Despite declines in political and civil liberties on the continent, regular elections – an indispensable foundation of democracy – signal that democracy is gradually taking root in Africa. The frequency of elections on the continent present an undeniable opportunity for…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has slammed the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) with its inclusion into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame after the electricity company consistently failed to make information about its operations public. The FOI Hall…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Kadaria Ahmed looks at the brewing crisis in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, which analysts say has the potential to become as deadly as the Boko Haram conflict. Growing up nearly 50 years ago…
As communication is key to a successful marriage, so it is with family planning uptake among couples. Conversely, lack of communication has often been linked to misunderstanding in relationships. Family planning, otherwise known as contraception, refers to the diverse methods…
Mr Aminu Nurudeen, a journalist with Voice of Liberty Newspaper, an arm of Liberty Television, said to have exclusively reported the trending video of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, caught up struggling while reading a speech at the…
By Martins Oloja – When will the National Procurement Council be inaugurated? When will the President allow the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to share some powers with the legal Council on Public Procurement generally known as ‘contracts award’ at the federal…
By Adenike Fagbemi – In an attempt to overturn the economic situation of the country, experts have charged members of the private sector (organizations and businesses) to invest in Nigerian youths so as to help turn around the economy. The…
Dear Mr. President It is with a heavy heart that I sit down to write Your Eminence. As a conscious, patriotic and progressive youth, I could not help but register my dissatisfaction with my country’s plight alongside a volley of…
Gabriel Ogunjobi – The Nigerian Police Force has now confronted the Nigerian Senate over the summoning its Inspector General of Police for questioning. In a press statement made available this available to CSNewspaper, the Police refuted the claim credited to Senator…
The #BringBackOurGirls movement today commemorated the 15th anniversary of Leah Sharibu’s birth. Leah Sharibu is one of the 110 schoolgirls of Government Science and Technical College, Dapchi that were abducted on the evening of 19th February 2018. Even though Nigerian government…
