This is a personal journey: Before I left for the United Kingdom in September 2017, I promised myself that my master degree was not going to be just another one. I said to myself that this one will be one…
The existence and viability of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) is being threatened by the reduction in donor funding, Mr Charles Vandyck, Head, Capacity Development Unit, West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), has observed. Mr Vandyck, who was addressing participants at…
Foundation for Partnerships in the Niger Delta, (PIND), and the Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki have identified planning and implementation of development frameworks as a panacea for sustainable development. The Executive Director of PIND, Dr Dara Akala and Governor…
Many African governments have rolled out legislation and policies which enforce privacy violations, infringements to freedom of expression, access restrictions and hurt other digital rights, a report has revealed. The 2018 edition of the Digital Rights in Africa report by…
AS part of measures to combat fake news and misinformation in Nigeria, First Draft News in collaboration with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) has launched a website platform called ‘CrossCheck Nigeria’ to tackle the menace. The website is aimed at verifying news,…
As we count down to Nigeria’s next general election which is 80 days away, I took it upon myself to unravel the mystery of the country’s electoral albatross and found out that legally, the framers of our laws have done…
Senior Technical Advisor for Development Research and Project Center (DRPC), Emmanuel Adebayo Abanida, has called on the federal government to ensure the release of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) which has not been made available despite its inclusion…
The National Team Leader of the DFID Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), Dr. Adiya Ode has urged government functionaries at all levels in Nigeria to engage and carry the citizens along in policy formulations, programmes and activities from…
The World Health Organization has launched the forum to reduce and provide treatment to Malaria, the deadly disease which is the rampant disease in the society among the young and old. According to reports of Malaria cases from 2010 till…
The 2017 edition of the Tracka Report focuses on the execution of constituency projects in the 2017 Budget; it highlights the following common themes: re-appearance of past projects, a high number of unexecuted projects, and over 50% zonal intervention projects…
