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The active engagement of young people – such as through Nigeria’s national youth service corps (NYSC) – is without a shadow of a doubt central to achieving peaceful and inclusive societies as envisioned by the United Nations 2030 sustainable development agenda Nigeria’s one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established in…

As part of efforts to strengthen the effectiveness of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) in ensuring quality education service delivery Kano state, the Kano state chapter of PTA and stakeholders including the Kano State Ministry of Education and Kano State Servicom Directorate Tuesday conducted an induction ceremony for new exco…

Gideon Olanrewaju is the founder/CEO of Aid to Rural Education Initiative (AREAi), a non-profit that seeks to improve the access and quality of education available to disadvantaged children in rural communities across Africa   How far have you gone in achieving AREAi’s vision of improving access and quality of education…

Laz Eze, a public health physician and executive director of Pink Oak Cancer Trust, Nigeria’s first cancer treatment fund, has said it was high time health budget advocacy in Nigeria also included ensuring timely releases as well as judicious utilization of funds meant for healthcare, against simply advocating for increase…

The most popular game in Nigerian governance is the blame game. Every succeeding administrator in Nigeria goes out of its way to make everybody who cares to listen believe that all governing problems were caused by their predecessors, as though the people who voted them out were not aware. The…

Vivian Unamba is the founder and CEO of VIVA Foundation, a not-for-profit, voluntary, service-oriented organization committed to promoting the well-being of the vulnerable women, youths as well as orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in Nigeria       What is the mission of VIVA Foundation and how far have you…

Nigerian civil society groups working in the area of the protection and promotion of human rights and good governance  have condemned what they described as ‘malicious’ and ‘unjustified’ terrorization and ultimatum being issued against the global human rights nonprofit, Amnesty International, in the country. “We condemn in totality the recurrent…

Ekene Ikwelle is the chairperson of the Pan African Youth Network on the Culture of Peace (PAYNCoP); a youth-led network of organizations working for the integration of the culture of peace among youths, women and marginalized groups in Africa How the Pan African Youth Network on the Culture of Peace…

The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has expressed delight at Nigeria’s appointment as chair of anti-corruption agencies of Commonwealth countries, describing it as a vote of confidence by the Commonwealth and the rest of the world on the anti-graft efforts of both the Nigerian government and civil…

Nigerian civic organisations under the aegis of the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the inclusion of the 1% of Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation in the 2018 Appropriation Act to fund basic healthcare services. It would be recalled that the…