Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commenced consultations with traditional rulers as national security deteriorates further. This consultation aims at developing and reinforcing the nations security architecture to deal with the frightening situation. Osinbajo, who disclosed this move in Ogun State…
By Eze Onyekpere | Nigerians will recall that the 2019 presidential election was held on February 23, 2019 after the Independent National Electoral Commission postponed it within a few hours to its opening on February 16, 2019. The incumbent, President…
“African countries, especially those in West Africa, are simply not doing enough” to “ensure that no one is left behind”, declares a new report, unveiling shocking figures that underline extreme inequality and poverty rampant in the region. West Africa is…
Civil Society Organizations in Akwa Ibom State have urged the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel to revisit the recent merger of the Ministry of Agriculture with Women Affairs. Addressing a press conference in Uyo on Friday, Chairman…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to use her “good offices to investigate whether the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria, and the failure of the…
The initiative—known as Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT), is part of the Bank’s Feed Africa strategy that is harnessing elite scientific research/technologies and disseminating at scale to African farmers. A staple to about 350 million people in sub Saharan…
By Lucy Nnaji | Serap at the Educational Sector has identified some lingering issues in the mis-management of the academic and nonacademic Staff, exploitation of payment, the hyping of Jamb scores in getting admission, reflecting marks both in private and…
By Daniel Henry | IN its quest to stem the tide of massive exploitation of Nigerians by traffickers who have continued to traffic them to some destination countries most especially Middle East and Arabian countries, the newly inaugurated Board of…
Nigeria Health Watch (NHW) partners with Connected Development (CODE) to improve the healthcare service delivery in all Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) across the country. Vivianne Ihekweazu, NHW Director of Programmes, explained that the partnership was initiated with the purpose of…
Nigerian students from the 17 states of southern Nigeria have received no less than $7.5 million in full or partial scholarships from 225 American universities and colleges to study in the United States for the 2019-2020 academic session. Acting United…
