CSNews Desk In preparation for this year’s World Social Forum (WSF) in Montreal, the Local Organizing Committee of the World Forum on Free Media (WFFM) is inviting organizations and individuals to attend its first convergence. The meeting is expected to…
Kemi Busari “The idea that public officers have to be protected from citizen’s abuse is offensive, anti-democracy and should be totally resisted.” These were the words of the immediate past Chairman of Human Rights Commission, Dr. Chidi Odinkalu. He stated…
CSNews Desk My first job in the international NGO (INGO) sector was working with the British Red Cross on a project to improve accountability of humanitarian action to beneficiaries. It was the mid 1990s, and humanitarian NGOs were reeling in…
CSNews Desk Gather a group of Nigerian children and ask them about their future ambition and it is almost certain none would mention being a Data Analyst. The result from this would most likely be no different if this is…
Lilian Ezejelue This post has been updated The 2015 general elections in Nigeria will forever remain a case in point whenever the role of social media in governance is being mentioned in Nigeria and probably the world over. Nigeria had…
Kemi Busari Last week, 25 children died of yet to be confirmed disease in Otodo-Gbame community of Lekki, Lagos state. Grievious though it is, the parents of the children believe that the deaths could have been averted had their children…
Olusegun Akinleye Lagos State Government has lifted the restriction order on human and vehicular movement for the February Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise on Saturday, February 27, 2016 in order to allow for effective participation of all stakeholders in the Unified…
CSBS News Desk The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives in the bomb blast that occurred at a Police Divisional Headquarters, Yola, Adamawa State, on Thursday 25th February, 2016.…
Nigeria is a nation whose name is synonymous with oil riches! Shortly after independence in 1960, the young democratic nation was soon confronted with divisive and unsavory political wrangling which led to an unsolicited military intervention and political assassinations! A…
During the era the bible was written in, women were talked about less than the men. Only few female heroines were mentioned in the story of the bible. This pattern of writing the achievements of men in the books of…
