The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) today, 27 May 2018, releases the report of its Buharimeter Opinion Poll. The opinion poll was commissioned to assess the Nigerians’ rating of the Buhari’ administration after three years in office. Overall, the 2018 Buharimeter poll revealed that 40 percent of Nigerians approve of the President’s performance while 44 percent disapprove with ...

A business mogul and frontline politician, Mr Gbenga Olawepo Hashim has called for decentralization of more power to state to fast track Nigeria’s development. The Chairman of Bresson AS limited said there was need for Nigeria to decentralise power to the states if it must survive as a productive country. He made this known at a public lecture titled: ‘Nigeria: ...

The suspected killers arrested and paraded by the Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin last week has Implicated Senator Bukola Saraki and Governor Fatahi Ahmed in their statement made to the Police. The killers confessed to the Killing of Numerous Kwarans home and abroad. They were today transfered to Abuja for further investigation. In their statement, they confess to be ...

A digital rights expert, Tope Ogundipe has urged citizens of various African countries to use their power in the defence of digital rights and other human rights on the continent. Ogundipe, who serves as the Director of Programs at Paradigm Initiative, was speaking recently at a digital rights workshop organised by Paradigm Initiative and held in Yaounde, Cameroon. Ogundipe, who ...

Annual School Needs Exhibition (ASNE 2018) – Education Expo has finally kicked off today at M&M Event Center in Abuja attracting a huge turn out of visitors, participants, exhibitionist/exhibitors, local business owners as well as local and foreign investors. According to the Convener, Emem Opashi, the Expo has been scheduled to hold for two days so as to get potential ...

Call for Applications: West Africa Freedom of Expression & Digital Rights Litigation Workshop 3 – 7 September in Lagos, Nigeria  The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) is calling for applications from English-speaking lawyers based in countries that are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)[1] to participate in a forthcoming litigation workshop on the right to freedom of ...

A young Nigerian who is passionate about Nigeria’s Development has written an open letter to the Nigeria’s Number Citizen, President Muhammadu Buhari. In this letter he shares his thoughts on several topical issues which border on current socio-economic and socio-political situation Nigeria and the way forward. Read the letter below : Dear Mr. President It is with a heavy heart ...

Nigeria is one of the greatest countries in the world, whose greatness is being held back by numerous self inflicted vices. While the country is blessed abundantly in all fronts, its greatest undoing is the lack of visionary leadership, which some analysts have described as Nigeria’s natural disaster. Successive governments in Nigeria have blamed the complexity of the country for ...

The May 6 attack which left 71 people dead in Gwoska village, Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, also rendered 2000 people homeless. According to NAN, an official of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) who confirmed the figures on condition of anonymity, said the agency had undertaken an assessment of the damages and provided assistance to ...

Annual School Needs Exhibition 2018 has been scheduled to hold between 16th and 17th May in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The two-day Education Expo promises to provide a unique platform for exposure – bringing wide range of exhibitors across the globe to share their services and products to a wider audience of potential investors with the ultimate ...