The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to journalists in Nigeria to raise awareness of sanitation, particularly the benefit of using toilets. Speaking at a Media Dialogue in Kano on Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF Communication Specialist, Dr Geoffrey Njoku…
By Ijeoma Ukazu – It is inspiring when community contribute in whichever shape or form to the well-being of individuals within its environ. Community based care is an essential component that has the potential to substantially improve maternal, newborn, and…
A book of essays in honour of frontline journalist, Dapo Olorunyomi, will be unveiled on Monday, May 27, at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. Mr. Olorunyomi, who was among the team that founded the hard-hitting TheNews/Tempo magazines in the 1990s,…
The Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, Mr Samson Itodo has advised the Ghanaian electorate to rigorously engage political parties in the same manner as they do their electoral management bodies. Mr Itodo explained that political parties were often the causes of…
Nigeria is a “tragedy descending into a farce”… With the deadly silence from those who unleashed Operation Crocodile Smile on the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) but who have refused to even utter a word on Fulani terrorists, the nation…
...The Vice President, who is the head of PEBEC, should use the power of his office to ensure that they implement these recommendations and that the Passport Service does not continue to get away with the current dysfunctionin passport issuance, to the detriment of Nigerians.
The Centre for Social Justice Limited by Guarantee (CSJ) has filed a lawsuit against Honourable Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amechi, for failing to respond to an freedom of Information request on details of the contracts/agreements signed between the Governments and…
The African Development Bank celebrated its tenth annual Civil Society Forum, hosting more than two hundred representatives from civil society and international organizations as well as from governments from across the continent, at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. Organized by…
Recent media reports indicate that the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has issued new guidelines meant to protect the financial integrity of expenditure, fight corruption and address money laundering challenges at the local government level. The spokesperson for the NFIU was…
By Rommy Mom Esq – The periodic indiscriminate arrest of women in Abuja has a history. Whenever there is push back either from intensive advocacy or the courts, there often is a lull for a period, then a return to…
