Nineteen female journalists have been inducted as Fellows of the ReportWomen! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme, organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. They were inducted at the Fellowship Award Ceremony held on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 in Lagos where…
A new report has indicted the Nigerian media of subtle gender discrimination, in terms of visibility given to female candidates, even in the process of interviewing News sources. The report, an outcome of the monitoring of 12 print and online…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of a Nigerian, Ms Joy Ezeilo as a member of seven distinguished experts to serve on the newly established Civil Society Advisory Board on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Ms.…
Young Nigerians have accused the Asokoro General hospital of negligence leading to death of one Kafayat Abdulazeez. Kafayat Abdulazeez, a 25-year-old lady, was said to have been feeling unwell on Valentine’s Day. According to Yusuf Yusuf, a colleague of the…
...Scientists and politicians widely acknowledge that climate change is one of the most pressing issues, an existential threat that humanity is facing today. The Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 has set the way forward for all countries to act together in curbing climate change. These commitments must now be implemented.
By Sodiq Ajala, Mayowa Adeniran, Fumilayo Ishola, Alexander Onukwue – When Professor Attahiru Jega announced the official results of the 2015 presidential election, majority of Nigerians jubilated. Not convinced, many skeptics imagined what could happen should the incumbent government refuse to…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Economic Planning & Budget (MEPB), Mr. Olusegun Banjo has inaugurated the State Operations Cooperating Unit (SOCU), as part of efforts to create a Single Social Register that would lead to the conditional and unconditional fund…
By Farooq Kperogi – Buhari’s asset declaration fraud is more damning than Onnoghen’s, yet it is Onnoghen who has been illegally “suspended” and pilloried in the media. In this piece I’ll show you why Buhari is a double-dyed scammer who…
Three years after the London Anti-Corruption Summit where Nigeria signed on to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and committed to Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR), Nigeria has largely implemented its commitment. Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and…
The secretariat of UN Climate Change has published an overview of the Katowice Climate Package, adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in Katowice last December. The package constitutes the guidelines for the implementation of the Paris Climate Change…
