The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) is seriously perturbed by the incessant disrespect to democratic values and unchecked violation of citizens’ rights. While we follow with keen interest the deliberate disregard for the rule of law and nonchalant response…
Civic groups will on Wednesday hold a town hall meeting to discuss how voting will be done in governorship elections to be held in two states. The electoral commission, INEC, had announced that governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states…
Nigerian financial service technology company OPay has announced it will be committing more than fifty million Naira in its initial efforts in providing relief support for less privileged Nigerians and front-line medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, as part…
BudgIT, a civic organization committed to fiscal transparency, has launched an online portal to track the donations and spending of funds received from local and international donors to combat COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria. The platform, according to BudgIT, would aid…
Nigeria’s Obiageli Ezekwesili in conjunction with the Robert Bosch Academy presents the #FixPolitics Initiative with an inaugural conference in Lagos. Ezekwesili who is currently a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow under the academy, has spent the last 6 months probing the…
His election came with lots of expectations, given his background and profile, as a former Senator of the Federal Republic, a grassroots man and an erudite professor. Born as Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade not long ago in 1968, he had become…
Sanitary pads are a luxury in many homes in Nigeria. A pack of disposable sanitary pads on the average costs between N300.00 and N350.00. For a three or five day menstrual period, girls will conservatively, use two packs costing 700.00naira. …
BY LAZ UDE EZE | Today is World Cancer Day – a day set aside by cancer advocates globally to raise global awareness, improve education and catalyse individual and government actions towards cancer control. I have been reflecting on the cancer situation…
Victims! The spot of ‘victims’ in my headline was sealed six months ago by one of the senior officers of Pedro Police Station, Shomolu, Lagos. It was Friday July 19, 2019, the night I was released from Ikoyi Prison at…
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…
