HEINEKEN Africa Foundation is donating more than £1 million (€1.2 million) to WaterAid to support the international charity’s emergency response to COVID-19 in Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, and Mozambique. The work will provide much needed handwashing facilities in…
By Mayowa Adeniran | A Non Governmental Organisation, Human Development Initaitive has called for strict adherence to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO’s recommendation on budgetary allocation for education. The compliance to UNESCO’s recommendation, according to HDI would…
In a bid to empower women in poor and marginalised communities where it works with children, the NGO Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) recently launched Empowered Mothers for Development Actions (EM-MODAS). According to the NGO, the initiative will…
By Mayowa Adeniran | World is facing a hidden education emergency Children in nine countries in Africa are at extremely high risk of dropping out of school forever Girls are at increased exposure to gender-based violence and risk of child…
…The funds will be used to bolster health systems and disease surveillance, enhance infection prevention and control, and improve regional coordination The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) have approved grants totaling $9.52 million to strengthen responses…
By Mayowa Adeniran | Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami has said thatPresident Muhammadu Buhari will certainly assent the electoral act provided there are no breaches against the constitution. Malami said at the Citizens town hall meeting on electoral…
Sunday Joseph | Bishop Catholic of Sokoto Diocese, Father Matthew Kukah has urged that Nigeria’s political elites to make politics noble for young people to allow them to sail the affairs of the country. Kukah said during a citizens’ townhall…
David Barnard | The immediate impact of COVID-19 on African civil society organisations (CSOs) was swift, widespread and destabilizing. This is one of the main findings of the Africa CSO COVID-19 Survey that @AfricanNGOs and EPIC-Africa implemented between 28 April and 15 May 2020. A total…
Have Apple, Google Silently Installed COVID-19 Tracking App on Your Phone? VERDICT: False CLAIM: Many users of smartphones across Nigeria have been raising concerns with the claim that Apple or Google has inserted a COVID-19 tracking sensor to their phone…
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja advised members of the governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC), to withdraw all pending litigations against one another, and settle for internal conciliation, warning that the mutating disagreements could lead to self-destruction, with dire…
