How important is COP21 for Africa?
Aaron kaah yancho PAMACC Some of the world’s poorest people are in the Lake Chad river basin of Africa. Since this once in land lake shrink by more than 70% in the early 1980’s life become miserable for farmers in…
In defence of the Nigerian disability community
CSNews Desk I think it is important to offer a few words; at least to let our self-proclaimed “freedom fighters and crusaders” know that they will do more to improve the lives of PWDs in Nigeria by making meaningful and…
3 big business leaders launch global energy project at COP21
Business leaders including Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson and Mark Zuckerberg launched a new global clean energy research project on December 1, 2015 at the UN climate summit in Paris. Bill Gates and Zuckerberg announced the Breakthrough Energy Coalition at…
COP21: 147 leaders gathered to change the world
US President Barack Obama said the summit could be a “turning point” in international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic levels of global warming. The summit runs from 30 November to 11 December and delegations from the…
World AIDS day: 2.9m HIV positive Nigerians not on treatment
CSNews Desk AN estimated 2.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS out of 3.4 million Nigerians diagnosed last year are not receiving treatment needed to suppress the infection. Those affected, most of who are currently living in hiding, are not only…
Man, 41, docked for allegedly defiling 4-year-old girl
CSNews Desk An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday remanded a 41-year-old man, Yusuf Garuba, in prison custody for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl. Garuba, who resides at No. 29 Adura St., Ijaye, a suburb of Lagos, is being…
Hurray! Nigeria’s Senate has suggestion boxes
By ‘Sola Fagorusi Last week, Nigerians got another unsettling glimpse to the workings of the mind of a part of the country’s leadership. Using #SpeaktoSP, the official twitter handle of the Nigerian Senate, @NGRSenate released series of tweets on the…
Grant Opportunities Dec. 2015
World Bank and SVRI announce new grants of up to US $150,000 Deadline: 9 December 2015 The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) have jointly announced a new funding opportunity aimed at preventing gender-based violence in low…
Seven schoolgirls die in hostel fire
CSNews Desk No fewer than seven pupils died on Sunday night when a “mysterious” fire razed the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) at Jogana, Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The fire, according to an eyewitness, started at 8.10pm,…
Parental absence affects brain development in children – study
CSNews Desk Researchers in China have found that children who have been left without direct parental care for extended periods of time show larger gray matter volumes in the brain, according to a study being presented today at the…
