Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to “disclose within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of our Freedom of Information requests the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state,…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | Some cultural ideals of femininity and modesty especially in Africa notes that, girls are clean and beautiful after removal of body parts that are considered unclean, hence the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, (FGM). The girl…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | With the increased number of child deaths from Micronutrient Deficiency (MND), Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, (CS-SUNN) has raised alarm calling on the government to increase its intervention. Speaking during a one-day media roundtable in…
His election came with lots of expectations, given his background and profile, as a former Senator of the Federal Republic, a grassroots man and an erudite professor. Born as Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade not long ago in 1968, he had become…
The African Development Bank’s 2020 African Economic Outlook (AEO) has said that the economy of Africa is on course to pick up to 3.9 percent in 2020 and 4.1 percent in 2021. The bank also said that though the economic…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has revealed that the unending spate of insurgency in the North-east is hinged on the increasing trust deficit between the military and civil authorities. He also attributed the increasing attacks by bandits and insurgency…
Victims! The spot of ‘victims’ in my headline was sealed six months ago by one of the senior officers of Pedro Police Station, Shomolu, Lagos. It was Friday July 19, 2019, the night I was released from Ikoyi Prison at…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has dismissed a misinformation making the rounds especially on social media that a case of novel CoronaVirus has been recorded in the State stating that there is…
The BBC World Service would be hosting its next world debate, in Lagos, Nigeria. The BBC has been hosting debates across the world giving citizens the opportunity to question politicians, leaders and opinion formers face to face. According to the…
By Betty Abah | The recent decision by the Lagos State Government to ban rather than regulate okada (commercial motorcyclers) and keke Marwa (tricycles), sounds posh, innit? Big city! Oho! But beyond the urbanisation rhetoric is sprawling, gnawing poverty and…
