…New Report Reveals Disturbing Link Between Climate Crisis and Child Marriage In a grim revelation on the eve of International Day of the Girl, Save the Children has issued a startling report that predicts a 33 per cent surge in…
By Abiodun Azi | The European Union has partnered with an international organisation, SOS Children’s Villages in Nigeria, to train 105 youths on Democratic Governance in Nigeria. Mr Francis Onahor, Programme Manager, Community Life Project and facilitator of the programme,…
By Abiodun Busari | United Nations Global Compact Network Nigeria and an international non-government organisation, Sightsavers, have called for disability inclusion in private sector employers in Nigeria and across West African countries. The call was made as they maintained that…
By ESTHER ADENIYI | Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), a non-governmental organisation that focuses on youth development, has urged media personnel to encourage and support women’s political participation in Nigeria. The group made this call at a capacity-building training on Gender-Sensitive…
Some world leaders have partnered to launch a new campaign ‘Power our Planet: Act Today, Save Tomorrow’ that will address climate change and extreme poverty in poor nations. The campaign was spearheaded by Global Citizen, the world’s leading international advocacy…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded intervention, state accountability, transparency and effectiveness (State2State) has empowered twenty people. The agency made this happen during a two-day Disability Inclusion Awareness Training for some selected local government personnel and civil…
A civil society organisation, Connected Development, CODE, has berated the Kano State Government over the failure of the House of Assembly to pass the Child Protection Bill. The Chief Executive Officer of CODE, Hamzat Lawal, described the development as disheartening,…
As part of agenda-setting for girls education for the next education administration in Oyo State, Nigeria, girls from select secondary schools have expressed their expectations from the next administration. This was part of activities during the screening of the documentary…
As the programme director, Mr Babatunde will now oversee all of CJID’s programmatic work including Journalism, Accountability, Development, and Dubawa. The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has appointed Akintunde Babatunde as its new Programme Director to oversee all programmatic work…
The umbrella body of the Non-Governmental Organisations in Zamfara State, the Zamfara Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations, has berated the state government over its order to ban the NGOs working in the state. The coalition said it condemned the ban which,…
