The Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS) has given the Federal Government and Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 20 days ultimatum to order the cable service provider, MultiChoice Company Limited, to revert its increased tariffs on…
Kenneth Afor | Nigeria’s leading civic tech-based organisation, BudgIT has launched Open Nigerian States data portal aimed at ramping up data sharing by state governments for unrestricted accessibility by citizens. The portal, according to BudgIT was developed under the Rule of Law and…
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to some media reports claiming that the Commission has dropped charges of money laundering against former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed…
Anambra Enugu, Kwara and Plateau States top the list of states that are yet to access over N66.8bn from the Universal Basic Education Fund since 2017. This was revealed in a response to Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed by…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health and Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), over “their failure to account for the public funds and other…
Only 11% of contaminated sites have even seen clean-up operations begin Thousands of Ogoni people still facing serious health risks, some unable to access safe drinking water Supreme Court to hear case next week brought by affected Niger Delta communities …
Lagos-based American radio personality Daniel ‘Dan’ Foster – popularly known as The Big Dawg and Top Dawg is dead. According to sources, Foster died around 1 pm today. While the cause of his death is yet to be confirmed, as,…
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…
The recent misunderstanding between the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force with regard to recruitment as well as the recent moves by the National Assembly to transfer constitutional powers and the mandate of the PSC to the Inspector…
THE Federal Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs has launched a project to distribute about one million sanitary pads to women and teenage girls in the country in order to cushion the effect of COIVD-19. Dame Pauline Tallen, Minister…
