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I recently had the enviable task of reading nearly every story Richard Matheson ever wrote and selecting 33 tales to be included in Penguin Classics’ The Best of Richard Matheson. This turned out to be like stepping into a time machine, transported back to the age when I started reading…

Abayomi Akinbo is the national coordinator of Open Alliance Nigeria, a coalition of 105 civic organisations focused on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Nigeria     What is Open Alliance Nigeria about? Open Alliance Nigeria is a coalition of 105 civic organisations focused on the Open Government Partnership (OGP)…

  Dear Partners, We announce with excitement the official opening of registration for the 2ndAfrican Youth SDGs Summit scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana from 7-9 November 2018.The high level of interest for the 2018 summit suggests that the tickets will be sold out quickly. We are able to only…

Arrey Ivo Mbongaya is the founder of the African Centre for Community and Development (ACCD) which works in diverse areas of sustainable development including conservation, environment, eco-tourism, agriculture in Cameroon     What inspired the founding of the African Centre for Community and Development and how far have you gone…

Irregular budget releases and cash backing are the major factors militating against the performance of health sector budget in Kano State, says Hafsat Kolo, co-chair of the Accountability Mechanism on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Kano State (AMMKaS); a coalition of civil society and media organisations as well government…

Lot Kaduma, a member of the UN Major Group for Children & Youth Habitat III Working Group for West & Central Africa, is also the founder of Urban Future Project, a youth-led advocacy initiative focused on achieving inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities in Africa, in accordance with Goal 11…

Coming up with a service charter will empower the Kano State SERVICOM Directorate to more effectively discharge its responsibility of ensuring citizens have access to better services from government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) in the state, says Abdullahi Musa, permanent secretary at the Kano State Service Compact (SERVICOM) Directorate.…

  This is a voluntary program where ONE will recruit, train, and support 50 emerging leaders approximately between 18-35 years of age who will Champion causes ONE supports at the grassroots, state and federal level in Nigeria. ONE advocates and campaigns on education, gender, health, agriculture and transparency as a means to…

Kano State is coming up with all-inclusive Teacher Policy covering issues as diverse as teachers’ attitude, quality assurance and continues professional development, with the support of development partners such as UK Department for International Development-funded Partnership to Reform, Engage and Learn (PERL) and the Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises…

The Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR), a Nigerian NGO committed to research, budget advocacy and accountability in maternal newborn and child health, has commended the duo of Mr. Bill Gates and Alhaji Aliko Dangote for supporting and signing the extension of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the governments…