National Identification Number
Is being Nigerian now synonymous with suffering? On Wednesday, December 16th, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) gave telecommunication companies (TelCos) – MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9Mobile and others – two weeks to block at least 20 million unique subscribers who are not registered with National Identity Numbers (NINs). […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen – 26 Radio Shows
EiE Nigeria and Paradigm Initiative (PIN) partnered to host a special 4-week #OfficeOfTheCitizen Radio program in 26 states on social media regulation which comes to an end this week. Guests discussed the risks social media regulation poses to our democracy and recommended alternatives to social media regulation. Our exciting program on COVID-19 is still ongoing in 14 northern states. Watch […]
#myLG Town Hall Meeting
#myLG project is aimed at ensuring active citizens’ participation in local governance. A #myLG town hall meeting to charge citizens to play their part in keeping the government accountable held in Zamfara State on Tuesday, December 15th. Sole Administrators from Anka, Birnin Magaji, Gummi and Shinkafi LGAs engaged citizens at the town hall meeting. Catch up here.
Fainters Club of Nigeria
Daniel Pondei of NDDC who? Meet Abulrasheed Maina, the latest “recruit” into the Fainters Club of Nigeria. Mr Maina, who is the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force Team, borrowed a leaf from the book of his “fainting fathers” when he slumped shortly after the court resumed proceedings on Thursday, December 10th, on the allegation […]
Human Rights Day
On Thursday, December 10th, Nigeria joined the rest of the globe to mark #HumanRightsDay while our freedom of speech, assembly & association continue to be under threat. Amidst the unabated attacks on the media and the hot air coming from the security agencies which has forced many into self-censorship, we celebrate individuals and organizations who have, through their time and […]
#EndSARS
It has been over 7 weeks since the #LekkiMassacre. Have things changed? Well, there’s more awareness of the problems, but the police are still resisting. Have all the demands been met? No. A tricycle driver was reportedly shot and killed by a police officer at Rukpokwu in Port Harcourt over N100 bribe. How many more people need […]
#GhanaDecided
On Monday, December 7, 2020, Ghanaians took to the polls to elect their president, an exercise that led to the re-election of President Nana Akufo-Addo who won by a slim margin, securing 51.59% of the total votes cast. The opposition candidate, John Mahama rejected as “fraudulent” the results of the elections and vows to “take all legitimate steps to reverse this tragedy […]
#OrangeTheWorld
Excited about 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence? We are! Join us on Sunday, December 6th at 3pm, for a special #GenderJustice conversation with Nigerian First Ladies. It will air on #RubbinMinds with hosts, Ebuka Uchendu and Bolanle Olukanni on Channels TV. Don’t miss out…
Bye-Elections
You!…yes, you! Are you part of the sọrọ sókè generation by mouth? Well, here’s your opportunity to “talk and do.” INEC will conduct bye-elections tomorrow, December 5th in 6 senatorial districts & 15 state constituencies cutting across 35 LGAs in Lagos, Imo, Bayelsa, Enugu, Cross River, Plateau, Kogi, Bauchi, Zamfara, Katsina and Borno. Sọrọ sókè with your vote! […]
#NMCG2020
BudgIT, EiE Nigeria and Paradigm Initiative (PIN) hosted the 4th bi-annual New Media, Citizens and Governance Conference (NMCG) which held virtually on Thursday, November 26, 2020, with the theme New Media and Voice: People, Action & Hashtags. In the opening plenary, ‘Yemi Adamolekun (Executive Director, EiE) spoke on the role new media plays especially at a time when clampdown on dissenting […]