18th January, 2021 – 23rd January 2021 In the week under review, 22 states, namely: Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Ekiti, Gombe, Rivers, Taraba, Kwara, Edo, Kaduna, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Benue, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Ogun and P ...
Service Chiefs Sacked and You Did It!
Dear Friends, Trust you have been staying safe using your face masks, washing your hands and observing social distance. Join us for the first edition of Thursday Talks in 2021 as we discuss Education Financing in Nigeria. Academic Staff Union of ...
January 2021 #ThursdayTalks
The first edition of #ThursdayTalks this year held yesterday, January 28th. Seun Onigbinde (Director, BudgIT) and Dipo Awojide (Founder, BTDT Hub) discussed Education Financing in Public Universities and the Way Forward. Speaking at the conversation, ...
‘GIDIGBO’ in the House of Representatives
Uppercut, hook, counterpunch...Anthony Joshua must be shaking right now?♂️? Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), broke into a fight at the venue of the public hearing of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on Thursday, January 28 ...
#MyLG Town Hall Meeting
As parts of our efforts at ensuring active citizens' participation in local governance, we partnered with BudgIT to train local government (LG) administrators on preparing citizens-focused budgets in Ebonyi and Zamfara States on Monday, January 25th and W ...
Some #ChibokGirls Released
Some good news! There are reports that some of the #ChibokGirls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014 might have escaped yesterday, January 28th. We continue to demand the freedom of all of the abducted girls.
#ThursdayTalks – Should we Privatize Nigerian Universities?
Dear Friends, Trust you have been staying safe using your face masks, washing your hands and observing social distance. Join us for the first edition of Thursday Talks in 2021 as we discuss Education Financing in Nigeria. Academic Staff Union of ...
Weekly Updates on the #EndSARS Judicial Panels of Inquiry – No. 9
28th December, 2020 – 16th January, 2021 The Judicial Panels of Inquiry on police brutality and other human rights abuses resumed proceedings after going on recess for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Reports from Yiaga Africa’s citizen observers ...
A Female President of Nigeria!
Dear Active Citizen, Who says it can't be done? The United States of America swore in its first-ever female Vice President, Kamala Harris, on Wednesday, January 20th. It was indeed a historic moment for the people of America and women around the wor ...
#MyLG Town Hall Meeting
The #myLG Town Hall meeting held yesterday in Ebonyi State. The project is aimed at ensuring active citizens' participation in local governance. In attendance were Local Government Secretaries, Directors of Personnel Management (DPM), the Special Advi ...