The Executive Director for Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, has said that a higher voter turnout of youth in the 2023 general election can be achieved through collaborative effort and strategic partnership among relevant organisations. Itodo said this during the Voter…
Sequel to the arrest of Aminu Muhammed, an undergraduate student of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, over a post on Twitter, alleging Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, was ‘feeding fat on poor citizens’ money,’ the office of the…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has assured residents of Abeokuta South in Ogun State whose Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) were burnt during an attack on the commission’s office by hoodlums will be reprinted to…
The Executive Secretary of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, has said that the country needs about 21.6 million vaccination coverage to achieve the 70% benchmark target by December 2022. Shuaib disclosed this in an…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has disclosed that the country is left with only 10,000 resident doctors due poor working conditions in some of the hospitals. Dr Emeka Orji, President of NARD made this known in an interview…
Yiaga Africa and the Not Too Young To Run movement is set to host the fourth edition of The Convergence which is aimed at mobilising young candidates in the Northern part of the country to prepare more for the election.…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund have approved a $6.12 million grant to help strengthen public finance governance in low-income countries in Africa. In a statement issued by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday, the funding…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that Monkeypox will be renamed mpox. The decision according to the agency on Monday is to avoid stigmatisation steaming from the existing name. Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded the approved guidelines for conduct of political rallies, processions and campaigns; as well as election expenses of political parties, candidates on its website and social media handles. It also promised to make…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that COVID-19 infection may rise as the holiday season approaches. The projected rise in cases of the virus will emanate from the increase in travel over the holiday season. This was…
