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humanitarian crisis

December 19, 2017

[The Activism Blog] UN: Nigeria needs $1 Billion to solve its humanitarian crisis In 2018

The United Nations speaking through the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA, Nigeria) has stated that Nigeria needs about 1 Billion dollars to address the mounting humanitarian crisis is the country. This was made known at a two day media dialogue organised by the International organisation in kano state with the... Read More

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SERAP

December 18, 2017

[The Activism Blog] SERAP, CSO’s have rejected FG’s plans to withdraw $1 Billion to ‘fight’ Boko Haram

The National Economic Council decided last week through the Nigerian Governors Forum that it was going to approve the withdrawal of 1 Billion dollars from the excess crude account to fight the Boko Haram war in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. However, nobody, not even the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and other... Read More

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Falana

December 4, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Falana Sues FCDA N100m for negligent practice

In an unusual development that might give rise to public consciousness and change the shape of recognition for human rights in Nigeria, human rights lawyer Mr Femi Falana has sued the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) the sum of N100 million as punitive damages for an accident he sustained on his leg. Falana last week... Read More

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Online newspaper

November 10, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Paradigm Initiative condemns alleged impending clampdown on Online Newspapers

As far as press freedom goes, the current administration has proven it is just as closeminded as its predecessors. Most recently, it has turned its attention to digital media, as evidenced by several cases of bloggers being arrested by state governments and the DSS for ‘treason’. This and several other violations of press freedom has put... Read More

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August 30, 2017

[The Activism Blog] HURIWA calls on Buhari to reinstate unjustly dismissed army officers

The Human Rights Writer’s Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reinstate 38 officers who were compulsorily retired by the Nigerian Army last year June. Speaking through its legal adviser, Abdul Muhammed, the organisation criticised the army for punishing officers that were never culpable of the allegations against them, adding that... Read More

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August 28, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Group raises alarm about increasing Sickle Cell Disease

A non-governmental organization, the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria (SCSSN) has raised alarm about the increasing number of people suffering from sickle cell disease in Nigeria. The organization stated this during a three-day conference organised by the sickle cell support society of Nigeria, in partnership with Pfizer in Enugu with the theme: ‘Reducing the... Read More

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August 28, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Falana carpets military’s plans to arrest hate speech offenders

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human right lawyer, Femi Falana has declared as unlawful the plan by the military to arrest hate speech offenders in the country. According to Falana, it is the Police that has the lawful right to carry out such arrest and not the military. Backing up his claims he said, “For... Read More

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August 22, 2017

[The Activism Blog] BudgIT’s Tracka uncovers constituency project fraud

Civic tech organisation BudgIT, recently uncovered how Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah diverted his constituency project. The discovery was made by BudgIT’s Tracka team. According to the report, the Senator representing Kebbi South Senatorial District in the National Assembly converted project meant for his constituency into personal use. The motorised borehole project conceived for the Zuru community... Read More

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August 16, 2017

[The Activism Blog] CSOs condemn ‘slow’ Ogoni cleanup process

by Adesina Tosin Nathaniel The Hydorcarbon Pollution Remediation Programme (HYPREP) which was set up to midwife the cleanup of the Ogoni environment has received knocks and condemnations from civil society organisations in the country. It was flagged-off in July 2016 by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo. According to Leadership Newspapers, some CSOs led by Environmental... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] The Senate’s statement on protests demanding Buhari’s resignation is foolish

The Bukola Saraki-led eighth Senate has been a plethora of jesters. Irrespective of party affiliation they are all the same and have contributed little or nothing to national development. If Senators are not spending billions buying cars, they are busy arguing on the Custom’s boss refusal to wear the service’s uniform. Their helmsman has spent... Read More

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Ambode

[The Activism Blog] The good guys at BudgIT just showed us Lagos’ budget exceeds its revenue

Last week was a sweet sour experience for the BudgIT family. The Twitter account of Seun Onigbinde, its Co-founder was hacked by an unknown individual on the 3rd of August 2017. “Hello, our Lead Partner’s account has been hacked! Oluseun Onigbinde can’t tweet from his handle. We advise caution,” BudgIT tweeted. Now to the good... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] This damning report by NOI polls on Nigeria’s doctors’ deficit should make you weep

There is an impending health crisis in Nigeria that needs to be nipped in the bud immediately. The new report by the Nigeria polling organisation (NOI Polls) and the Nigeria Health Watch says that the country will need 10,605 new doctors annually to avert health challenges and meet current population growth rate of 3.5% yearly.... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] Some Nigerians are ready to force Buhari to resign or be impeached via a daily sit-out

