A non-governmental organization, Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE), lodged a suit against the Lagos State Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General of the Federation before the Federal High Court in Lagos over the Ministry’s refusal to provide information to…
Dr. John Danfulani, a vocal, anti-government, Political Science Lecturer at the Kaduna State University, Kaduna, North-West Nigeria has been arrested on charges of hate speech over a Facebook post. He was arrested after turned himself in following an invitation by the Kaduna…
Ms Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna, a freelance journalist, has alleged threat to her life by Captain Emmanuel Ihenancho for exposing the dredging activities of his company which has allegedly caused cracks in houses in the Irede Community close to Apapa in Lagos,…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), with support from the MacArthur Foundation, has inaugurated a Special Investigation Panel to investigate all alleged cases of Hate Speech and Election-related Violence in Nigeria’s 2015 elections. The Special Investigation Panel of the NHRC…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has joined a group of other civil society organizations in calling on the Nigerian Government to ensure transparency in the recovery and management of corruptly acquired assets to stem the vicious cycle of re-looting of previously…
Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna The United States Agency for International Development USAID|NIGERIA has commenced training of major service providers in key cocoa producing states on vegetative propagation of cocoa to address the dearth of planting materials for cocoa and also enable increased…
Lilian Ezejelue Professional Nigerian women from various organizations today, 23rd of March 2016, held a rally at Allen Junction, Ikeja, Lagos to express their displeasure with the Nigerian Senate for disregarding the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill. Rita Dominic, the…
Along one wall in the visitor’s lobby of the United Nations hang the portraits of eight men, including Ban Ki-moon, the current secretary-general, who have presided over the institution since it was founded in 1945. A new portrait is due…
By Our Reporter Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in. water is an integral part of human day-to-day activities in homes, manufacturing, energy, virtually all areas of human endeavor. As…
Lilian Ezejelue The National Economic Council retreat, a 2-day retreat, began today in Abuja. The retreat which is an avenue for policies to be looked into so as to stimulate the economy had in attendance the President, Vice President, state…
