By ESTHER ADENIYI | Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), a non-governmental organisation that focuses on youth development, has urged media personnel to encourage and support women’s political participation in Nigeria. The group made this call at a capacity-building training on Gender-Sensitive…
Some world leaders have partnered to launch a new campaign ‘Power our Planet: Act Today, Save Tomorrow’ that will address climate change and extreme poverty in poor nations. The campaign was spearheaded by Global Citizen, the world’s leading international advocacy…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded intervention, state accountability, transparency and effectiveness (State2State) has empowered twenty people. The agency made this happen during a two-day Disability Inclusion Awareness Training for some selected local government personnel and civil…
A civil society organisation, Connected Development, CODE, has berated the Kano State Government over the failure of the House of Assembly to pass the Child Protection Bill. The Chief Executive Officer of CODE, Hamzat Lawal, described the development as disheartening,…
As part of agenda-setting for girls education for the next education administration in Oyo State, Nigeria, girls from select secondary schools have expressed their expectations from the next administration. This was part of activities during the screening of the documentary…
As the programme director, Mr Babatunde will now oversee all of CJID’s programmatic work including Journalism, Accountability, Development, and Dubawa. The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has appointed Akintunde Babatunde as its new Programme Director to oversee all programmatic work…
The umbrella body of the Non-Governmental Organisations in Zamfara State, the Zamfara Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations, has berated the state government over its order to ban the NGOs working in the state. The coalition said it condemned the ban which,…
Media and civil society stakeholders have announced the launch of the Alliance for Deepening Democracy (A4DD), a coalition of organizations from various sectors working collaboratively to engage critical aspects, stages and actors in the 2023 general elections in order to…
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has set up a war room to combat fake news ahead of the 2023 elections. CDD’s Executive Director, Idayat Hassan, who disclosed this in a statement said all hands must be on deck…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged to effectively implement the Freedom of information Act, 2011 by empowering citizens with information. This, according to Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will tackle the hydra headed problem of corruption in the country. …
