By Titilope Fadare The importation of COVID-19 reiterated the need for nations to focus and invest more in the health sector. The use of soap and clean water was introduced as part of the preventive measures to stem the spread of the virus but it obviously alienates those who still struggle to access clean water…

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Press Release The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, through its Development Practice desk, trains twenty researchers and journalists across different newsrooms in Nigeria to understand the nexus between environment,  health, and climate change. The two-day training was organised by the centre to build the capacity of journalists and deepen their understanding of the linkages…

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Water scarcity is a global phenomenon that requires urgent attention & sustainable solutions. More than ever before, in recent years as the ‘climate change’ persist water bodies shrink, with many communities facing drought, worsening the already existing water scarcity scenario. Steps must be taken now to ensure water provision becomes a key factor in community…

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The queues on the street of Abuja have disappeared and the fuel scarcity is not as worrisome as it was a few weeks back. However, one cannot say if this is temporary or we should brace up for another possible fuel scarcity – perhaps a worse one, anytime from now.

Menstrual hygiene is one very important component of the female gender and by extension the male gender. It is believed that roughly half of the female population around 26 per cent of the global population are of reproductive age. UNICEF reports that globally, 2.3 billion people lack basic sanitation services. With the increasing cost of…

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If you work directly with communities, either as a community mobilizer, data collector, programs coordinator etc, then you should read this. Up until now, I never had a glimpse of how challenging locating communities could be despite my numerous visits as a worker in the development space. Usually, a member of the team would have…

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Center for Social Justice held a two-day workshop on 20th and 21st of August for 50 Non-Governmental Organisations from the Federal Capital Territory, Adamawa and Sokoto States on the use of shadow reporting as it relates to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) issues. Shadow reports are used by NGOs to present alternative information submitted by state parties to human right…

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In an effort to leverage technology as a tool for development, Media for Community Change, a non-governmental organization based in Abuja, Nigeria is partnering with US-based NGO, BLI Global to launch Data4WASH on Thursday, August 27, 2020. The web-based interactive online platform has been designed for open source use and is designed to highlight areas…

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Seyifunmi Adebote, a young environmental leader in Nigeria will be speaking through the UN Youth Envoy’s Instagram account as part of a panel on a special Instagram Live on Friday, August 21st between 06.00 pm-06:45 pm WAT. This is part of activities to set the stage for #Youth4ClimateLive Episode 3: Driving Youth Action. Other youth speakers on the panel include…

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Following his advocacy for policy and programmatic solutions in the education sector, Follow The Money Campaigner and CODE’s Chief Executive, Hamzat Lawal, has been listed as a Malala Fund Education Champion with 57 others from around the world to accelerate progress towards girls’ secondary education. Hamzat Lawal was named alongside other notable Nigerian campaigners: Olabukunola…

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