The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the Osun Youth Development Commission Establishment Bill 2020. The bill was unanimously passed by the OSHA on June 3, 2020 after scaling third reading, according to Bukola Idowu, Coordinating Director of Osun…
Nine digital right organisation in Africa has written to the Special Rapporteur’s – African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the United Nations – focused on freedom of opinion and expression and access to information asking for a lift…
Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, who was recently appointed as the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has stepped down as the Chairman of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy Democracy and Development. Gambari said he decided to step down from the…
By Mayowa ADENIRAN | The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) has said that the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerabilities of many communities in Nigeria and Africa. The foundation of the ex-president, in its first edition of a…
A coalition of public interest organizations, under the auspices of the Action Group on Free Civic Space, has launched a legal helpline to combat cases of human rights abuses during the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The coalition would be…
Some civil society groups in Nigeria have deployed about 1,000 monitors to evaluate the processes and impact of the various Covid-19 palliatives across the country. The groups said the deployment was aimed at ensuring transparency in the distribution process and to ensure…
A Non-Governmnetal Organisation, GAIN Africa Community Initiative, has urged the government and individuals to support the education of the vulnerable girls in the society. Mr Julius Ogakwu Executive Director, Gain Africa, made the call during the unveiling of an educational…
By Betty Abah | The recent decision by the Lagos State Government to ban rather than regulate okada (commercial motorcyclers) and keke Marwa (tricycles), sounds posh, innit? Big city! Oho! But beyond the urbanisation rhetoric is sprawling, gnawing poverty and…
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has accused the media of not supporting and influencing the speedy passage of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act, 2019. Mr David Anyaele, the Executive Director of CCD, made the accusation…
Popular social media platform, Facebook has been criticised by two Non-Governmental Organisations for the recent allegation that the social media platform is being used as a conduit for the online sale of Cameroonian refugee children in Nigeria. The Africans Unite…
