As part of efforts to increase the level of female political participation in Sokoto State, Yiaga Africa has concluded a four-day training to equip 40 young female civic activists, community organisers, and members of political parties in direct action organizing,…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the arrest and detention of Ilorin-based broadcast journalists, Mr. Dare Akogun, by the Kwara State Command in an effort to coerce him to retract an allegation of corruption he reportedly made against an official…
Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has assured oil-producing states of a better interventionist agency that will guarantee transparency and accountability in the development of oil-bearing communities after the ongoing amendment of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Act.…
Eunice Afolabi The Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL) in collaboration with ActionAid Nigeria and other gender-based groups have described as unethical the assault of a young policewoman by a legal practitioner and human rights activist, Professor Zainab Abiola. The group collectively…
Eunice Afolabi The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) in its recent Nigeria’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 16 Shadow Report, 2022, revealed that the $670 million spent on security votes each year, the situation is still deteriorating. According to the…
Over 300 persons across different sectors of the civil society, government regulatory agencies, legislators, donors, and other stakeholders converged in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital to review appropriate instruments of regulations and effective processes to regulate Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) operation in…
Abia State House of Assembly has passed the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities bill into law. The Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji, made this announcement during a plenary session. congratulating his colleagues he assured them of…
BudgIT is pleased to announce the shortlist of nominees for the maiden edition of the Active. Citizens Award, scheduled to hold on September 10, 2022, at the Civic Centre, Lagos. The Award, which is one of BudgIT’s signature initiatives, will…
Connected Development (CODE) a Civil Society Organisation, has inaugurated Monthly Security Dossier (MSD) that will serve as a security advisory for policymakers and security agencies. The group said it would make use of over 10,000 people across the 774 local…
A web reporting application has been created by Public Enlightenment Project, a civil society organization, in collaboration with USAID to track government spending and purchases in the state of Ebonyi. Making this disclosure at the organization’s 2nd Quarter Review Meeting…
