UN, Prison Fellowship trains Police, Warders, others on Justice Reform in Nigeria
Ayodele Samuel,Lagos In a bid to improve the justice system in Nigeria, the United Nations, Federal and Lagos State Governments have partnered with the Prison Fellowship of Nigeria on training of Police officers, Prison and other officials incharge of justice administration system in the country. During the training members of the Nigeria Police, Prison More...
Osun ex-Gov,Senator Adeleke died
Ayodele Samuel, Lagos The first civilian Governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, is dead.Reports have it that Adeleke died of heart attack on Sunday morning at Biket Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State. A a More...
Group to tackle EFCC on Disclosure of recovered loots with FOI
Ayodele Samuel,LagosThe Nigerian National Summit Group (NNSG) on Sunday said it had concluded plans to use legal means to compel the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC to disclosed all records regarding More...
10 takeaways from Buhari’s Germany visit
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu buhari returned to the country after a three-day intensely busy state visit to germany which, as is usual with his foreign engagements, was characterized by More...
Nigeria: Religion hindering family planning
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oladosu Ojengbede, says religious connotation and cultural issues are hindering effective implementation of Family Planning (FP) More...
When Africa discovers the power of crowdfunding II
Budding South African film producer Meg Rickards was struggling to raise the money for her new feature film, Whiplash, when she came across the idea of crowdfunding. We had about 70% of the budget and were battling More...
How two men survived a prison where 12,000 were killed
Tuol Sleng is Cambodia’s most notorious prison – in the 1970s, at least 12,000 people were tortured there and murdered. Only a handful of prisoners survived but now, 40 years after Pol Pot took control of More...
Are we winning the fight against HIV?
Hollywood star Charlie Sheen has confirmed he is living with HIV in a US television interview. The development of new drugs means the diagnosis is no longer a death sentence, but are we winning the global fight More...
We gave Buhari proposal on ending N’Delta Crisis – UNDEDSS
By Ayodele Samuel,Lagos The United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) said it have drawn up and submitted a Proposal that should be ‘win-win’ for all parties concerned in the More...
With Aisha Buhari’s ‘Get Involved’, future assured
By Doyin Ojosipe The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), in 2012 released a report tagged ‘At a Glance: Nigeria’. The report stated that: “Nigeria has one of the highest rates of infant mortality More...