WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Atiku, Obaseki, Sanwo-Olu, NUJ, ActionAid seek press freedom in Nigeria
…Atiku accuses Buhari regime of stifling press freedom …Obaseki tasks journalists on developmental journalism …Sanwo-Olu promises to uphold press freedom …NUJ seeks better enabling environment for journalists By Innocent Anaba, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Gabriel Enogholase, Gabriel Ewepu Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, governors of Edo and Lagos states, Godwin Obaseki, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as well as Lagos […]
Democracy Day: CSOs express views, expectations for better Nigeria
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Friday, expressed views and expectations on the nation’s Democracy Day as democratic rule clocks 21 years, which has been with diverse challenges through the years. Speaking with Vanguard, leaders of the CSOs pointed out various challenges that have been bedeviling the expected development in the country […]
ActionAid, other CSOs take gender-based violence protest to Force Hq in Abuja
Call on FG to declare state of emergency Police assures to join in fight against rape, others By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A human rights and social justice nongovernmental organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Friday, joined other Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, to take Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria protest to the Headquarters of the […]
ActionAid expresses concern over implications of 2020 budget cut on health, education, agriculture
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Social justice and non-governmental organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Thursday, expressed concern over implications of 2020 Budget cut on health, education, and agriculture sectors. The concern was raised after the critical assessment was made on the budget cut by the AAN as it touches these sectors considered to be critical to […]
Nigeria still ranks low on table of free press operation — ActionAid, JAP, others
As COVID-19 compounds financial crisis in media houses Urge media industry players to embrace digitalisation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A human rights organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Journalists Against Poverty, JAP, and other stakeholders, Thursday, disclosed that Nigeria still ranks low on the table of free press operation. This was made known in a communique […]
COVID-19: ActionAid targets 36,000 people with awareness campaign in Kogi
ActionAid Nigeria has taken COVID-19 awareness campaign to Kogi State, with the goal of reaching 36,000 rural community dwellers. Mr. Anicetus Atakpu, ActionAid Resilience Programmes Coordinator, on Saturday, told NAN of the target during a Door-to-Door COVID-19 Precautionary Awareness Campaign and strengthening of community facilitators in Koton-Karfe community, Kogi-KK Local Government area. ALSO READ: COVID-19: […]
