Nigeria has moved up four places in the Transparency International corruption perception index (CPI) for 2018, according to the latest report unveiled on Tuesday morning. The country is ranked 144 out of the 180 countries that were surveyed last year —…
PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described the action of President Muhammad Buhari as that which is against the rule of law and also urged Nigerians to seize the opportunity of the coming general elections to vote in defense…
Women have been encouraged to partake in the use of Post Pregnancy Family Planning (PPFP). The advice came at a media forum facilitated by Development Communications with support from Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI 2). Speaking at a media roundtable held…
By Gabriel Ogunjobi – In July 2018, Mrs Emeka Jacinth lost her son, Wisdom at the tender age of 13. The widow said her son may not have died of an enlarged spleen, popularly called ‘Apa-afo’ or ‘Nwapa’ among the Igbo,…
The Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) has warned that Nigeria is on the path of crisis following the suspension of CJN Walter Onnoghen and his subsequent replacement. The director of the group, Idayat Hassan, said that the power to appoint of…
The Presidency notes with interest the coordinated statements of the US, UK and EU linking the suspension of CJN Onnoghen to the conduct of the upcoming elections. We appreciate the concerns voiced by the three statements and accept that the…
...She said, " WHO Technical Consultation and Scientific Review of Birth Spacing recommend an interval of at least 24 months after a live birth before attempting the next pregnancy but we still find women pregnant under one year following delivery."
By: Premium Times – On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. He immediately swore in Justice Tanko Muhammad as his interim replacement in a development that had precedence in what happened over four decades ago…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open petition to the Next-In-Rank to the Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) urging the NJC “to immediately take over from the Code of Conduct Tribunal the case of Chief…
The 7th edition of the Social Media Week Lagos, Africa’s largest tech and media gathering, will begin on the 4th through the 8th of February 2019 at the Landmark Centre. The conference theme for SMW Lagos 2019 is ‘STORIES: With…
