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About 900 children including 106 girls have been released from the ranks of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), a government-backed vigilante group formed to help oust the militant group Boko Haram, as part of efforts to end the recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Maiduguri, north-eastern…

The concept of SERVICOM, a short form of Service Compact, was introduced to Nigeria in 2004 as the outcome of an engagement titled: “Three-day Special Presidential Retreat on Service Delivery with the President, Ministers, Special Advisers, Presidential Aides and Chief Executives of major Extra-ministerial Departments and Parastatals” convened by then…

The dRPC-PAS Research and Writing Fellowship is a response to a thought-provoking remark by Mr Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) on the 22nd of March 2018, in Abuja, while addressing the National Economic Council; challenging the Nigerian government to prioritize human capital development  …

As part of the OGP Kaduna Week 2019, the development Research Project Center (dRPC), last week, hosted members of the Kaduna State Open Government Partnership (OGP) community and stakeholders in the state’s Primary Health Care (PHC) sector to a one-day event themed: “OGP as a tool to actualizing accountability in…

Over one thousand adolescent girls from across Kano state were Saturday awarded millions of naira-worth of bursaries and seed grants, by the Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises (ENGINE) II programme, funded by the UK-Department for International Development (UK-DFID). Mercy Corps is the implementer of the ENGINE II programme in…

Recently, the Organization of Professional Biotechnologists and Bioengineers of West Africa (OPBBWA) held its maiden sub-regional congress  themed: “Unlocking the Indigenous Biotechnology Potentials of West Africa.”   The Organization of Professional Biotechnologists and Bioengineers of West Africa (OPBBWA) is the professional guild of trained biotechnologists and bioengineers in the West…

In commemoration of the 2019 World Health Day; the Pink Oak Cancer Trust, Nigeria`s first cancer treatment fund, Sunday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 Governors of the  Nigerian federation to collaboratively work towards establishing a mandatory health insurance cover for Nigerian cancer patients, covering diagnosis and treatment.…

The proposed 2019 budget presented before the joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in December, 2018 was riddled with inequities and misplaced priorities including for the education sector The budget document is perhaps a country’s most important document – after its constitution. It is through the…

 Nigerian biotechnology stakeholders last week gathered in Abuja at a one-day public hearing on the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Act of 2015; convened by the House of Representatives (committee on environment and habitat) and the Ministry of Environment, which deliberated on the amendment of the NBMA Act to allow…

Most African countries are constantly threatened by the outbreak of epidemics, thanks to absence of proactive investment in healthcare infrastructure Although all countries of the world contend with the threat of outbreak of diseases, those with advanced mechanism of epidemic preparedness are always at much lower risk of experiencing outbreak…