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Nigerian Female Leaders Call For Improved Access To Education For Girls
by Contributors - Oct 11, 2014By Jennifer Ehidiamen As the world marks international day of the girl child, Nigerian female leaders have called for an increase in efforts to ensure barriers hindering girls from achieving their full potential are removed. Education... -
What Will You Give To Have A Day Without ‘Noise’ In Lagos?
by Contributors - Oct 9, 2014By ‘Funso Bukoye Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has declared October 15, 2014 as ‘LAGOS HORN FREE DAY and DRIVERS’ DAY’. According to the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Kayode Opeifa, the observance of the day would help... -
Zimbabwe To Develop A Stand-Alone Renewable Energy Policy
by Contributors - Oct 7, 2014By Wallace Mawire Zimbabwe is developing a stand-alone renewable energy policy to provide guidelines and a roadmap for the renewable energy sector, according to Engineer Gloria Magombo, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) Chief Executive Officer. Magombo... -
Post-Colonialism: Nigerians Express Their Views And Expectations As The Country Turns 54! [Speak Out]
by Contributors - Oct 1, 2014We went on the street to feel the pulse of Nigerians as they marked the 54th independence anniversary today– we asked, what is your opinion about the situation in the country? What are your future expectations? And of... -
World Exclusive: South Sudan Rebel Threatened UN Just Before Helicopter Shooting
by Contributors - Sep 11, 2014Al Jazeera has aired exclusive audio of South Sudan Liberation Army rebel commander Peter Gadet threatening to shoot incoming UN aircraft, just nine days before a UN helicopter was shot down on 26 August 2014 over... -
Nigeria is facing its worst oil crisis in years, as the country is losing billions of dollars due to theft
by Contributors - Sep 9, 2014In Southern Ijaw in Bayelsa State, Al Jazeera’s Rawya Rageh follows an oil theft arrest and the destruction of multiple illegal refineries for stolen crude. “Despite these efforts, oil theft in Nigeria is at its highest levels in... -
NYSC Camp: Soldiers, Man O’ War Sexually Harass Female Corpers
by Contributors - Aug 15, 2014Welfare of corps members at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), permanent orientation camp in Obruba Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria, may be under siege as they are daily faced with harassment, intimidation... -
Global Parliament of Mayors: Can Cities Change the World?
by Contributors - Aug 7, 2014In a newly released research report, Professor Benjamin Barber, political theorist and author of If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities, Richard Florida, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and Don Tapscott, best-selling... -
When We Make Government Spending Work, Nothing Works Like It- #FollowTheMoney
by Contributors - Aug 4, 2014Connected Development (CODE), with support from The Indigo Trust, has released a report on government spending in Bagega titled “When we make government spending work, nothing works like it”. Download the report by clicking on the link: http://followthemoneyng.org/savebagega2.pdf In... -
Nigeria DHS Data Shows Stagnant Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
by Contributors - Jul 30, 2014Below is Nigeria DHS data (via www.dktnigeria.org) showing the stagnant Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) for the past 10 years despite the efforts and the funds provided by various agencies and donors: A recent voxpop (text) by Olalekan Paul...