CSBS News Desk An alliance of civil society groups across Africa has come together to launch the Africa Civil Society Centre, a dynamic and robust space where progressive African civil society leaders engaged in various civic struggles can convene. Therefore,…
Kemi Busari Aggrieved by what it describe as ‘excessive bank charges’ introduced by Nigerian banks, the Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CAFON) has declared the 1st of March 2016 as a ‘no banking day.’ Seeking 500 signatures to a petition…
CSBS News Desk BudgIT, a civic tech organization, seeks an experienced and innovative storyteller who understands data and can creatively convert it into graphical presentations that push the boundaries of design, transcend illiteracy and language barriers to intersect public spending with…
The Civil Society Scholar Awards (CSSA) support international academic mobility to enable doctoral students and university faculty to access resources that enrich socially-engaged research and critical scholarship in their home country or region. The Open Society Foundations believes in taking on controversial issues and supporting…
Kemi Busari The 2016 Africa Network Conference will hold at the University of Ghana between the 19th and 20th of April 2016, The International Society for Third Sector Research- Africa Regional Network (ISTRAN) has announced. The conference with the theme…
According to the letter obtained by CSBS-News which was sent to Non-Party stakeholders dated 12, Feb, 2016 with Ref;esbLOG16-77 and signed by Christiana Figueres, outgoing Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), made it clear that she…
CSBS News Desk The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has urged the government to as a matter of urgency institute a system for screening of Zika virus especially amongst pregnant women in Nigeria in the light of…
More than ever today, the world needs science and science needs women, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said yesterday marking the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science. “UNESCO’s message is clear…
Jude Chukwuemeka The Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hon. Lola Akande has charged unemployed youths in the State to learn Vocational Skills and be productive instead of loitering around. The Commissioner gave the charge during a fact finding inspection…
CSBS News desk No fewer than 530,000 women in Niger State have tested positive to different types of cancer in the last three years. The International Centre for Reproductive Rights which disclosed this in Minna recently, said the figure was…
