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Four members of Enough is Enough resign

Four of the founding board members of Enough is Enough, EiE Nigeria have resigned. They are Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, PIN, ‘Gbenga Sesan; Founding Partner of Red Media Africa, Adebola Williams; Executive Director of The Future Project, Chude…

NGOs not exempted from paying tax – FIRS

by Olusegun Akinleye @mypenspeaks The Director, Medium Tax Department of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Ademola Olayemi, while speaking at the 14th Annual Conference of Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) has made it known that NGOs in the country…

FAAN to install alternative power systems at Lagos Airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has disclosed plans to install alternative power systems at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos in order to improve the poor air conditioning system at the terminal. The General Manager, Corporate Communications,…

Africa joins mass die-in as Lima talks end today

Atayi Babs, PAMACC Team, Lima At the 2013 climate conference in Warsaw, Poland, civil society groups led by the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Friends of the Earth, Global Campaign for Climate Justice, and others staged a massive and unprecedented…

Severe water crisis looms in Lagos – CSOs

A confluence of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has alerted on an imminent water crisis in Lagos, which it said could result in more people being cut-off from public water supply. The CSOs, which briefed the media in Lagos on Thursday,…

CSJ accuses Govs of squandering N23.2trn in 15 years

By Emmanuel Elebeke A human rights advocacy organization, Centre for Social Justice, yesterday, accused the State Governors of squandering about N23.220 trillion allocations from the joint Account meant for the local government Councils in their states. The group was disclosed…