“A development framework that is people-centered can only succeed if it embraces the social dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is because people are, and must remain the focus of the global, regional and local development efforts,” said…
Kemi Busari The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) today hosted Civil Society Groups, Non-Governmental Organisations, media and other stakeholders in the development sector. The meeting was convened to discuss ways of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and other United Nations…
Kemi Busari The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other election stakeholders have adopted advocacy materials and publications produced by the Lagos State Civil Society Partnership (LACSOP) and Disability Policy & Advocacy Initiative, (DPAI) with support from DFID-SAVI. The publications…
CSBS News Desk Hundreds of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates in the Southwest yesterday protested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over non-availability of exam centres. The candidates marched on most media offices, calling on the government to come…
CSBS News Desk The female gender has received scarce representation in media reportage despite their roles and contributions to the country’s development. This was the submission of journalists at the public presentation of a research report titled ‘mainstreaming gender reporting…
CSBS News Desk Senegalese researchers who helped contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa are training Brazilians on how to tackle the Zika virus. They have brought along a mobile lab which quickly detects the virus. Senegalese researcher Amadou…
CSBS News Desk According to a report from Punch, an Indian pharmaceutical firm has laid claims that it has developed the world’s first vaccine against mosquito-borne Zika virus. The Head of the Biotech International Limited, Dr. Krishna Ella, said at…
CSBS News Desk Health officials from Oyo State Ministry of Health, World Health Organisation, University College Hospital and other development partners have put plans together to curtail measles outbreak in the state. The disease has so far claimed…
CSBS News Desk The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and its partners have called on donor nations for funds to help thousands of refugees in Nigeria and Central African Republic (CAR). The agency seeks up to the tune of $545million to…
CSBS News Desk Not less than 1,540 elderly and physically challenged in Ilaje and Eseodo Local Government areas of Ondo state have been empowered by the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC). The financial empowerment took…
