CSBS News Desk The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Orhii, has stated that the agency has gained international rating as one of the top 20 medicine regulatory agencies in…
CSBS News Desk Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, with support from AccessNow, Google, Facebook, Civicus and Internews, will host this year’s Internet Freedom Forum in Abuja, on March 8 and 9, 2016. The theme of the pan-African event that will host delegates from Cameroun,…
CSBS News Desk No fewer than 5, 000 beneficiaries received free medical test, counseling and drugs on different ailments, including hypertension, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and malaria in a medical outreach in Osun State. The programme was organised by the National Agency…
CSBS News Desk The Chief of Field Office, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Abdulai Kaikai, has disclosed that the agency has invested around N300 million for the treatment of 28,000 severely malnourished children in Bauchi…
CSBS News Desk A non-governmental Organisation, Blessed Hands Ministry (BHM), has urged Nigerians to show concern for the sick. Its President, Elfreda Akintewe, who spoke when the organisation visited the Children’s Ward C and D at the National Orthopaedic Hospital,…
CSBS News Desk The Industrial Training Fund, (ITF) has emerged the overall best in the International Federation of Training and Development Organisation, (IFTDO) competition for the IFTDO Global HRD Awards 2016. The position has put Nigeria on the global index…
CSBS News Desk The USAID Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement Project will host the 2.0 Mindset Series on ‘what works’ for policy reforms to share learning through a discourse on how to undertake effective policy reform advocacy for good governance.…
Mayowa Adeniran The outbreak of Zika virus in Central and South America is of immediate concern to pregnant women in the region, but for some experts the situation is a glimpse of the sort of public health threats that will…
CSBS News Desk An alliance of civil society groups across Africa has come together to launch the Africa Civil Society Centre, a dynamic and robust space where progressive African civil society leaders engaged in various civic struggles can convene. Therefore,…
Kemi Busari Aggrieved by what it describe as ‘excessive bank charges’ introduced by Nigerian banks, the Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CAFON) has declared the 1st of March 2016 as a ‘no banking day.’ Seeking 500 signatures to a petition…
