A coalition of Civil Society organisations and Election observer groups have described those calling for the sack of the INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu as enemies of the country’s democracy. The groups said the call was more of ethnic agenda, rather than about the development of the nation’s democracy, even as it urged Nigerians to […]
…Obaseki’s reforms throws up vacancies in Edo The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that global youth unemployment figure has risen to 66 million and nearly 145 million youths who are working live in abject poverty. The ILO revealed this at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, during a conference on innovations for decent jobs for […]
The role of Civil Society groups in the development of the nation’s democracy since the return of democratic rule in 1999 came under close scrutiny recently at the second annual lecture of the Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, (CFR), Professorial Chair in Governance at the Olabisi Onabanjo University held recently at Ijebu-Ode, with the chair-holder, […]
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and Small-scale Women Farmers’ Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) Wednesday urged the Kwara House of Assembly to always involve the organizations for articulation of informed decisions. Daily times, reports that the organisations were in the house on a parliamentary briefing of the Analysis of Kwara 2018 Agricultural Budget and […]
Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), an Abuja based Civil Society Organization dedicated to advocating for integrity, justice, probity and transparency in public offices has hailed the Federal Government of Nigeria for appointing Evangelist Victor Uwajeh to serve as consultant to the Special Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property chaired by the Special Assistant […]
The senate has come under intense backlash by a Civil Society Group, Citizens’ Rights congress over calls for the unjustifiable sack of all the service chiefs due to what they describe as security lapses, describing it as ‘evil intentions by the senators’. The group held a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, to express their […]
A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has advocated the adoption of ‘nature based solutions’ to address the current environmental degradation which has been identified as the major factor responsible for farmers/herders clashes across the country. The CSOs to that regard, advised Bauchi state government to embark on construction of water reservoirs, reactivation of malfunctioned […]
…Baze Varsity pro- chancellor joins race for 2019 …Jonathan’s aide, Omokri releases list of alleged APC looters Few months to primaries of political parties to pick their standard bearers especially presidential candidates and other juicy posts, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has great task of picking its presidential flag bearer as the ranks of aspirants […]
The Rwandan Media Commission (RMC) is set to deliberate on anti-women comments made by a preacher on a local radio station. RMC said it will sit early next week following a complaint filed by a women’s civil society Pro – Femmes Twese Hamwe. According to Africanwes,a former Seventh Day Adventist priest in late January 2017 […]
The Stakeholder Coalition for the Protection of the Environment, Edo State Chapter, a network of civil society and other groups involved in environmental justice struggles, has lauded the Edo State Government for reiterating it’s determination to stop Okomu Oil Palm Company from undermining the rights of community people through its land grab activities. The coalition’s, […]
In a developing story Civil Society Organisations in Abuja and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), are in a drawn battle lines over the sharing of an alleged 200 Million Naira released by an international human rights protection group, Amnesty International. It is gathered that the money which was released last week by the Human Rights […]
Joe Ogbodu, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and former Presidential Adviser on Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Prof Sylvester Monye on Tuesday implore professional bodies, as well as civil society organisation to vote President Goodluck Jonathan come March 28 election. The duo spoke at a Town Hall meeting with the topic; “Governing Under Siege: Assessment of the President […]