SMWLagos 2020: #CancelSocialMediaBill
We were live at Social Media Week Lagos hosting a conversation on the Social Media Bill. It was unanimously agreed by citizens that the government should kill the bill. The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters have announced the public hearing on The Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations; and for Related Matters Bill, 2019 (SB. 132) aka social […]
Luxury Cars Amidst Multidimensional Poverty
Despite federal government’s intent to take $22.7 billion loans, the Federal House of Representatives members ordered for 400 Toyota Camry 2020 model cars at N12.6 million excluding shipping, import duty and other clearing charges and taxes. Recall that EiE, SERAP, BudgIT and over 6,000 citizens are still in court against the plan by Senate to spend N5.5bn on luxury cars in 2019. According to a report by Punch, it […]
Sowore on Trial
The federal government on Thursday, February 12th re-arraigned Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, on amended charges of treasonable felony and conspiracy. However, the trial could not proceed following the inability of the prosecution to serve them with copies of the video it intended to rely on. The case has been adjourned until March 11th, 12th & 13th.
Let’s Talk Governance 8.0
Join us and our amazing lineup of speakers at this year’s #SMWLagos. Our session will shed light on diverse perspectives on the regulation of social media & hate speech and share international best practices. We look forward to interacting with you on Thursday, February 27th
How To Engage Your Local Government
We had an insightful session on “#MyLG101: How to engage your local government!” at our monthly conversation #ThursdayTalks. The chairman of Yaba Local Council Development Area, Kayode Omiyale and his Vice-Chairman, Bolanle Aileru paid a surprise visit to the event and engaged the audience. Missed it? Catch up here. Do join us next month!
#OOTC on Radio
On #OOTCLagos, Editor, YNaija, Edwin Okolo discussed implementing an inclusive transport policy. Catch up on the conversation. You can follow the conversations on the #OfficeOfTheCitizen radio programs. Never forget, the Office of the Citizen is the highest office in the land! Tweet at @EiENigeria using #OfficeOfTheCitizen to be a part of the conversation.
Tenure of Service Chiefs: Long Overdue?
The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Wednesday, January 29th directing the service chiefs to resign over their failure to curb the rising insecurity in Nigeria. Share your view with us on the tenure of the service chiefs. #CitizensSpeak
What Makes A Country Developed?
Written by Oluseun Onigbinde and was published on BusinessDay on Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 In the past one year, I have lived in the US and also hopped around 27 countries, from Guinea to Finland. These travels have left me with questions around development: what does it mean for a country to be developed? What […]
Naija Matters
Naija Matters, a conversation on the state of the nation with Nigerians in the diaspora. The first edition was held on Tuesday, January 28th in Maryland, USA. One of the major highlights is diaspora voting during elections. Stay tuned for the next edition.