The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on government’s core policy and legislative interventions to empower the Girl-Child and address the factors militating against her realization of her rights to education; the highest possible health standard, as well…
The decision by Globacom Telecommunications Company, owners of Glo Mobile Network which saw the sacking of over 90 female staff from their employment list, has been challenged by the Public Interest Litigation Initiative (PILI). In a press statement issued in…
Isaac Folorunso Adewole is a Nigerian professor of gynaecology and obstetrics. Since November 2015, he has been the Minister of Health in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. He is a former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan and President of the African Organisation for Research and Training…
President Muhammadu Buhari canceled his scheduled next Tuesday’s trip to Kigali, Rwanda, to sign the framework agreement for establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area to allow for more consultations with stakeholders in Nigeria over the trade agreement, the Ministry…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members urging them to: “Urgently hold a special session on Nigeria and to visit the country to press the authorities to end…
By Eseohe Ebhota – The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has said it will continue to work with youths especially in areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This remark was made by the head of the Abuja…
NOT ONE AFRICAN country is on track to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, according to new data released late last month. A few weeks earlier, almost in anticipation, African leaders formalized a plan to ramp up the fight against malnutrition on the continent. The two…
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has condemned recent violations of freedom of expression in Egypt and called on the government to “accept all freedoms in general and freedom of the media in particular”. “The most alarming among these…
Eight years after the first encounter, Nseobong Okon-Ekong returns to assess the advancements by Bekeme Masade-Olowola, a pathfinder in the corporate social responsibility space Nicely framed award plaques cover conspicuous places on the walls of her office. More certificates of…
The #NotTooYoungToRun movement presents a model for citizens’ activism, because for the first time in my lifetime and that of so many Nigerians, I see Nigerians uniting across religious, ethnic and political lines driven by one goal – youth political…
