For a moment, it appeared the Police had a case against Deji Adeyanju, the Convener of ‘Concerned Nigerians’ whom it picked up on Wednesday just at the start of the ‘Police Not Politicians’ protest to raise public awareness of the…
The United Nations Monday called for urgent action to end Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) against women and girls. Head of Field Unit, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yobe, Mr Gabriel Idioma, made the call in Gashua, Nguru…
To Commemorate the World Aids Day 2018 with the theme : “Know Your Status”, private organization in partnership with some Civil Society Groups have launched a 2 week National advocacy campaign on HIV The advocacy campaign which is organized by…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Engr. Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources, urging him to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently refer the allegations of widespread and systemic corruption involving…
By Ijeoma Ukazu – To mark 2018 World AIDS Day, (WAD), the Red Ribbon Coalition, an alliance of strategic NGOs and private sector partners in Nigeria, has embarked on a two week nationwide advocacy campaign to reach over 30 thousand Nigerians…
The United Nations Headquarters New York and Anambra State Government had just signed a Media Partnership Agreement deal. The deal, according to United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas,…
Towards achieving a free and fair elections during the 2019 general elections and beyond, the Joint Action Civil Society Coalition has established Violent Incidents & Election Atrocity Fusion Centre (VIEAFUC), which will monitor, systematise, document and report data, information and…
Thirty years ago, being HIV positive was a virtual death sentence. There was no effective treatment. AZT, also known as Zidovudine—one of the earliest anti-HIV drugs—was approved in the US in 1987, but it took many years before life-saving three-drug…
The Mikel Obi Foundation in partnership with multi-platform broadcast network, Kwesé, on Sunday held a football clinic for children in Lagos. The clinic saw 150 boys and girls aged 3 – 15 years from the Little Tigers Football Club receive…
By Mayowa Adeniran – The Cece Yara Foundation, Project Enable Africa, TrackaNG and Vetsark have been selected as winners of the first Google Impact Challenge in Nigeria. Google announced the winners at an event held in Lagos on Wednesday, November 28,…
