Director and Co-Founder of Climate Scorecard, Ron Israel, has disclosed that Olumide Idowu will be the Nigeria Country Manager for the international not-for-profit organisation. Mr Idowu will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on current climate change related activities in…
Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, has today launched a public call for evidence on a new strategy that will harnesses the power of communities, charities, and businesses to help build a fairer society. The engagement exercise for the Civil Society Strategy…
Statement by High Representative/ Vice-President Federica Mogherini on the occasion of World NGO Day On World NGO Day, we celebrate the outstanding role civil society plays in ensuring that fundamental human rights are respected, that no one is left behind.…
''United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has denounced the abduction of more than one hundred school girls by suspected Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on an educational institution in north-eastern Nigeria and called for their safe return to their families"
A university don on Tuesday tasked the Nigerian media and civil society organisations (CSOs) on ensuring sustainable environment in Niger Delta and Nigeria at large. Speaking at the Annual Conference of the Media and Civil Societies’ Advocacy held at the…
Formerly known as the breadbasket of Africa, Zimbabwe, and its people have withstood deteriorating social, economic and political conditions for many years under the rule of former President Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country since its independence in 1980. A…
The Lagos State Police Command has deemed it imperative for parents to caution their children over committing crimes and peddling of illicit materials. In view of the recent development in the state whereby some youths in Aguda Surulere, Itire and…
An aspirant for the Lagos State House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Temitope Adewale, has tasked youths across the 57 Local Government in Lagos and in general, to play a more active role in politics ahead of…
Paulin Basinga is the Country Director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Nigeria, a major international donor supporting development in several sectors in the country. As the head of the operations of the Foundation in Nigeria, Mr. Basinga works…
The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has rejected claims by the Nigeria police that two of its members, Messrs. Timothy and Daniel Elombah, are terrorists and that they breached the country’s cybercrime rules because they approved the publication of…
