Abuja, Nigeria – The Youth Alliance on Constitution & Electoral Reform (YACORE) and Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement (YIAGA) will be representing Nigeria at the AU Youth Consultation to the High Level Dialogue on Constitutional Order and Rule…
By Paul Brown in Warsaw One of the Climate News Network editors, Paul Brown, is in the Polish capital, host of the UN climate talks – the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) of the United Nations Framework Convention…
Abuja – Nigeria. The Polish Embassy in Nigeria embarked on massive visa refusals to duly accredited civil society groups and media representatives who applied for visas to attend the COP 19 in Poland. This has significantly reduced participation of civil…
On the 7th of November, 2013, at the Eko Hotel, Lagos, CSR-in-Action, a non-profit organisation gathered together thought leaders, industry captains and all stakeholders at its 2013 “Sustainability in the Extractive Industries” conference. This annual conference held in partnership with Business…
By: Tina Armstrong – Ogboona & Mayowa Adeniran – Government commitment to agriculture in line with the transformation agenda has been challenged as small scale farmers in Lagos has accused the government of neglect. The small scale farmers operating…
The Nigerian delegation at the on-going 19th edition of the Conference of Parties on UNFCCC taking place in Warsaw Poland has expressed support and solidarity with the key demands of African CSOs. Speaking with the media, Mr Salisu Dahiru, the National REDD+…
By: Hamzat Lawal – At the Warsaw stadium, where the ongoing climate talks in being held, delegates, activists, NGOs, and young people are keeping their fingers crossed with high expectations in coming days, leading to the 2015 global climate deal in Paris.…
Following yesterday’s formal establishment of the new Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC), official delegates to the 9thCommonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) today elected the Council’s inaugural nine-member Executive. Ahmed Adamu from Nigeria will chair the new body, which will be the recognised…
BY: MAYOWA ADENIRAN Lagos, NIGERIA – The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), an NGO based in Nigeria working on corruption in a letter dated 7th November, 2013 requesting the Nigeria Customs Service to supply the list of beneficiaries of custom…
By: Mayowa Adeniran Lagos – NIGERIA, In a dramatic development, marking a positive change in the advocacy for the respect and promotion of Freedom of Information Act signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, the Governor of Nasarawa…
