By Mayowa Adeniran | Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami has said thatPresident Muhammadu Buhari will certainly assent the electoral act provided there are no breaches against the constitution. Malami said at the Citizens town hall meeting on electoral…
Kenneth Afor | Nigeria’s leading civic tech-based organisation, BudgIT has launched Open Nigerian States data portal aimed at ramping up data sharing by state governments for unrestricted accessibility by citizens. The portal, according to BudgIT was developed under the Rule of Law and…
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to some media reports claiming that the Commission has dropped charges of money laundering against former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed…
Sunday Joseph | Bishop Catholic of Sokoto Diocese, Father Matthew Kukah has urged that Nigeria’s political elites to make politics noble for young people to allow them to sail the affairs of the country. Kukah said during a citizens’ townhall…
David Barnard | The immediate impact of COVID-19 on African civil society organisations (CSOs) was swift, widespread and destabilizing. This is one of the main findings of the Africa CSO COVID-19 Survey that @AfricanNGOs and EPIC-Africa implemented between 28 April and 15 May 2020. A total…
Have Apple, Google Silently Installed COVID-19 Tracking App on Your Phone? VERDICT: False CLAIM: Many users of smartphones across Nigeria have been raising concerns with the claim that Apple or Google has inserted a COVID-19 tracking sensor to their phone…
The N-power Agro programme introduced in 2015 as a National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) designed to create jobs and empower Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35. The goal of the programme is to provide skills, tools and experience…
By Kenneth Afor | Nigeria’s leading firm, America International Insurance Company (AIICO Insurance PLC), recently donated 500 reusable facemasks to African Clean Up Initiative in helping members in rural communities in Lagos State to have access to free facemasks amid…
Anambra Enugu, Kwara and Plateau States top the list of states that are yet to access over N66.8bn from the Universal Basic Education Fund since 2017. This was revealed in a response to Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed by…
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, and the Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and…
