The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund has signed a $10 million partnership with the United States African Development Foundation to “support 15,000 youth in Lagos State over the next 5 years.” LSETF says that the partnership is aimed at training young…
The #NotTooYoungToRun Movement’ is to host no fewer than 300 young elected legislators in the National and State Houses of Assembly on May 7 and May 8, 2019 in Abuja. With the theme: Leadership, Power and Politics, the meeting is…
To curb terrorism financing, Nigeria must beam its searchlight on the activities of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said. The EFCC boss spoke Tuesday at a retreat for newly elected governors…
By Adenike Fagbemi – Industry leaders and other key stakeholders on Monday gathered at the headquarters of Access Bank Plc in Victoria Island to discuss way forward on Sustainable Development Goals at the Access Bank sustainability summit with the theme:…
A coalition of women’s rights activists, development workers and academics have called on the federal government to investigate the arrest and alleged abuse of over 100 women in night clubs in Abuja by the police. Read Full Statement Below CEASE…
The Federal Government is set to launch a Citizen’s Budget Monitoring App for the purpose of achieving citizens engagement in open budget implementation. This stride is taken towards attaining Nigeria’s commitment on Open Government Partnership among which is ensuring effective…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State urging him to use his “good offices as trustee of the state’s resources, and consistent with your constitutional oath of office, to…
As the in-coming Government of Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha prepares to mount the leadership of Imo State, he has been urged to partner with Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development (CSCSD) which is the Coalition working under Sustainable Development Goals…
The Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo, Co-Chair of the National Steering Committee (NSC) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Nigeria has called on Nigerian civil society organisations (CSOs) to ensure that the OGP process…
Paradigm Initiative condemns the arrest, detention and subsequent deportation of the executive director of the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Dr Wairagali Wakabi by Tanzanian authorities. Dr Wakabi was arrested, detained and detained upon arrival in…
