The Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, ‘Gbenga Sesan has been appointed member of the Advisory Network of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), an intergovernmental coalition committed to advancing internet freedom worldwide. Sesan, the prominent Nigerian digital rights expert, founded the…
Let me thank God for the lives of our comrade and brother, Reverend David Ugolor, who is celebrating 48 years of Gods blessings and mercy. David has been a strong and compelling voice in civil society advocacy, especially in public…
By Dele Momodu – Fellow Nigerians, how are you today and how is our dear beloved country? I’ve spent most of this week in Accra, Ghana. Many Nigerian leaders have also passed through the Republic of Ghana this week.…
47 youth across 15 African countries including Nigeria, in the CANVASSITY Pan African Youth Democracy Fellowship 2018 have pledged to engage and support government in a bid to foster improved governance, raise accountability and enhance citizen-government collaboration throughout Africa. This…
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year to commemorate the movement for women’s rights.globally. While the first observance of a Women’s Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the…
In Africa 6000 girls are mutilated everyday, 200 million women live with the effects of FGM/C, and 30 million girls are still at risk over the next decades
The Secretary of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Musa Usman Abubakar has taken over the baton of leadership of the commission. This is coming as Upper chamber of the National Assembly placed embargo on the…
As 2017 gave way to 2018, many in civil society found renewed purpose in striving to make democracy real, and demanding human dignity and justice. Even as attacks on civil society have become more brazen, the story of the past…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) humanitarians will on Friday conduct an assessment of Rann in wake of the March 1 attack and evacuation. An assessment to Rann town in Borno, North-east Nigeria, is scheduled by…