Tired over the silence on the health of President Muhammadu Buhari, a coalition of Civil Society Groups are set to begin a campaign to ensure he is booted out of office. The group’s strategy is to begin a daily sit-out from Monday both in Abuja and in London. Read full statement below: We are inviting... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] BudgIT’s Seun Onigbinde’s Twitter account hacked

The Twitter account of lead partner of civic tech organisation, BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde has been hacked. The organisation said this minutes ago via its Twitter account, @BudgITng. It wrote, “Hello everyone, Our lead partners account has been hacked! @seunonigbinde can’t tweet from his handle.”

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[The Activism Blog] This NEITI report finally proves why Nigeria doesn’t need oil

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has done an audit of Nigeria’s Oil and Gas industry in 2014, and a couple of observations were made. Of prominence is that the audit revealed that 350 million barrels of crude oil were lifted for export on behalf of Nigeria, while 1.08 million barrels were lost. Also, there... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] When Paradigm Initiative met with the Presidency

A short clip from the Digital Engagement and Rights Forum, organised by Paradigm Initiative with the Presidential Office of Digital Engagement, led by Tolu Ogunlesi. This week, @DigiCommsNG organized, in partnership w/ @ParadigmHQ, a Digital Engagement & Rights Forum, in Abuja. Our 1st event, more to come pic.twitter.com/JosXB0lV6A — Tolu Ogunlesi, MON (@toluogunlesi) July 22,... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] The CC Hub is now training its sights on young graduates

Bothered about the current challenge employers face with getting the right graduate to meet their needs, Co-Creation Hub is beginning a Graduate Programme to help narrow the gap between what employers need and what graduates should possess as skills in the marketplace.

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[The Activism Blog] The National Assembly has killed #NotTooYoungToRun, and Nigerian youth are fighting back

You should know YIAGA (Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement), they have pioneered the massively successive #NotTooYoungToRun campaign alongside other advocacy groups – successful not just in capturing popular imagination, but also in driving the conversation – for the barriers to entry for young people into elected office to come crashing down. Well, in... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] SaharaReporters Civic Lab vs BudgIT Civic Hive?

Okay, so that headline was some weird form of click bait because we certainly don’t think this is a versus situation. And there is absolutely no evident competition between them. Still, you will forgive anyone who is confused. Last month, SaharaReporters.com launched its Civic Media Lab, which is essentially a space for media platforms that seek to... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] Civic Hive, BudgIT’s sexy new project will now be launched 29 July

So, obviously you already know that BudgIT is Nigeria’s sexiest civil society organisation. Let’s not even argue about that. Local and global audiences agree. So it’s not a surprise it’s launching a variety of sexy new projects everywhere you turn – including the #ReportYourself bribery reporting service in conjunction with the United States Embassy, and... Read More

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[The Activism Blog] EiE adds Calabar to its list of cities for its radio network

So this week, on 13 July, EiE added another station to its network of radio programmes focused on its #OfficeOfTheCitizen project. It’s up in Calabar on Hit95.9FM – every Thursday at 8:00am. This is in addition to its Splash105.5FM in Ibadan on Saturdays, Lagos on NigeriaInfo99.3FM at 8.00am, and Abeokuta on Sweet107.1FM at 10:30am. Anambra,... Read More

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The Activism Blog: Media leaders from across Africa met in Durban last week – and issued this statement

Convened by the Centre for International Media Assistance, and hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy, media leaders from across Southern, West, East and Central Africa – 40 of them – were gathered in Durban, South Africa for 2 days last week to map out the future of the media on the continent. Our Editor-in-Chief... Read More

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The Activism Blog: We are paying very close attention to The Alternative. You should too

First launched in 2014 and suspended for three years, The Alternative – a Twitter-based handle seeking to sensitise younger Nigerian voters about the stakes in the next elections. It resumed operations in June this year, and already speaks smart digital engagement strategy. And more importantly, it is raising important questions. Like this one: https://twitter.com/alternativeng/status/877469441696690176 And... Read More

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The Activism Blog: Ayisha Osori has just one message for Twitter Warriors

Political candidate in the last elections and (former?) activist, Ayisha Oshori, spoke at the Party Politics 101 event organised by Enough is Enough Nigeria yesterday, at the Muson Centre in Lagos. She said plenty. But for that amazing cast of people, she calls Twitter Warriors – and you know them – she had one clear... Read More

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