The ” 2015 United Nations Gold Prize Medal for Development and Humanitarian Reporting has been awarded to Lagos based Nigerian freelance multimedia journalist Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna. The award that was presented by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in New York was…
CSNews Desk In a bid to catch up with the digital technology trend, the Jigawa State government has purchased 7,000 computers for the use of senior secondary school students in the state. The state governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru, disclosed this…
CSNews Desk The Bauchi State government said yesterday that it recorded 80 per cent success during a five-day immunisation exercise against measles which covered 1.6 million children. The director, Disease Control and Immunisation, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency…
Kemi Busari A quick navigation at the website is enough to instill pity at the most callous of persons. First was the story and heartbreaking picture of Kehinde Adebiyi a 2-year old currently going through radio-therapy for the cancerous lump…
Kemi Busari The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed that a new electricity tariff will be ready after a regulatory meeting is held this week. Its Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi, said the regulator had met with Discos to finalise…
A cross section of development practitioners today made a ‘fist into the air’ commitment to Stop Gender Based Violence (GBV) at a One-Day Sensitization Meeting On Gender Based Violence(GBV) And The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act(VAPP) to mark the International…
CSNews Desk FARMERS are in for good times – courtesy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and commercial banks which have agreed to grant N300 billion loans to the agricultural sector next year. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, who is…
Seye Joseph @seyetweets The Centre for Values and Leadership, a not-for-profit organization chaired and sponsored by the Pat Utomi Foundation to build a body of values-driven leaders by empowering young people with leadership skills and values that will enable them…
The Bankers Committee said it had set a target of N300 billion to boost lending to Small and Medium Scale Entreprises (SMEs) and the agriculture sector in 2016. The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said this…
CSNews Desk On November 2015, the whole world was deep in fear and shock caused by horrible terrorism. The last week of November in Africa, however, was full of hope arising from meetings of religious leaders who yearn for…
