Mayowa Adeniran The National Assembly is seeking alignment of strategies with CSOs and stakeholders and has called for a “budget owned by Nigerians”. A recent release made it clear that the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and…
Mayowa Adeniran The USAID Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement Project will host the 2.0 Mindset Series to share learning through a discourse on how to undertake effective policy reform advocacy for good governance. The 2.0 Mindset Series with the theme,…
Kemi Busari The Africa Union has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a village near Maiduguri, in North Eastern Nigeria, on Saturday, 30 January 2015, by the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist sect. The attack left at least 65 people dead…
Kemi Busari The Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable Development (CENGSSUD) has condemn the federal government’s imposition of N50 stamp duty for money received into accounts and call for immediate review of the policy. In a statement signed by…
Kemi Busari Every 4th of February of each year is set aside by the United Nations (UN) to observe the World Cancer Day. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 14 million people learn they have…
CSBS News Desk A coalition, Civil Society Network against Corruption (CSNAC), has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to urgently set in motion its investigative team to unravel the alleged abuse and massive fraud in the N117billion rice import quota…
Kemi Busari Saturday, January 30 2016, saw the historic convergence of student editors and journalists at the Department of Mass Communication in the University of Lagos for the maiden summit of the National Association of Nigerian Campus Editors (NANCE). The…
The Green Climate Fund’s Board meets in South Africa from 2-4 February for an informal session to address the Fund’s objectives and plans for 2016 and beyond. The last formal Board meeting took place in November 2015, when the Fund approved its first…
“A development framework that is people-centered can only succeed if it embraces the social dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is because people are, and must remain the focus of the global, regional and local development efforts,” said…
Kemi Busari The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) today hosted Civil Society Groups, Non-Governmental Organisations, media and other stakeholders in the development sector. The meeting was convened to discuss ways of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and other United Nations…
