The board of judges for the 2013 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, led by Prof Lai Oso, Dean, Lagos State School of Communication has named 14 finalists for this year’s award. They are: Elijah Olusegun ofNational Standard Magazine; Ayoola Kassim…
Who would have thought that in time to come Photographs and the art of Photography would become a source of unity for continents? This question was the unofficial theme of the News Conference organized by Goethe-Institute Lagos which held at the German Embassy in Lagos.…
By: Zaid Shopeju, Port Harcourt, River State – The Health of Mother Earth (HOMEF), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) and the Right Livelihood Award Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-host the Right Livelihood College (RLU) at the…
Passengers meant to fly with Arik Air to Johannesburg since 24th November 2013 by 10:45pm, have been delayed and held hostage at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport Lagos. The flight was initially rescheduled to 12noon 25th November but was later…
By Eze Onyekpere – In the run up to the Anambra State governorship election, the parties and candidates deployed a lot of human and material resources. Like the other aspects of electioneering, the Electoral Act governs, sets limitations and prescribes…
By: CSnews, Lagos The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. M. D. Abubakar to release the report of the investigation demanded on August 27 by human rights lawyer ‘Femi Falana (SAN)…
Promoting international partnership among nations helps to reduce poverty and strengthens economic development. Through this kind of partnership, key areas of need are identified and programs and policies are tailored to empower the people. International partners like the German Development…
By Hamzat Lawal – Dear Mr. President, My name is Hamzat Lawal, a proud Nigerian citizen, passionate about the environment and transformative change. I am writing you today as a concerned youth whose future and that of generations yet unborn is…
By: Atâyi Babs in Warsaw – Negotiations at the ongoing climate talks in Warsaw took a dramatic turn today as over 800 delegates representing different civil society organisations staged a historic walkout at the conference. The delegates under the umbrella of…
Few minutes after my last presentation at the main campus of Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, and having a light lunch with a long time Facebook friend Austin Gege (a South African social activist) who I was meeting…
