Hundreds of millions of naira released for HIV campaigns, counselling and testing services may have ended in private pockets of contractors and government officials, as companies were specifically registered to siphon funds meant to save the lives of the infected. …
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has commended the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and the Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) for the reinstatement of Murtala Ibrahim, a whistleblower…
By Mayowa Tijani – About two weeks ago, I got a call from a friend, who is currently studying for a master’s degree in the United States. She was in a dilemma; the dilemma of virtually every Nigerian student abroad,…
Edward Kallon is the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, a country that recently exited a painful economic recession. At the same time, insecurity stemming from the continuing terrorist activities of Boko Haram insurgents has not abated. Under…
By: EKENE ODIGWE Support systems are relied on when things aren’t going well or when one is not feeling too great. Havens knows we all need support and encouragement every now and then, for it is such a tough road to…
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has said that the 2019 budget of the State would be dedicated towards the completion of ongoing infrastructural projects, creation of more jobs, supporting businesses to thrive, as well as strengthening the security architecture of the…
By Tony Iyare – Popular Activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Mr. Deji Adeyanju was on Friday remanded at the Kano Central Prison until February 2019, even as civil society groups suspect a deliberate plot to eliminate him. The Chief…
By Mayowa Adeniran – As the 2019 elections in Nigeria moves closer, journalists have been trained on how to avoid triggering a crisis with news stories on election and politics. The advice was given at a two-day workshop organized by…
The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Tijjani Bande, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Economic Communities of West African States at the United Nations, pledging that Nigeria would continue to do all it could to help…
The Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) project commenced in January 2014 and, ever since, it has been a progression from achieving results to recording impressive outcomes and making sustainable impacts. The governance project, funded by the United States Agency…
