Tag: The Activism Blog

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EditorDecember 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 ...

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EditorDecember 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 ...

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EditorDecember 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 ...

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EditorNovember 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 ...

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AzeezAugust 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 ...

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AzeezAugust 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 ...

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AzeezAugust 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 ...

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EditorAugust 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 ...

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AzeezAugust 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 ...

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EditorAugust 9, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorAugust 7, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorAugust 5, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorAugust 3, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorAugust 3, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 31, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 26, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 18, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 18, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 15, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 15, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 15, 2017

[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 ...

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EditorJuly 10, 2017

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 ...

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EditorJuly 10, 2017

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 ...

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EditorJuly 9, 2017

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 ...

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