Media coverage of issues confronting digital rights and online freedom has significantly improved over the last year as more media platform and practitioners dedicate more attention to developments in the digital space. This is according to Paradigm Initiative, the pan-African digital…
By Ijeoma Ukazu – To prevent most newborn deaths, health experts say, it is important to invest in the first 1,000 days of a child as it is key to boosting the immune system which helps fight against childhood diseases.…
An interesting and recurring debate in our democratic experience of the last 20 years has been: how can we wage the anti-corruption war without the suspicion of selective justice and political vendetta? Justice Walter Onnoghen, the embattled chief justice of…
Kobo360, the African technology logistics platform, has launched a new app built to boost speed and efficiency in the transportation market. Developed to ensure transparency is at the core of the platform, with a suite of unique product features, the…
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor-Elect of Lagos State, has called on the Nigerian Police Force to review the operations of its rank and file. Sanwo-Olu said this on Saturday when he paid a visit to the family of Kolade Johnson, the young Nigerian…
The Top10 magazine, Nigeria’s foremost monthly publication has released the list of Nigeria’s top 10 philanthropists, under the title, “Top 10 Philanthropists behind Nigeria’s Largest Private Foundations”. In the latest edition of the magazine which looks at the stakes and…
..."I suspect it is too late for the APC to retrace its steps at this point. What is important for the party is to realise is that the National Assembly members are very jealous of their hard-earned autonomy and will fight to preserve it. The leadership of the APC must therefore change its approach from threats and arm-twisting to cajoling their members."
By Jide Ojo – Closure is gradually being brought to the 2019 general elections on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission, especially with the resumption of collation of the Rivers State governorship and State House of Assembly elections…
Follow The Money, an initiative of Connected Development that tracks national governments’ and foreign assistance spending to empower citizens – including marginalized communities- to hold governments to account for their commitments, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2019…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently provide information on details of the budgetary allocations…
