Damazo T. Kadengye, African Population and Health Research Center There’s been a data revolution around the world driven by advances in information technology and a need for research that responds to complex developmental issues. African countries are also experiencing the…
Mayowa Adeniran – Kimpact Development Initiative, KDI has called on all security agencies involved in the 2019 electioneering process to probe the cases of partiality displayed by some of their members in the recently concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections.…
Ahead of the rescheduled general election, the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos has released contacts of Saftey Alert Officers for journalists under threat while performing their duties to contact in various zones of the country. The contact details of the team…
Nineteen female journalists have been inducted as Fellows of the ReportWomen! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme, organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. They were inducted at the Fellowship Award Ceremony held on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 in Lagos where…
A new report has indicted the Nigerian media of subtle gender discrimination, in terms of visibility given to female candidates, even in the process of interviewing News sources. The report, an outcome of the monitoring of 12 print and online…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of a Nigerian, Ms Joy Ezeilo as a member of seven distinguished experts to serve on the newly established Civil Society Advisory Board on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Ms.…
Young Nigerians have accused the Asokoro General hospital of negligence leading to death of one Kafayat Abdulazeez. Kafayat Abdulazeez, a 25-year-old lady, was said to have been feeling unwell on Valentine’s Day. According to Yusuf Yusuf, a colleague of the…
...Scientists and politicians widely acknowledge that climate change is one of the most pressing issues, an existential threat that humanity is facing today. The Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 has set the way forward for all countries to act together in curbing climate change. These commitments must now be implemented.
By Sodiq Ajala, Mayowa Adeniran, Fumilayo Ishola, Alexander Onukwue – When Professor Attahiru Jega announced the official results of the 2015 presidential election, majority of Nigerians jubilated. Not convinced, many skeptics imagined what could happen should the incumbent government refuse to…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Economic Planning & Budget (MEPB), Mr. Olusegun Banjo has inaugurated the State Operations Cooperating Unit (SOCU), as part of efforts to create a Single Social Register that would lead to the conditional and unconditional fund…
