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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…

As the 2018 World Health Assembly begins Monday in Geneva, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, to prioritize investment of domestic resources in his country’s public health system towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa’s most populous nation. This was contained…

On April 1, 2001, heads of states of African Union countries met and pledged to commit, at least, 15% of their annual national budgets to the public health sector. While the duo of Rwanda and South Africa have attained this praiseworthy target, it’s disappointing and dissatisfying that the purported Giant…

The maiden edition of the Nigeria Tomato Investment Roundtable was held recently in Dutse, Jigawa State under the theme: “Expanding Pathways for Investment in the Tomato Value Chain.”  The event was hosted by the Jigawa State Government in collaboration with TechnoServe and with the support of Rockefeller Foundation and the…

Partners West Africa Nigeria’s Greater Access to Defense and Justice Project (GADJET) is a perfect response to the travails of poor and indigent people whose pursuit for legal redress is always either marred by long delays or never become a reality, altogether.   Access to justice for indigent people in…

People With Disability (PWDs) in Kano State have presented an award of honour to the 40 members of the Kano State House of Assembly, over the successful passage of the state’s People Living With Disability Amendment Bill 2018, in a ceremony held last week Wednesday at the assembly’s complex in…

The Kano Budget Working Group (KBWG) has called for an upward review of the budgetary allocation to the water and agriculture sector sectors in the proposed 2018 budget, in alliance with the Maputo declaration in which African countries including Nigeria pledged to commit up to 10% of their annual budgets…