Kemi Busari On Wednesday 10th February 2016, the national assembly hosted Civil Society Organisations in an interactive session on the 2016 budget. Kemi Busari captures some of the resolutions. The well-attended session was held at the conference room of the…
CSBS News Desk China has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus in a man who had recently traveled to South America. Hong Kong’s Department of Health, said on Wednesday in a statement in Beijing that the infected Chinese…
CSBS News Desk Unemployed youths have been advised to learn vocational skills and be productive instead of loitering on the streets of Lagos State. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Lola Akande, gave the advice on Tuesday during…
Kemi Busari Advocacy as an instrument of agitation has been employed in years past by the Nigerians to demand from their leaders. From the past; the 1962 Anglo-Nigerian Defence Pact protest, 1993 election annulment protest to the ‘bring back our…
Jude Chukwuemeka The Lagos State Government on Tuesday assured residents of the State that it was working hard to consolidate on the gains recorded over the past few months in reducing crime to the barest minimum, just as it reiterated its commitment…
Kemi Busari Mrs Ugonma Cokey, the Assistant Director, News, Voice of Nigeria was the reviewer of the media monitoring report, a publication of the Journalist for Christ (JFC) last week. Shortly after the programme, she spoke to Kemi Busari on…
Jude Chukwuemeka Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday swore-in two newly appointed Permanent Secretaries into the State Civil Service with a charge on the appointees to be champions of his administration’s continuity with improvement mantra. The Governor who spoke at…
Kemi Busari For more than 9 years, the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) has been in the business of development in the West African region. With the mandate of reinforcing the capacities of civil societies in the sub-region, WACSI…
CSBS News Desk Protesters in Lagos joined the nationwide mass protest organised by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), to protest at the Federal Government’s 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff. Contrary to expectations, the…
Mayowa Adeniran Climate Action, as part of post Paris Agreement climate talks is putting together a live webinar titled “Market Opportunities for Sustainable Innovation in Africa.” The webinar will take place on Thursday 25 February at 3pm GMT. What informs the organizing of this…
