By Halima Layeni | I have heard women express how much they despise men a couple of times. Recently, at a high level event, I heard an acclaimed feminist say men’s rights should never be upheld because of the history…
Nigerian investigative journalist, Alfred Olufemi, has emerged as one of the winners of the 2023 African Prize for Investigative Journalism (PAJI). The annual award ceremony was held in Dakar, Senegal, on Wednesday evening. Launched in 2021, PAJI was created to…
Some world leaders have partnered to launch a new campaign ‘Power our Planet: Act Today, Save Tomorrow’ that will address climate change and extreme poverty in poor nations. The campaign was spearheaded by Global Citizen, the world’s leading international advocacy…
By Abiodun Busari | A leading child rights organisation, Save the Children International Nigeria has urged governments and stakeholders at all levels to accelerate actions toward the reduction and eradication of under-5 mortality rate of children from vaccine-preventable diseases. The…
Land grabbers would seize your land at gunpoint and ask you to go to court. What would make one of INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) do what he did in Adamawa State yesterday (Sunday) other than the effrontery of land…
By Rotimi Olawale | The new administration in Nigeria faces the task of reimagining education in the country, as the sector continues to grapple with various challenges that hamper the country’s economic growth and development. Critical stakeholders have developed a blueprint…
The Director General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Olawale Fasanya has said that over two million businesses in Nano, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (nMSMEs) subsector collapsed between 2017 and 2021 alone. Fasanya, then, bemoaned that…
The Organised Private Sector, OPS, slammed the International Monetary Fund, IMF, over its call on the Federal Government to increase taxes in order to reduce borrowing. According to the OPS, prescription, which was described as toxic, if accepted by the…
BONews Service, an online development news platform focused on women, persons with disabilities, and children, has called for the implementation of regional and global frameworks that would protect and promote equal access to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the digital…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has called on the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu expected to assume office on May 29, 2023, to work on fixing the Nigeria’s economy. CISLAC said the expected government should also address…
