Stakeholders on Thursday advocated for more investment, collaboration and political will to prevent Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and access to justice for survivors.
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Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) partnered other stakeholders to amplify voices to end Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and seek justice for survivors.
Last week, our mentor, friend and great advocate for electoral democracy, Prof Adele Jinadu, celebrated his eightieth birthday, (we share the same birthday), and a lot of us joined him in Lagos for the celebration. The palpable fear among the civil society participants at the event was that Nigeria currently has a reckless political class and judiciary that is ready to beach, (like the proverbial whale), electoral democracy and that all hands must be on deck to defend our hard-earned democratic system.
ASHENEWS reports that a fierce gun battle between operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in Edo State has left three officials injured with one currently billed for a brain surgery.
Nigerian ministers and other government officials are paid different amount of travel allowance, called estacode per night.
ASHENEWS reports that the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has demanded a full, thorough, honest, and open investigation into Sunday’s incident where a Nigerian Army military drone killed dozens of civilians in Kaduna state.
As part of efforts to ensure peaceful coexistence amongst other ethnicities, the Niger state government has assured that it will reintroduce the annual cultural festival tagged Niger State Festivals (NIFEST) next year.
Minister of Youth Development, Jamila Ibrahim, on Monday urged beneficiaries of the 2024 Grant Cycle of the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) to maximise the 1.6 million dollars for national development.
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Coalition for Peace in Nigeria (COPIN) has said there was no subsidy grant released for personnel of the Department of State Service (DSS).
ASHENEWS reports that the Director of Human Resource Management, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ibrahim Mohammed Abdul has enjoined corps members to desist from drug abuse and other social vices.