Citing several instances of non-compliance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 over the last seven years, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology into its “FOI Hall of Shame”.…
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has seized a total of 35 containers of tramadol at various ports in Nigeria. Moji Adeyeye, the Director General said this on Sunday as she spoke to some journalists. She…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), which is a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organisations are calling for a thorough investigation on the allegation of N1.1 billion naira water contract linked to Nigeria’s…
Gabriel Ogunjobi – The Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has just entered three new bilateral agreements with the Kingdom of Morocco under His Majesty King Mohammed VI. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development – Chief Audu Ogbeh and his…
The Federal Government has declared Friday June 15, and Monday June 18 as public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Eid- El Fitr. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Monday in Abuja on behalf of…
The Nigerian Government has now made an urgent clarification on the June 12 public holidays as declared by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Petroleum Trust Fund was to intervene in such areas as roads and waterways, supply of educational materials, rehabilitation of educational infrastructure, food supply, health, water supply, etc. Buhari set up a capricious management structure and appointed Afri-Project Consortium
By Patrick Enaholo and Alexander Onukwue – Grey clouds had begun to gather over the Lagos business district in Alausa as Nahimah alighted the black-striped yellow bus that had transported her from Opeloru Estate in Ikorodu. Attentive to the unpredictable…
Around the world, governments are using a variety of approaches—ranging from controlling the media, creating onerous registration requirements, and passing restrictive legislation to cut off foreign funding, to depriving human rights activists of their nationality, detaining civil society leaders, and…
MamaYe-Evidence for Action has launched #FundNaijaHealth, a campaign to track annual performance of health budget. The campaign calls for timely release of allocations appropriated for health; it also demands that annual budget timelines and all budgetary information be published online…
