as antithetical to democracy and freedom of speech. Amb. Phil Roberts, the National Coordinator GNSD in a statement on Wednesday said the group was hired to silence the voice of reason “and render our...