November 20 is marked annually as World Children’s Day, the anniversary of adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations. It is also a day to create awareness among children, highlight issues around children’s…
The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (OXFAM)-funded Work in Progress! (WiP!) Project, currently implemented by its partner Chioma Chuka Consulting Services Ltd (CCCSL), has called for the full implementation of the 2019- 2023 Nigerian National Youth Policy. Speaking on Monday…
By MAYOWA adeniran | As a result of the cases of police brutality which birthed the #EndSARS protests, the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee, (ACJMC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a ‘Special Intervention Fund for…
By Ijeoma UKAZU | The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned of the damaging effects caused by COVID-19 as its growing consequences on children is threatening irreversible harm to education, nutrition and general well-being saying, the pandemic is lurching…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | In a bid to addressing the plight of minority women and vulnerable groups in the society, a non governmental organization, the Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre (MAMA Centre) has called for alls for adequate policy attention…
By Mayowa Adeniran | Save the Children International and the Lagos State Ministry of Health have been taking concerted efforts towards preventing pneumonia which has been identified as one of the diseases killing children under 5 in Lagos. Commemorating the…
The African continent is currently one of the fastest-growing regions when it comes to mobile growth, and financial technology companies that are building services to meet that rapidly-expanding market are getting a lot of attention. In the latest development, Kuda, a startup out…
There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of how Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds are disbursed and spent by the Delta State Government may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the…
Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Africa have condemned attacks on Amnesty International in Nigeria and other Civil Society Organizations that have been demanding for good governance in Nigeria. In a press statement jointly signed by the CSO groups, they decried…
By Lanre Arogundade | “Nigeria’s ranking on the Press Freedom Index continues to sit in the red zone, ranking 115 in the 2020 ranking, an improvement on its 2019 ranking but no less solidly red, the colour used to identify…
