Lagos prepares for 4th edition of social media week
Kemi Busari As the February 22nd commencement date of the Social Media Week Lagos draws closer, participating brands have stepped up preparation ahead of the big event. The week long event will start on Monday 22nd to Friday 26th February, 2016 at different…
NGO Brings Police, Community Together
CSBS News Desk Woman Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), a non-governmental organisation, has organised training for community leaders and police officers in Ejgbo, Egbe-Idimu and Ikotun-Igando Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) on proper reporting and documentation of human rights issues.…
UN Experts Show Concern on Safety for Nigerian Displaced Returnees
CSBS News Desk United Nations human rights experts have urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for the displaced persons to return. They also called for…
New UN Resident Coordinator Formally Begins Work in Nigeria
CSBS News Desk The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Nigeria, Ms. Fatma Samoura, has presented her Letters of Credence to the Federal Republic of Nigeria through the Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
Abuja Hosts Africa Dialogue on UN Habitat III Feb 21
CSBS News Desk The need to address the housing challenge faced by the continent will be the focal point in Abuja next week, as leaders in the continent converge to chart a way forward to address this menace. Besides, it…
Boko Haram: UN Releases $58m to Assist IDPs
CSBS News Desk The United Nations said $58 million was released to assist 2.4 million internally displaced people in the Boko Haram insurgency. An official in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Abuja, Ms Kate Pond,…
CSO groups protested Buhari’s sack of NOUN’s VC
CSBS News Desk A coalition of civil society groups today protested to the National Assembly premises, insisting that the sack of the Vice Chancellor, VC, of the National Open University of Nigeria and 12 other VCs of newly established Federal…
Lassa Fever : NDDC donate kits to Niger Delta states
CSBS News Desk The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has joined states in the region to fight the Lassa fever scourge by donating personal protective kits and other accessories. Presenting the kits to the states, the acting Managing Director of…
Borno evacuates IDPs from schools
CSBS News Desk Over 600 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been relocated from schools to permanent resettlement camps across Maiduguri, the state capital. The decision followed the state government’s plans to open public schools in the metropolis which have been…
