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Winners emerge in WE YOU HAP political contest
By Ekpenriebe Lucky Seven winners have emerged in different categories in an online competition targeting women and youth preparedness for the forthcoming general election. The competition was organised by the WE-YOU-HAP Project led by ActionAid Nigeria and other consortium members like the Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI). According to Oluyemi Abodunrin, Programme manager at CCSI, the competition required young people, especially women to upload a 60-second video on social media platforms detailing how they are participating...
Atiku talks tough: Win your pooling unit or forget appointments, contracts
Atiku Abubakar By Ademola Adeleye Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who desires to get appointments or contracts if the party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar wins the presidential election will have to show proof that they won their pooling...
Local governments can do better in Nigeria – Aregbesola
By David Lawal Federal Minister of Interior and former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, former Governor of Osun State has expressed disappointment at the over dependence of Local Governments in Nigeria on allocations from...
Why Politicians can’t keep their promises – Fayemi
By David Lawal The former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has blamed poor government structures among other factors responsible for failed campaign promises by politicians. Dr. Fayemi stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a One-Day Dialogue...
Gates Foundation announces largest annual budget to fight poverty, inequality
By Elohor Igbru The largest humanitarian organisation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today announced its largest-ever annual budget in its bid to tackle inequality, poverty and to bridge the gap in development funding caused by the Covid-19 pandemic around...
Does our foundation have too much influence? Here’s how I see it
By Mark Suzman During the COVID-19 pandemic, the remarkable, unprecedented progress made over the previous two decades in global health and development has stalled, and in many cases even reversed. Sadly, instead of accelerating efforts to fight infectious diseases,...
In Niger, terrorists burn priest to ashes, waited as victim dies in agony
By Elohor Igbru/Abuja The terrorists came in the night, with murder in their hearts. Around 1am on Sunday morning in Kafin Koro community, Paikoro, local government area of Niger state, terrorists whom the Nigerian government has labelled as bandits...
Release Kanu to me, he wont run away-Orji Kalu
By Taiwo Ajala A boost has come for the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as the chief whip of the senate and former governor of Abia state, Orji Kalu has promised...
Obi to Anambra Monarchs: Don’t sit on the fence in 2023 elections
By Adeyemi Olusoga Sitting on the fence during the 2023 presidential campaign may prove too costly for people of the southeast, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party has told traditional rulers in Anambra state. Obi said...
