In its continuous efforts to flatten the infodemic curve during the electioneering period in Nigeria, FactCheck Elections has trained fact-checkers, students, and civil society organisations ahead of the 2023 elections. Over 45 participants attended the One-day Intensive Training on Elections…
The Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) on Wednesday, January 18, presented the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (TIPPEA) bill to the House Committee members on Human Rights in the Nigeria’s House of Representatives for…
By Yemi Sodeeq | With emotionally laced countenances and a seemingly deep reflection on the properties lost to the flood that sacked their community last September, residents of the Gbaradogi community in Patigi local government area of Kwara State are still yet…
Perspectives | On Nigeria By MacArthur Foundation | Kole Shettima and Erin Sines, Co-Directors of On Nigeria, discuss community collaboration and priorities for inclusion of gender and disability in anti-corruption work in Nigeria. In October 2022, our team had the pleasure and…
Eha-Amufu community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State was invaded in December 2022 by alleged herders. The attacks continued, resulting in the displacement of many inhabitants, the death of scores andthe burning of houses and farmlands. Ben Aroh…
Between 2019 and 2020, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing released over N200 million to four different companies for the construction and rehabilitation of an access road in Oyo state. THE INFORMANT247’s Yemi Sodeeq reports that despite these releases, the…
Nigeria’s climate change advocate, Olumide Idowu, has been awarded the sum of $20,797 in grant to continue with his climate education in helping Nigerian youths find their voice in climate change. The grant was awarded by the United States government’s…
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Anthonio Guterres, has called on decision-makers to take on the cause of the renewable energy revolution more seriously to avert a climate catastrophe. The UN Chief while making the call via a video in…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released inflation figures for December 2022 seeing a slight drop from the previous 21.47 percent in November 2022 to 21.34 percent. This is the first time the country’s inflation figure will drop month-on-month…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the expulsion of an Arise Television cameraman from a campaign meeting by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, with the business community in Lagos last Friday. It added that the…
