26th - 30th October 2020 On October 14, 2020 The National Economic Council (NEC) led by the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo directed the immediate establishment of State-based Judicial Panels of Inquiry across the ...
Missing in Nigeria – An Important Update
Nigeria does not have an official Missing Persons Database. Following the abduction of the Chibok Girls on April 14, 2014 and subsequent abductions across Nigeria, the Bring Back Our Girls Movement presented the creation of a Missing Persons Database as a ...
We shall overcome!
To the families and friends of all those affected by the Lekki shootings, please accept our condolences. May their souls rest in peace and their memory a blessing! For those injured, we wish you a speedy recovery. Almost everyone's mental health has b ...
Sọ̀rọ̀ Sókè!!!
From #EndSARS to #EndSWAT What's that biblical parable again? The one about putting old wine in new wine skin. Shebi the Bible said it will burst, abi? Toh! Nigerians are spending days and nights on the streets under harsh conditions, protesting again ...
80th Posthumous Birthday
Did you say prophet? Well, you're right! It is no coincidence that the Afrobeat legend's posthumous birthday came at a time when there's a demand for social change in his homeland. Born on October 15, 1983, Fela Anikulapo Kuti was known for speaking ...
Nomination Gone Wrong
Lauretta Onochie, Special Assistant to President Buhari on social media, was in the news again and she was dragged by her lace front...figuratively. Apparently, she was nominated by the President as the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC ...
#NMCG2020 Postponed
In light of recent happenings in Nigeria and most importantly the need to channel all available resources towards the success of the #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality campaign in Nigeria, the New Media, Citizens and Governance Conference 2020 (#NMCG2020) has b ...
#EndSARS: Focus on the Government and Get Them to ACT – Bankole Wellington
The honest truth is that people have been pushed to the edge. They have been frustrated, angry and burnt for far too long. And there is not one leader or group to speak to. It is decentralized, organic and spread out.Thousands of angry young people ...
Nigerian Youths Cry #EndSARS
It's 1,000 ways to die, and SARS ticks all the boxes! We know... "God forbid" ooo...but imagine you're walking down the street to buy corn from Iya Muri and you're accosted by SARS operatives just because, to them, you "look" like a yahoo boy. You get th ...
Ondo Decides 2020
Dear Active Citizens in Ondo State, it is time! As we warm up to vote tomorrow, Saturday, October 10th, let us have it at the back of our minds that we get to live with the decision we make. So, what do we say to the god of rigging? Not today! Remem ...
#myLG Project
Local governments (LGs) like other tiers of government are funded and have a budget. Do we know how much? Are the funds being used judiciously and for the purposes for which they're earmarked for? Wait, you don't know? How then do you plan to hold them ac ...