Human Rights & Governance

CEHRD Establish CAPAN, Partners With Stakeholders to Strengthen VAPP Law in Rivers State

By Josiah Egbilika The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has collaborated with River State Agencies and Civil Society Organizations in a bid to actualize a State Framework to strengthen the implementation of The Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law in Rivers State. CEHRD partnered with Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare and […]

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CEHRD Seeks Partnership With Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare to Strengthen VAPP Law Implementation

By Josiah Egbilika In her effort to seek State Agencies commitment towards drafting a State Wide Framework for the implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law in Rivers State, The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development on June 26, 2026 paid a consultative visit to Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare and

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CEHRD Pays Consultative Visit to Rivers State Ministry of Justice

By Josiah Egbilika The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development on June 18, 2026 paid a consultative visit to the Rivers State Ministry of Justice. The purpose of the visit was to seek partnership with the ministry to be part of the drivers to produce a State Framework towards the implementation of the Rivers

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CEHRD Seeks Robust Partnership With Rivers State Ministry of Women Affairs to End GBV

By Josiah Egbilika In her effort to seek for collaboration with Rivers State Government to produce a Framework towards the implementation of the Rivers State Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) on June 17 continued her consultative visit to Rivers State Ministry of Women Affairs in

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CEHRD Seeks Collaboration With Rivers State Ministry of Health to Strengthen the Implementation of Rivers State VAPP Law

by Josiah Egbilika The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) paid a consultative visit to Rivers State Ministry of Health in Port Harcourt. The visit was to seek for collaboration and support towards CEHRD’s “Strengthening the implementation of Rivers State Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law (2020)” project. Explaining the project, the Project Lead,

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CEHRD Commended Over Decades Of Community Development Efforts

Josiah Egbilika Senior Advocacy and Communications The Chief Executive Officer of a United State of America based non-governmental organization, Timmy Global Health, Professor Scot Pegg has commended the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) over decades of community development, given a vote of confidence to CEHRD’s sustaining project implementation capacity. Prof Pegg stated

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Democracy Day 2025: CEHRD Calls For Reinstatement Of Democratic Rule In Rivers State

PRESS STATEMENT     June 12 every year, Nigeria celebrates Democracy Day.  It is in commemoration of the annulment of the June 12 1993 elections won by the late MKO Abiola. It was an election  during which the citizens freely chose their leaders in a free and fair elections. As a nation, civil rule was enthroned in

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CEHRD IN LIMELIGHT AS REPUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATION SHADES IMPACT IN OGONI

The coordinator, Centre For Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has recounted CEHRD’s impact in ogoni during an interview session with Wale Lawal, Editor in chief of the Republic media organisation. During the interview which examined the life and times of Ken Saro-Wiwa and CEHRD’s impact in Ogoni, Dr. Nabie stated that CEHRD was the

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CEHRD’s PRESS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023

8 March, 2023 As the world celebrate International Women’s Day today, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) join the call for more to be done to achieve an equal future. The theme for this year: “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment

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