Establishment of Disability Commission: ActionAid Nigeria Lauds FGN, Calls for Domestication at all levels of Governance.
With an estimated population of 25 million Nigerians with disability (Human Rights Watch 2019), the need for a Disability Commission is long overdue and we applaud the Federal Government for…
A Nigerian launches Nutrition guide to Combat Malnutrition amongst the Children!
“Malnutrition is widespread in the country, although the scale and scope varies between regions and across urban-rural divide and manifests as undernutrition, over nutrition and micro nutrients deficiencies”. -Jayne Whyte…
ActionAid reiterates its staunch position on Taming the Gale of Corruption in Nigeria
Action Aid Nigeria, a social justice organisation in Nigeria has said its position in supporting the fight against corruption and total elimination of all forms of corrupt practices in the…
FGN set to commence Internet Broadband Extention plans in 19 Northern States using N126.7Bn Credit Facility
The Federal Government has approved a project to extend internet broadband into the 19 states in Northern Nigeria. The project dubbed the National Information Communications Technology Infrastructure Backbone, NICTIB II…
CSACEFA, Malala fund, other stakeholders in Education sector synergize to scale up support for Covid 19 Safety guidelines toward school re-opening
Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) has held a dialogue in collaboration with other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) such as Malala Fund, Plan International, Action Aid Nigeria,…
Nigeria’s Repentant Boko Haram Phenomenon: a call for concern
By Ebisike Ebube George The Nigeria Government has grappled under the General M. Buhari Administration for the last five years retrogressively up until today with the war on Boko Haram…
“Prioritise your Intervention in Mali” -West African CSOs Urge ECOWAS
Following the ongoing crisis in Mali, Civil Society Organisations in West Africa on Thursday, July 9, 2020, called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to prioritise its…
ActionAid’s WVL-N is committed to raising a movement to promote the rights of women, girls in Nigeria’ – Ene Obi, AAN Boss
Our target is to empower at least 70 CBOs through the WVL-N capacity building projects – Ene Obi, Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria The Country Director, Action Aid Nigeria (AAN), Ene…
FMWA, UN Women Launch Nigeria’s First Reference Group for Gender Responsive Security Sector
‘’…there have been policy and practical measures put in place to increase the meaningful participation of women and enhance gender-responsiveness of security sector institutions” – Honourable Minister of Women Affairs,…
BEWI Africa sensitizes Lagosians to shun drug abuse, donates food supplies to the indigent
June 26th of every year is a day set aside by United Nations to raise more awareness against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade since 1989. In commemorating this…